Start with the broadest, most inclusive concept at the top of the map, and work your way down. Connect two concepts with the linking lines and label the links with action words that define the relationship between the concepts. Improve the concept map by grouping closely together related concepts. This will help you to reduce the number of links that extend from one section of the map to another. Rework the structure of the map by adding, deleting, or renaming subordinate concepts, and by choosing better, more descriptive linking words.
Many revisions are often necessary before the map reaches a satisfactory form.
Maps may change drastically as you work, and should be considered dynamic rather than static, and they will represent your changing insight and knowledge of the knowledge domain. Hints and Tips. Concepts are perceived regularities in events or objects that are designated by a label. Concept maps are graphical displays in which the more general, inclusive concepts are found at the highest levels, with progressively more specific, less inclusive concepts arranged below them. The vertical axis of maps expresses a hierarchical framework for the concepts.