Using Student and Faculty Generated Concept Maps as a Basis for Course Development
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The goal of this ongoing project was twofold: to involve students in the construction of concept maps, and to explore the utility of student and faculty constructed concept maps as a tool for course development in a new semester in which a book change had been implemented. Students were required to construct concept maps for each chapter in a culture and psychology text during the first semester (Fall 2006). For the second term (June 2006), the instructor utilized the concept maps constructed by the students as a basis for course development. During this period, the instructor also implemented a book change, so a complete matching of course content is unlikely, but potentially the concept map development may provide a structure that can be modified or adapted to meet the needs of the new course. Limits of the project include the specific books chosen.
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