They also stimulate creative thinking. Students understand how ideas are connected. They see where they have a great deal of passion or information about a topic, making new concepts more thoroughly and easily understood. Students also begin to realize how ideas may be grouped or organized. Reinforce understanding .
Students recreate, in their own words, what they have learned.
This helps them absorb and internalize new information, and gives them ownership of their ideas. Integrate new knowledge . Diagrams updated throughout a class prompt students to integrate prior knowledge with new ideas. By reviewing diagrams they've created previously, students see how information fits together. Identify misconceptions .