Concept mapping

A study practice in which the student attempts to explicate a topic through a boxes-and-arrows type diagram which captures both key terms/processes as well as their relationships.

• Does concept mapping involve implicit retrieval practice?

References

• Blunt, J. R., & Karpicke, J. D. (2014). Learning with retrieval-based concept mapping. Journal of Educational Psychology, 106(3), 849–858
  • concept mapping for Retrieval practice doesn’t produce a larger Testing effect than writing recalled info
• O’Day, G. M., & Karpicke, J. D. (2021). Comparing and combining retrieval practice and concept mapping. Journal of Educational Psychology, 113, 986–997. https://doi.org/10.1037/edu0000486
  • “combining concept mapping and retrieval practice failed to produce any benefit over retrieval practice without concept mapping, even though students in the combined condition spent substantially more time engaged with the materials than did students in single-activity conditions”