What are essential concepts about networks?
Hiroki Sayama, Catherine Cramer, Mason A. Porter, Lori Sheetz, Stephen, Uzzo

TL;DR
This paper describes the development of an educational resource that summarizes seven essential network concepts for general understanding, involving researchers, educators, and students in a collaborative process.
Contribution
It introduces a participatory approach to identify and organize core network concepts for educational purposes, emphasizing student involvement and community analysis.
Findings
Seven essential network concepts identified
Community structure analysis used to group ideas
Student insights contributed to final concept selection
Abstract
Networks have become increasingly relevant to everyday life as human society has become increasingly connected. Attaining a basic understanding of networks has thus become a necessary form of literacy for people (and for youths in particular). At the NetSci 2014 conference, we initiated a year-long process to develop an educational resource that concisely summarizes essential concepts about networks that can be used by anyone of school age or older. The process involved several brainstorming sessions on one key question: "What should every person living in the 21st century know about networks by the time he/she finishes secondary education?" Different sessions reached diverse participants, which included professional researchers in network science, educators, and high-school students. The generated ideas were connected by the students to construct a concept network. We examined…
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