Concept mapping assessment in medical education: A comparison of two scoring systems

Medical Education

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 820-826

  West, Daniel C ^a,c   Park, Jeanny K ^a   Pomeroy, J Richard ^b   Sandoval, Jonathan ^b  

^a Department of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Concept formation; Education, medical, graduate standards; Educational measurement; Reproducibility of results

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXAMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; METHODOLOGY; QUALITY CONTROL; RELIABILITY; RESIDENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SEIZURE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

CALIFORNIA; CONCEPT FORMATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STATISTICS;

EID: 0036401817     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2923.2002.01292.x     Document Type: Article

References (13)

1. Ausubel DP, Novak JD, Hanesian H. Educational Psychology: A Cognitive View. 2nd edn. New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston; 1978.
2. Baxter GP, Elder AD, Glaser R. Knowledge-based cognition and performance assessment in the science classroom. Educational Psychol 1996;31:133-40.
3. Chi M, Feltovich P, Glaser R. Categorization and representation of physics problems by experts and novices. Cognitive Sci 1981;5:121-52.
4. Lesgold A, Rubinson H, Feltovich P, Glaser R, Klopfer D, Wang Y. Expertise in a complex skill: diagnostic x-ray pictures. In: Chi MTH, Glaser R, Farr M, eds. The Nature of Expertise. Hillsdale, New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum; 1988:311-42.
5. Ruiz-Primo MA, Shavelson RJ. Problems and issues in the use of concept maps in science assessment. J Res Sci Teaching 1996;33:569-600.
6. Novak JD, Gowin DB. Learning How to Learn. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press; 1984:15-54.
7. West DC, Pomeroy JR, Park JK, Gerstenberger EA, Sandoval JH. Critical thinking in graduate medical education: a role for concept mapping assessment? J Am Med Assoc 2000;284:1105-10.
8. McClure JR, Sonak B, Suen HK. Concept map assessment of classroom learning: reliability, validity, and logistical practicality. J Res Sci Teaching 1999;36:475-92.
9. Markham KM, Mintzes JJ, Jones MG. The concept map as a research and evaluation tool: further evidence of validity. J Res Sci Teaching 1994;31:91-101.
10. Pearsall NR, Skipper EJ, Mintzes JJ. Knowledge restructuring in the life sciences: a longitudinal study of conceptual change in biology. Sci Education 1997;81:193-215.
11. Austin LB, Shore BM. Using concept mapping for assessment in physics. Physics Education 1995;30:41-5.
12. Rice DC, Ryan JM, Samson SM. Using concept maps to assess student learning in the science classroom: must different methods compete? J Res Sci Teaching 1998;35:1103-27.
13. Tinsley HE, Weiss DJ. Interrater reliability and agreement of subjective judgements. J Counseling Psychol 1975;22: 358-76.