Concept maps help you select appropriate instructional materials. You can construct a map that incorporates teaching strategies as well as time and task allocations for various parts of the course. You can visually explain the conceptual relationships used for your objectives in any course. You can facilitate efforts to reconceptualize course content. You can use concept maps to provide a basis for discussion among students and to summarize general course concepts.
Concept maps support a holistic style of learning.
Mapping concepts can increase your ability to provide meaningfulness to students by integrating concepts. Concept maps can increase your potential to see multiple ways of constructing meaning for students. Mapping the concepts can help you develop courses that are well-integrated, logically sequenced, and have continuity. Steps in Making a Concept Map Write down major terms or concepts about a topic. Identify the most general, intermediate, and specific concepts.