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As a free software tool, IHMC CmapTools redefines the concept mapping learning strategy with an infusion of technology to provide students with meaningful and non-rote learning experiences. The following review discusses what IHMC
CmapTools is, the literature-supported academic benefits of student-employed concept mapping, and how my secondary social studies colleague and I introduced this software to his students to create meaningful learning opportunities with social studies content. After working with IHMC CmapTools for over four years in both social studies and non-social studies classes, I would strongly encourage social studies educators in grades 5-12 to consider implementing this tool in their instruction as a means of enriching both their students’ engagement with social studies material and their students’ understanding of their own metacognitive processes.
Publication Date
Winter 2017
Publisher
Social Studies Education Review
Keywords
IHMC CmapTools, concept mapping, meaningful learning, social studies
Disciplines
Arts and Humanities | Education | Social and Behavioral Sciences
Recommended Citation
Southworth, Erica M., "Map It! Creating Meaningful Learning Experiences in Social Studies with IHMC CmapTools" (2017). Faculty Creative and Scholarly Works. 3.
https://digitalcommons.snc.edu/faculty_staff_works/3
