Concept mapping in medical education
Journal Title: International Archives of Integrated Medicine - Year 2016, Vol 3, Issue 4
Abstract
This article aimed to implement concept-mapping as a tool to improve the learning quality that enhances the higher order cognitive skills among medical students. A concept map typically represents ideas and information as boxes or circles, which it connects with labeled arrows in a downward-branching hierarchical structure.
Authors and Affiliations
Balaji Arumugam, Saranya Nagalingam
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