Explanation:
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Conceptual maps contain three fundamental elements:
Concept
Proposition
words of liaison.
Concepts are words or signs with which regularities are expressed; propositions are two or more conceptual terms joined by link words to form a semantic unit; and the words of liaison,therefore, serve to relate the concepts.
Conceptual Maps consist of nodes and join lines between nodes.
Nodes, which represent concepts or attributes specific to the developed theme, are framed in circles, rectangles,and so on, and joined by strokes.
These connections represent relationships that unscreo together those concepts and may (or may not) carry a legend that clarifies the meaning of that relationship. Link words such as "from", "where", "the", "for", "then", "with", etc., are used, both as verbs and nouns,to construct the propositions that are read between the nodes.
The most comprehensive and evenr concepts should be located at the top of the chart,and as you descend vertically down the Map, the minor category concepts are located.
So, the elements that make up the conceptual maps are:
Concept:
A concept is an event or object that is regularly called with a name or label (Novak and Gowin, 1988) For example, water, chair house, rain.
The concept can be considered as that word used to designate a certain image of an object or an event that occurs in the mind of the individual.
There are concepts that define concrete elements(house, desk)and others that define abstract notions, which we cannot touch but that exist in reality (Democracy, State)
Link Words: It is the prepositions, the conjunctions, the adverb and in general all the words that are not concept and that are used to relate these and thus put together a "proposition"
E.g. :p, where, like, among others. Link words allow, along with concepts, to construct phrases or sentences with logical meaning and find the connection between concepts.
Proposition: A proposition is two or more concepts bound by link words ina semantic unit.
Link Lines and Arrows: In conceptual maps conventionally, arrows are not used because the relationship between concepts is specified by link words, lines are used to join concepts.
The Arrows: The use of arrows is reserved only for cases where the relationship in question is not subordination betweenconcepts", therefore they can be used to represent a cross-relationship, between the concepts of one section of the map and those of another part of the conceptual "tree". The arrow tells us that there is no subordination relationship.
Cross Connections: When you establish between two concepts located in different segments of the conceptual map, a significant relationship.
Cross-connections show relationships between two distinct segments of the conceptual hierarchy that are integrated into a single knowledge. The graphical representation on the map to signal the existence of a cross-connection is through an arrow
