Biology Schemata Knowledge Organization and Meaning Formation Due to Learning: A Constructive-Chronometric Approach to Concept Mapping Usability
| Autor: | Claudia Castro-Campos, Maria Guadalupe Villarreal-Treviño, Maria Elena Urdiales-Ibarra, Ernesto Octavio Lopez-Ramirez, Janay Emmanuel Carrillo-Colon |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Cognitive science
Concept map Knowledge organization 05 social sciences 050301 education Context (language use) General Medicine Constructive Semantic network Formative assessment Mental representation 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences 0503 education 050104 developmental & child psychology Meaning (linguistics) |
| Zdroj: | Creative Education. :2693-2706 |
| ISSN: | 2151-4771 2151-4755 |
| DOI: | 10.4236/ce.2018.916203 |
| Popis: | This study investigated how using concept maps affects meaning formation and schemata organization of a biology course content. Here, high school students taking an introductory course on biology were required to provide conceptual definitions for ten course-relevant target concepts by using a natural semantic network technique. This allowed us to computer-simulate schemata behavior and select schemata-related concepts that were used to compare these word pairs against other semantic related concepts in a semantic priming study before and after the course. An experimental group used concept maps as a learning tool whereas the control did not. Results showed that semantic priming effects to schemata related concepts are obtained only for students who used concept maps as a learning tool. Implications of the study findings are discussed in the context of a formative learning approach. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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