| Autor: |
Adriano Nardi Conceição, Paulo Rogério Miranda Correia |
| Jazyk: |
English<br />Spanish; Castilian<br />Portuguese |
| Rok vydání: |
2020 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Investigações em Ensino de Ciências, Vol 25, Iss 3, Pp 471-486 (2020) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
1518-8795 |
| DOI: |
10.22600/1518-8795.ienci2020v25n3p471 |
| Popis: |
Concept maps (CMs) are propositional networks set up to answer a focus question. Unfortunately, the literature tends to neglect the focus question role, and the identification of superficial conceptual maps, even if conceptually correct, does not happen. In this paper, an analysis of clusters was carried out based on the performance of students in a questionnaire containing items related to the themes of scientific thought, classical astronomy, and modern astronomy to group students according to their levels of conceptual understanding. The performance of students in each group was used to discuss the features of the CMs built during an assessment task in a Higher Education course. The CMs were analyzed based on the semantic clarity and conceptual correction of the propositions and the appropriateness of the content to address the focus question. The students who best represented their conceptual schema, built maps with a large number of appropriate propositions, and answered in a larger proportion to the focus question, were also those who obtained the best performances in the questionnaire. From the results, it is possible to conclude that the reading of the semantic content of the CMs reveals the students’ conceptual understanding. The critical role of the focus question should be considered in activities involving the construction of CMs to identify superficial maps without conceptual errors. |
| Databáze: |
Directory of Open Access Journals |
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