Comparison of Individuals' Ideational Knowledge Structures Derived by Concept Mapping and Ideational Knowledge Mapping

Knowledge Map is an external visual representation of an individual's ideational knowledge (also called cognitive structure, or propositional, declarative or conceptual), and we deal with two methodologies to produce such representations, Concept Mapping and Ideational Knowledge Mapping. This paper describes and shows samples of the maps the two methodologies produce, compares their graphic elements, and outlines the abstract characteristics unique to the Ideational Knowledge Map. Based on the content and structure of the Ideational Knowledge Map a theorization of the Ideational Knowledge Space is proposed and some of its implications and problems discussed.