Concepts & Connections

Concepts are the building blocks of the Knowledge Model. Each concept represents a key idea, term, principle, or process from your source material.

Concepts

When Chelle processes your textbook, it identifies discrete concepts — things that could be taught, tested, or applied. A concept might be a scientific principle, a historical event, a mathematical technique, or a vocabulary term.

Each concept includes:

• Name — a clear, concise label
• Description — what the concept means in the context of your material
• Learning objectives — what a student should know or be able to do
• Citations — where this concept appears in the source text

Connections

Concepts don't exist in isolation. The Knowledge Model maps how they relate to each other:

• Prerequisites — concept A must be understood before concept B
• Related topics — concepts that illuminate each other
• Part-of relationships — a concept is a sub-topic of a larger concept

These connections help Chelle generate activities that build logically — lectures that introduce prerequisites first, assessments that test related concepts together.