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Subject: Concept mapping and assessment

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Saretha Brussow
Posts: 4
30/05/2007 11:26  
Are there any of you that has used concept mapping as a tool for assessment?
Saretha Brussow
Posts: 4
30/05/2007 12:00  
Dear Susan
I am very interested in your approach to electronic feedback especially in large classes which are always a problem. I have used concept mapping in my own class which include a lot of students underprepared for higher education. My intent was to determine if conceptual change can be induced by means of concept mapping. I found that it improved learning effectiveness but not necessarily conceptual change. I used a rubric which is in my case study to assess the process. The students found concept mapping very useful when done collaboratively
Jenny Booth
Posts: 6
30/05/2007 14:53  
Thanks all for your posts so far on the interesting topic of concept mapping. Saretha, thanks for your case study and for calling into the chat session earlier, it wasn't possible there to to pick up on all the case studies but it's great to be hearing more about them here in the forum.

Regarding others using concept mapping - you might be interested to know that Nick Baker mentioned during the chat that he had been using concept maps usefully for formative and summative assessment. Maybe you and he might like to have a chat?

Best regards

Jenny Booth
Jenny Booth
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30/05/2007 14:57  
Thanks for your post Alec on working in large teaching teams, that's a very interesting area. If it's ok with you I am going to move this up as a new topic on large teaching teams - so have a look there for any replies!

Best regards

Jenny Booth
Peter Hartley
Posts: 4
31/05/2007 09:02  
I'm wondering what technology everyone is using. I've used pencil and paper mind maps for many years and have never been very happy with the software versions. I've recently become a convert to electronic concept mapping using CMAP (which is both free and well-supported). There is a useful chapter by Jane Fox and Dot Morrison on using concept maps to support learning and assessment with pre-reg nursing students in Hartley et al (2005) Enhancing Teaching in Higher Education, Routledge.
brian whalley
Posts: 1
31/05/2007 10:10  
I have been using - and importantly - getting students to the the CMap tools. Not only free so students can have them on their own machines but they are part of the institution computer desktop. Useful for project planning and even instead of essays. Good for revision and all sorts of other things. Much more useful than a Buzan type Mind map and his has a pretty sound pedagogic basis (Novak and Gowin).
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