Before You Write: Frame Your Thoughts with Concept Modeling

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Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
01:10 What is a Concept Map?
05:54 Modeling vs. Illustration
07:26 Comparing Concept Maps and Mind Maps
09:36 Conclusion
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[dapperninji]

Diagnosed with adhd at 35. Going back to grad school. just found this channel. YOu are a godsend.

[angelost]

This is really valuable content for people (like me) looking to harness their thoughts and become better communicators. Thank you for taking the time to share.

[coffeemkr]

One of the best treasures I’ve ever seen on you tube. Thank you for making this!!

[gustavozanette]

Very concise instructions. Great video!

[itechnwrite]

THIS is evolutionary thinking technology that directly influences learning, design, implementation and conscious mental scaffolding that individuals can learn and apply to everything. In case you missed just how revolutionary this technology is, this is a critical advancement in efficiency, accuracy and transmissibility of information. The added bonus is a higher function and capacity of content contained in long-term memory. No matter what you do or focus on, THIS is the most valuable skill to learn and apply.

[wolffn]

Great video, good thinking, and slow, clear and friendly for non-native speakers like me! Thanks Zsolt!

[sonicmaths]

You explained it well. Not too many months ago, I understood the importance and power of concept maps and am still impressed by how they helped deepen my understanding of topics.

[causalinference]

You are a knowledge master, your video really really helped me with learning and writing. Anyone should think clearly before his speaking and writing

[gavada]

Great video and insightful and inspiring thinking as always! Thank you!

[VikrantSingh-sezb]

Thanks for caring to share about art and science of personal knowledge base management.

[pikatwinky]

Thank you so much for making this valuable content Zsolt

[krackr]

Great combination of a presentation, structured thought flow & of course - a visual note..Thanks!

[renaudliber]

Such a great video Zsolt. Looking forward to put it into practice. Thanks!

[sheon]

Awesome video! I always thought they were the same but with your help, I now appreciate the differences!

[swamihuman]

- Nice presentation. Thx.
- I'm happy I came across this vid, and its content: this is the first time I've encountered some of "my" ideas expressed by another person. Not that I thought my ideas were original, just that I've never seen them formalized.

- I'm an autodidact/polymath, plus teacher/"empowerer".

- My approach to learning/teaching is CONCEPT-focused, along w/ the proper balance of / attention to CONCRETE.
--- Concept is the idea, along w/ relations between things, whereas,
--- Concrete is the implementation of the idea, along w/ labels to identify things.

- Identifying/clarifying the concept/s upfront allows establishing intentional/good underlying structure, and a framework on which to build. This allows me to succeed where many others don't - but not because they can't: they just aren't thinking about things properly. When sharing this concept/concrete approach, I tell people, "Sometimes it's more important HOW you think than what you think." I've helped many people advance in their endeavors (at least those who have recognized the value/power in the concept/concrete viewpoint/approach).

- Thx, again; I look forward to delving into more content on this channel...

Good video. It's been many years since I used concept maps, and I think I'll pick it up again. Are there more visual elements that can be added to be useful? For example, accompanying with symbols to highlight more important areas or similar types of relationships? Greetings from Chile.

[gondala]

I think this idea of concept modeling is very important before writing. But to my initial thought and impression, I think there is a gap between modeling and "actual" implementing or creating text from that model. I think, there should be another "step" i.e., outlining... I think, making outline right before writing, by adopting concept modeling will be really helping those who constantly "distracted" by many thought and "internal critic"...I think, outline make us more focus on working the actual text (e.g. paper, essay, book, presentation, etc)... I guess, the main goal of writing something is just to finishing the first draf. Sometime, we actually never finish even the first draft because of so many things... I hope you may give some thought on that... Thank you for your video...really help!

[SavioSenaMachado]

IMO, when it comes to learning, you need a lot more than simply organizing the ideas in boxes and arrows. you need to explode these boxes into further detailed information with text (a lot of text), definitions, formulas, statements, references, etc. while having this "broad overview" might be a good starting point, it probably won't suffice in the long run.

[kristomen]

I experience some difficulties while watching some of your videos. Although it seems to me that I understand the content presented, I have a problem with assimilating it. The belief that I am making mistakes while taking notes constantly accompanies me. This may be due to the fact that I need more time to truly understand the material. For me, without practical application, theory remains incomprehensible.

[meburke]

I disagree with the "differences" between 'Mind Maps" and "Concept Maps: Mind Maps are hierarchal. Mind maps proceed from a central topic and branch into smaller subtopics or more details. Mind Maps can easily be transformed into "outlines". Although Mind Maps can have cross-connections between topics, they seldom connect those topics with dependencies on "attributes", which are essential for understanding the difference between "concepts", "facts", and "values". Concept Maps, on the other hand, RELY on the intermediate mapping of the connections to attributes, and mapping a concept specifically distinguishes between actual concepts, and attributes of those concepts such as facts and values. (The connecting idea is not always a verb.) The output of a Concept Map is most often something resembling a "Hypertree" rather than an hierarchal branching tree. A good book on this might be, "Thinking with Concepts" By John Wilson (if you can find a copy). Other than a jarring conflict between what I learned in Science and Philosophy classes back in the '60s, I appreciate the clarity of this video, as I enjoy the content of all your videos.