Abstract
Auto-monitoring is the pivotal concept in understanding the operation of concept maps, which have been used to help learners make sense of their study and plan learning activities. Central to auto-monitoring is the idea of a 'learning arena' where individuals can manipulate concept representations and engage in the processes of checking, resolving and confirming understandings. The learner is assisted by familiar metaphors (for example, networks) and the possibility of thinking 'on action' while 'in action'. This paper discusses these concepts, and concludes by arguing that maps are part of the process of learning rather than a manifestation of learning itself. Auto-monitoring is suggested as an appropriate term to describe the process of engaging in the learning arena.DOI:10.1080/0968776940020105
Highlights
Auto-monitoring is the pivotal concept in understanding the operation of concept maps, which have been used to help learners make sense of their study and plan learning activities
The Mind Map is your external mirror of your own Radiant Thinking and allows you to access this vast thinking powerhouse.' Tony Buzan (1993)
Auto-monitoring is a technique of personal or group knowledge-presentation and re-presentation. Such techniques are often supported by computer applications that make graphical representations of knowledge structures. This process is at the core of what is called concept mapping
Summary
Auto-monitoring is the pivotal concept in understanding the operation of concept maps, which have been used to help learners make sense of their study and plan learning activities. The principal idea behind such tools is that of auto-monitoring - the ability of learners to develop thinking skills. The learner is acquiring the skills needed to operate with and on concepts. Learning is seen as being something that occurs as a result of student/learner activities.
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