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Using a Computerized Concept Mapping Program to Assess Preservice Teachers' Thinking about Effective Teaching.
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Beyerbach, Barbara A.; Smith, Joyce M. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1990
Concept mapping with "Learning Tool," a computerized mapping program, was used to assess changes in the content and organization of 17 preservice teachers' concept maps for the topic of effective teaching. This study illustrates how concept mapping can be useful in describing students' evolving constructions of knowledge in a particular…
Descriptors: Cognitive Mapping, Cognitive Structures, Computer Assisted Instruction, Concept Formation
Semantic Networking: The New Kid on the Block.
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Fisher, Kathleen M. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1990
Describes the "SemNet" software and some of its uses as an educational and research tool, with emphasis on the similarities and differences between concept mapping and semantic networking. (PR)
Descriptors: Cognitive Mapping, Cognitive Structures, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software Evaluation
The Concept Map as a Research Tool: Exploring Conceptual Change in Biology.
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Wallace, Josephine D. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1990
Reports a study examining the concurrent validity of concept maps as vehicles for documenting and exploring conceptual change in biology. Elementary education science methods students who were instructed on marine life zones showed significant differences on their concept maps on this topic. (PR)
Descriptors: Biology, Cognitive Mapping, Cognitive Structures, Computer Assisted Instruction