DIME Method
•Step 1: Identify key concepts (e.g., key terms from text and major concepts in lecture notes)
•Step 2 (Define): Provide the definition that the text and/or lecture gives
•Step 3 (Interpret): Use your own terms to explain the concept
•Step 4 (Model): Link the concept to all of the other concepts for that lecture/module/chapter in a network
•Step 6 (Example): Provide an example from everyday life. This can be a metaphor or analogy
Example of a Model
Let’s say that you had to develop a model of the areas in Psychology:
•Learning
•Perception
•Social
•Developmental
•Biological
•Abnormal
•Personality
Draw in links to represent relations among concepts
•Not everything is related to everything else
•Think about how two concepts are related
