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Concept Maps as a Heuristic for Science Curriculum Development: Toward Improvement in Process and Product.

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Starr, Mary L.; Krajcik, Joseph S. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1990

Outlines the use of concept maps as a tool for science curriculum development and discusses the changes that occur in the teacher's view of the curriculum with successive revisions of the maps. Describes and analyzes the maps created by sixth-grade teachers. (PR)

Descriptors: Cognitive Mapping, Cognitive Structures, Concept Formation, Concept Mapping