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Concept maps
I am not sure if this was brought up earlier, but I think using concept maps is a good way of visualization that might help the audience to understand the concepts we expose them to.
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@cnoutsos Can you clarify your recommendation or question so that we can better respond to it?
What I am trying to say is that there are concepts in programming for example a string or hash using visualizations students/audience might be able to underhand the relationship of those two better . How to visualize that ? Well we can use concept maps.
On Dec 23, 2021, at 4:58 PM, Sarah Brown @.***> wrote:
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@cnoutsos https://github.com/cnoutsos Can you clarify your recommendation or question so that we can better respond to it?
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This is a great tip, and used to be in where we discussed concept maps, but in reducing our dependence on them, in response to other feedback, we lost this as explicit advice.
I like the idea of having students create their own concept maps once they have gone through a set of lessons in an attempt to internalize/digest information. Recently, I've gotten into this whole 'second brain' concept. I think it's worth looking into and really was the first idea that came to mind as I thought more about concept mapping. The 'second brain' approach is basically a method that helps organize information that comes from a wide variety of sources so that it always remains cognitively accessible later. It makes for a nice application here.
I think concept maps can be an extremely valuable exercise to link various packages and functions. Potentially also of value to the instructor to identify shortcomings. Although, as has been noted, this can be time consuming and may not be practical during a lesson, but at the least could be mentioned as a practice tip. Another similar idea is the creation of a “cheat sheet”. I have made use of many cheat sheets developed by RStudio (https://www.rstudio.com/resources/cheatsheets/). I think the real value would come from trying to create your own.
