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Concept Mapping

Concept Mapping. Concept Map. A diagram showing the relationship between concepts. Concepts are connected by labeled arrows that describe the relationship between the concepts being linked. Gathers information about understanding of and attitudes about a subject or topic.

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Concept Mapping

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  1. Concept Mapping

  2. Concept Map • A diagram showing the relationship between concepts. • Concepts are connected by labeled arrows that describe the relationship between the concepts being linked. • Gathers information about understanding of and attitudes about a subject or topic.

  3. Creating a Concept Map OCEAN Step 1. Select a central concept

  4. Creating a Concept Map seagrass beds mermaids algae coral reefs sand weather manatees blue fish habitat OCEAN Step 2. Brainstorm secondary concepts

  5. seagrass beds mermaids algae coral reefs sand weather manatees blue fish habitat OCEAN Creating a Concept Map eat need has kills provides live in supports influences live in found in live in looks can make you feel transports inspired by grow on provide food for Step 3. Describe the relationships between concepts by drawing arrows, and using linking words (propositions)

  6. Advantages • Offers a more comprehensive and complex view of someone’s thinking that a test does • Could be a better tool to gauge levels of understanding for visual learners or test-phobic people • Can gather qualitative and quantitative data • Useful for both adults and children

  7. Challenges • Takes instruction to complete properly • Takes training to administer • Can be challenging and time consuming to score • Can be difficult to analyze and interpret

  8. Concept maps… • …many uses • ...many topics • …many approaches

  9. …pictures/symbols

  10. …capturing attitudes, beliefs, opinions

  11. …lesson plans

  12. …design tool Other examples

  13. …communicating complex ideas

  14. …planning

  15. Scoring • Structural assessment (quantitative) • Relational assessment (qualitative)

  16. Structural Assessment • Appropriate if the user freely identified concepts that s/he felt were related to the subject • Assigns weighted scores to the physical map characteristics: • Number of concepts • Number of links • Number of hierarchical levels • Number of cross-links • Number of examples/informational links

  17. Relational Assessment • Appropriate if: • the user freely identified concepts that s/he felt were related to the subject • if the user was given a list of concepts to map • if the map was generated using a template or guide • Quantifies the quality of concepts, links and propositions • Compares user-generated map to an expert generated map

  18. Resources In the real world

  19. Other examples

  20. Resources • http://www.socialresearchmethods.net/mapping/mapping.htm • http://cmap.ihmc.us/conceptmap.html

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