The Effectiveness of Two Methods of Capturing Mental Models of Student Learning
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چکیده
When attempting to evaluate expertise, it is important to assess not only what individuals know but also how they organize that knowledge. Numerous methods have been proposed for deriving graphical representations of knowledge organization, or mental models, but not enough is known about the relative effectiveness of these methods. Structural assessment (SA) and revealed casual mapping (RCM), two methods for capturing mental models, are compared according to their ability to assess student learning of object-oriented (OO) concepts. The study follows undergraduate students learning Visual Basic.NET (VB.NET), assessing their mental models at the beginning and end of the semester and comparing the similarity of students’ organization of knowledge to that of OO experts. Findings from this study will add to the body of knowledge on mental models, and may be used to develop more effective teaching content and structure.
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