concept map

The handmade version. You draw the boxes and invent the linking phrases as you go, which is why it works while you are still learning something: the phrase you cannot write is the part you do not understand yet. Loose in shape, often nearly a tree, and best kept small enough that every sentence on it still gets read out loud.

The handmade version. You draw the boxes and invent the linking phrases as you go, which is why it works while you are still learning something: the phrase you cannot write is the part you do not understand yet. Loose in shape, often nearly a tree, and best kept small enough that every sentence on it still gets read out loud.

Example

Best when you are building your own understanding of a topic and want the gaps in it to show.