G7+Concept+diagrams

Great idea #7 - Concept diagrams

How do you create/do it?
"The teacher selects a key word from a story or lecture. Next he or she construct a diagram that features the definition of the word. The characteristics that are always present, sometimes present, or never present and positive and negative examples that can be used to model the world. Finally the concept diagram is presented to students as follows:  1. Present the word and its definition.2. Discuss which characteristics are always, sometimes, or never present.3. Discuss one of positive examples and one of the negative examples in relation to the characteristics.4. Check other positive and negative examples to discover whether they match the characteristics. ==n What are the benefits?  ==

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