Using Concept Mapping to Foster Adaptive Expertise

Diane Salmon received her doctorate in educational psychology (with concentrations in school psychology and human development) from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1989. She is a tenured faculty member at National-Louis University in the School and Educational Psychology Department and Research Director for the College of Education. Salmon is the author of several articles and a text for professional educators, Facilitating Interpersonal Relationships in the Classroom: The Relational Literacy Curriculum.Melissa Kelly is a PhD candidate in educational psychology at the University of Illinois at Chicago, where she is also a visiting clinical lecturer. Kelly has co-written several articles and book chapters related to online teaching and learning.

• Contents: Metacognitive Learning – Our Metacognitive Learning Through and About Concept Mapping – Teacher Learning Trajectories – Selecting the Big Ideas – Articulating the Linking Phrases – Organizing Conceptual Structures – Creating Conceptual Coherence – Evaluating Concept Maps for Instructional Planning – Mentoring Instructional Planning Via Concept Maps – Collaborative Concept Mapping and Adaptive Expertise – Tools for Constructing Concept.