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Concept mapping: A useful tool for science education
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This article describes the genesis and development of concept mapping as a useful tool for science education. It also offers an overview of the contents of this special issue and comments on the current state of knowledge representation. Suggestions for further research are made throughout the article.
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“concept mapping, as proposed by Novak (1990), is another tool used to visually represent a learner's understanding and knowledge structure of a specific topic.”
From A Cognitive Load Theory Approach to Defining and Measuring Task Complexity Through Element Interactivity (2023) · cites this paper as Novak (1990)
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“Like representational drawing, the drawing of concept maps has been shown to improve learning (Blunt and Karpicke, 2014; Wong et al., 2021), but it is likely context specific to disciplines that have significant pathways to memorize and abstract concepts to understand (Novak, 1990).”
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- Authors
- Novak, J. D.
- Affiliations
- Cornell University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Novak, Joseph D.
- ORCID
- Novak, Joseph D.
- Venue
- Journal of Research in Science Teaching
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 1990-12
- Volume
- 27
- Issue
- 10
- Pages
- 937-949
- ISSN
- 0022-4308 (ISSN-L)
- 1098-2736
- OpenAlex
- W2110720087
- Cited by
- 1,032
- References
- 28
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 36.89
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Research in Science Teaching (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Education › Science Education and Pedagogy
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Information Systems › Educational Technology and Assessment
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Visual and Cognitive Learning Processes
- Keywords
- concept mapping, science education, knowledge representation, conceptual understanding
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