sentences:  When students produce Thinking Maps, conversations among the students and their Maps occur, which is where the real learning takes place.Students are able to "illustrate" and explain their thought processes through Maps, while other students listen, ask questions, agree and/or disagree.Social learning starts when the teacher realizes that his or her classroom needs to be based on a learning community of able and willing learners, where each student has a vital role in the everyday learning by participating and adding to the conversation, which is where Thinking Maps can aid, scaffold, and support.