[senkora]

Done. That was quite interesting, although I see what you mean. I did skip over some of the sections about how to teach concept maps to elementary school students and some of the examples given.

I think my conclusion is that he's probably right that producing and discussing concept maps is the fastest way to share and validate conceptual understanding, so I'll add them to my toolkit.

I'd never heard of the Gowin's Vee chart before (the other main topic of the book) and it seems useful although I can't realistically see a situation where I'd personally use it. There are quite a few similar "planning process" or "research process" systems that cover similar ground. I do like how this one is relatively "zoomed out" to make sure first-and-foremost that your investigation is actually answering some meaningful question within your wider cognitive context.

[james_ross]

Ha — you actually did it. Genuinely made my day; you've now read it more recently than I have. And I think you've landed where I did: the concept-mapping part is the keeper and the rest I have not put to practical use.