Using Mind Maps to Make Student Questioning Effective

Autor: Rob Martens, Harry Stokhof, Bregje de Vries, Theo Bastiaens
Přispěvatelé: Team Secondary Education, LEARN! - Personalized learning, differentiated teaching
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Research in Science Education, 2018(1), 1-23. Springer Netherlands
Stokhof, H, de Vries, B, Bastiaens, T & Martens, R 2018, ' Using Mind Maps to Make Student Questioning Effective : Learning Outcomes of a Principle-Based Scenario for Teacher Guidance ', Research in Science Education, vol. 2018, no. 1, pp. 1-23 . https://doi.org/10.1007/s11165-017-9686-3
ISSN: 0157-244X
DOI: 10.1007/s11165-017-9686-3
Popis: Student questioning is an important learning strategy, but rare in many classrooms, because teachers have concerns if these questions contribute to attaining curricular objectives. Teachers face the challenge of making student questioning effective for learning the curriculum. To address this challenge, a principle-based scenario for guiding effective student questioning was developed and tested for its relevance and practicality in two previous studies. In the scenario, which consists of a sequence of pedagogical activities, mind maps support teachers and students to explore and elaborate upon a core curriculum, by raising, investigating, and exchanging student questions. In this paper, a follow-up study is presented that tested the effectiveness of the scenario on student outcomes in terms of attainment of curricular objectives. Ten teachers and their 231 students participated in the study. Pre- and posttest mind maps were used to measure individual and collective learning outcomes of student questioning. Findings show that a majority of students progressed in learning the core curriculum and elaborated upon it. The findings suggest that visualizing knowledge construction in a shared mind map supports students to learn a core curriculum and to refine their knowledge structures.
Databáze: OpenAIRE