Investigating the Use of ICT-Based Concept Mapping Techniques on Creativity in Literacy Tasks

Autor/inn/en	Riley, Nigel R.; Ahlberg, Mauri
Titel	Investigating the Use of ICT-Based Concept Mapping Techniques on Creativity in Literacy Tasks
Quelle	In: Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 20 (2004) 4, S.244-256 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0266-4909
DOI	10.1111/j.1365-2729.2004.00090.x
Schlagwörter	Writing Achievement; Elementary School Students; Intervention; Creativity; Control Groups; Concept Mapping; Computer Uses in Education + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kreativität; Concept Map; Computernutzung
Abstract	The key research question in this small-scale study focuses on the effects that an ICT (information and communications technologies)-based concept mapping intervention has on creativity and writing achievement in 10-11-year-old primary age pupils. The data shows that pupils using a concept mapping intervention significantly improve their NFER non-verbal reasoning age-standardised scores over a control group with a higher baseline whose scores remain constant. Evidence linking this with using ICT-based concept mapping remains inconclusive. Correlation studies show that writing achievement and creativity are linked and that writing achievement and concept mapping connectivity are linked. However, there is no conclusive evidence for linking concept mapping connectivity with creativity. Findings show that concept mapping components increase post-test and that concept mapping ability can be evaluated using a connectivity index that may have some predictive value in assessing writing achievement. The findings suggest that ICT-based concept mapping provides a reliable framework from which to structure writing and that ICT enhances learning and use of this representational technique and provides opportunities for developing innovative and educationally valid practices. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10