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The ability to organize thoughts and illustrate them is a valuable cognitive skill for all learners. Developing this capacity is vital to the students’ potential to gain from classroom instruction. For the sciences in particular, a broad range of concepts exist that encompasses a complex web of interrelationships students must comprehend to fully understand the content.
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McComas, W.F. (2014). Concept Map. In: McComas, W.F. (eds) The Language of Science Education. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-497-0_17
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