Variously called concept maps and graphic organizers, cognitive maps can be used in program management as effective and reliable documentation for tracking and evaluating development of students' knowledge, skills, and experience relative to National Association for Gifted Children National Standards for Graduate Programs in Gifted Education. Cognitive structuring of information among teachers is generalized in this report to broader and more advanced levels of professional development fostered in gifted education programs at the graduate level. Longitudinal information from map analysis was used to inform both individual advisement and structural changes in a program.
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