1. A typical 50-minute lecture should contain at least 20 (and not more than 45) concepts. Concepts are usually nouns. 2. Label ALL links and crosslinks with linking phrases. Links generally consist of verbs, but other words may be used where appropriate.
3. Circle the concepts, leave examples uncircled.
4. Each concept should only appear once in a given map. Redundancy of concepts usually indicates that you missed an important conceptual relationship.
5. Concept maps should flow down the page only.
6. Concept maps should NOT resemble flow charts or chronologically based outlines of the lecture. They should not be sentences with some words diagrammed. An important goal is to accurately relate as many concepts as possible using crosslinks. Maps with long strings of concepts or with several isolated and unlinked branches indicate misunderstanding of the goal of concept mapping.
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