Evaluate the Strategy for Use in Your Own Classroom

Discuss with your colleagues the challenges and benefits of using this session's strategy with your students or reflect on them in your journal.

1. What kind of research opportunities does this activity afford students?
2. If you were to use this activity in your classroom, when would you incorporate it into a lesson -- as an introductory illustration, a prelude to research, or a summative activity? Why?
3. What are the benefits of having students participate in developing a physical model in class? What challenges might you encounter?
4. How do you think this kind of tactile concept map is different from or similar to doing the same activity on paper?