Concept mapping is a technique used to provide a visual representation of an individual’s ideas about a concept or set of related concepts. This paper describes a concept mapping tool using a photograph association technique (CoMPAT) that is considered to be a novel way of eliciting children’s ideas. What children at 11 years of age know about particular concepts related to microbial activity i...

In the process of constructing a concept map, a common problem is how to achieve a correct topological distribution of the concepts created. The project described in this paper uses Case Based Reasoning techniques to develop a Concept Map Topology Counselor that suggests improvements to a concept map based on its layout. The case base is constructed using examples of concept maps that present t...

In this study I examine the value of concept maps as instruments for assessment of conceptual understanding, using the maps to compare the knowledge of function that students enrolled in university calculus classes hold. Twenty-eight students, half from nontraditional sections and half from traditional sections, participated in the study. Eight professors with PhDs in mathematics also completed...

Concept maps and knowledge maps, often used as learning materials, enable users to recognize important concepts and the relationships between them. For example, concept maps can be used to provide adaptive learning guidance for learners such as path systems for curriculum sequencing to improve the effectiveness of learning process. Generation of concept maps typically involve domain experts, wh...

The concept map is a visual tool, a nontraditional assessment tool designed to specify individual mental models through graphic representation. This study investigated relative sensitivity of concept map subscales to well or poorly defined mental models of a targeted domain (learner achievement). Fifty-eight preservice teachers completed a computer-based lesson introducing the educational philo...

This paper considers a group of preservice teachers’ construction of concept maps derived from y=x+5 and y= x with emphasis on their conceptual understanding of function. The two statements are perceived to represent a number of different concepts with indications of compartmentalized knowledge structures that might prevent the preservice teachers from building rich conceptual structures. The p...

This text is devoted to a literature review of concept maps and concept mapping. An overall idea emerges : on the one hand, concept maps are useful tools for designers, to structure their products, but, on the other hand, ready-made concept maps might not be so useful for learning. For the learner, the process of creating and/or modifying concept maps seems to be much better. Evidence is collec...

Concept maps are frequently used in K 12 educational settings. The purpose of this study is to determine whether students’ performance on interactive concept map tasks in Guru, an intelligent tutoring system, is related to immediate and delayed learning outcomes. Guru is a dialogue based system for high school biology that intersperses concept map tasks within the tutorial dialogue. Results ind...