Selecting Key Information
When we encounter information in everyday life, it is seldom the case that the key ideas are highlighted or selected for us. In fact, in most cases, these key ideas are embedded in a body of information, which could be a chapter of a book, a blog entry, a website, or a newspaper article. In cases like these, how do we begin to organize the information in a concept map?
A useful skill to learn is to pick out the key ideas in a body of text. Try this exercise.
A useful skill to learn is to pick out the key ideas in a body of text. Try this exercise.
Exercise : Select Key Information
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Populate the blank boxes in the template with key ideas from the factsheet, then start building!
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Factsheet
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