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Download full textPlotnick, Eric – 1997
This ERIC Digest discusses concept mapping, a technique for representing the structure of information visually. Concept mapping can be used to brainstorm, design complex structures, communicate complex ideas, aid learning by explicitly integrating new and old knowledge, and assess understanding or diagnose misunderstanding. Visual representation…
Descriptors: Cognitive Mapping, Cognitive Structures, Computer Graphics, Computer Software
Mashhadi, Azam; Woolnough, Brian – 1996
This paper presents findings from a study that investigated students' understanding of quantum phenomena and focused on how students incorporate the ideas of quantum physics into their overall cognitive framework. The heuristic metaphor of the map is used to construct graphic representations of students' understanding of quantum physics. The…
Descriptors: Cognitive Mapping, Cognitive Psychology, Cognitive Structures, Constructivism (Learning)
