Concept Mapping as a Follow-Up Strategy to Learning from Texts: What Characterizes Good and Poor Mappers?

Autor/inn/en	Hilbert, Tatjana S.; Renkl, Alexander
Titel	Concept Mapping as a Follow-Up Strategy to Learning from Texts: What Characterizes Good and Poor Mappers?
Quelle	In: Instructional Science: An International Journal of the Learning Sciences, 36 (2008) 1, S.53-73 (21 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0020-4277
DOI	10.1007/s11251-007-9022-9
Schlagwörter	Concept Mapping; Learning Strategies; Cognitive Processes; Training Methods + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Concept Map; Learning methode; Learning techniques; Lernmethode; Lernstrategie; Cognitive process; Kognitiver Prozess; Didaktik; Trainingsmaßnahme
Abstract	Concept maps consist of nodes that represent concepts and links that represent relationships between concepts. Various studies have shown that concept mapping fosters meaningful learning. However, little is known about the specific cognitive processes that are responsible for such mapping effects. In a thinking-aloud study, we analyzed the relations between cognitive processes during concept mapping as well as the characteristics of the concept maps that the learners produced and learning outcomes (38 university students). To test whether differences in learning outcome are due to differences in general abilities, verbal and spatial abilities were also assessed. In a cluster-analysis two types of ineffective learners were identified: "non-labeling mappers" and "non-planning mappers". Effective learners, in contrast, showed much effort in planning their mapping process and constructing a coherent concept map. These strategies were more evident in students with prior concept-mapping experience ("advanced beginners") than in those who had not used this learning strategy before ("successful beginners"). Based on the present findings, suggestions for a direct training approach (i.e., strategy training with worked-out examples) and an indirect training approach (i.e., supporting the learners with strategy prompts) were developed. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10