When and where found: I found this word while reading the article by Baumann, Ware, and Edwards (2007) and also encountered it while reading Nagy (1988). The authors were simply describing what the teacher did with her students in order to deepen students’ understanding of the words imperialism and siege.
What it means: Semantic Maps are a specific learning tool used to map the specific links a word has to other words, which also support understanding the meaning (Nagy, 1988).
Level of Familiarity: I am very familiar with Semantic Maps. I believe they are a great way to teach vocabulary because they help students realize the connections between words.
To know well or not: Yes, certainly as teachers we should know this word well. In addition, being able to use semantic mapping as a classroom activity could improve student understanding of reading content or course content more effectively.
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