Enhancing conceptual understanding with concept maps and concept questions

ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 2507-2518

  Darmofal, David L ^a   Soderholm, Diane H ^a   Brodeur, Doris R ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCEPT MAPS; THERMAL ENERGY;

AERODYNAMICS; AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; CURRICULA; DATABASE SYSTEMS; ENGINEERING RESEARCH; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; LEARNING SYSTEMS; LIFE CYCLE; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 8744263984     PISSN: 01901052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (42)

1. Smith, P. L., and T. J. Ragan, Instructional Design, 2d ed., Merrill, Upper Saddle River, NJ, 1999.
2. Wiggins, G., and J. McTighe, Understanding By Design, Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, Alexandria, VA, 1998.
3. Mintzes, J. J., J. H. Wandersee, and J. D. Novak (Eds.), Teaching Science for Understanding: A Human Constructivist View, Academic Press, New York, 1998.
4. Zeilik, M., Concept Mapping, 2000. Available at http://www.wcer.wisc.edu/ nise/cl1/flag
5. Ellis, A. B., C. R. Landis, and K. Meeker, ConcepTest, 2000, Available at http://www.wcer.wisc.edu/nise/cl1/flag
6. Mazur, E., Peer Instruction: A User's Manual, Prentice-Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ, 1997.
7. nd ed., Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, 1993.
8. Mosteller, F., "The 'Muddiest Point in the Lecture', as a Feedback Device," In Teaching and Learning: The Journal of the Harvard-Danforth Center, Vol. 3, 1989.
9. Reference 6.
10. Personal Response System, PRS, http://www.educue.com
11. Felder, R. M., and R. Brent, "Navigating the Bumpy Road to Student-Centered Instruction", College Teaching, 1996, pp. 43-47.
12. Hake, R. R., "Interactive-Engagement vs. Traditional Methods: A Six-Thousand-Student Survey of Mechanics Test Data for Introductory Physics Courses", American Journal of Physics, v. 66 no. 1, 1998, pp. 64-74.
13. Heller, P., and M. Hollobaugh, "Teaching Problem Solving Through Cooperative Grouping, Part 2: Designing Problems and Structuring Groups", American Journal of Physics, v. 60 no. 7, 1992, pp. 637-644.
14. Heller, R., R. Keith, and S. Anderson, "Teaching Problem Solving Through Cooperative Grouping, Part 1: Group vs. Individual Problem Solving", American Journal of Physics, v. 60 no. 7, 1992, pp. 627-636.
15. Johnson, D. W., and R. T. Johnson, Cooperation and competition: Theory and Research, Interaction Book Company, Edina, MN, 1989.
16. Johnson, D. W., and R. T. Johnson, Meaningful and Manageable Assessment Through Cooperative Learning, Interaction Book Company, Edina, MN, 1996.
17. Johnson, D. W., R. T. Johnson, and K.A. Smith, Active Learning: Cooperation in the College Classroom, Interaction Book Company, Edina, MN, 1991.
18. Meltzer, D. E., and K. Manivannan, "Promoting Interactivity in Physics Lecture Classes", Physics Teacher, v. 34, 1996, pp. 72-76.
19. Gagne, R. M., The Conditions of Learning, 3rd ed., Holt, Rhinehart, and Winston, New York, 1977.
20. Reference 2.
21. National Research Council, How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School, National Academy Press, Washington, DC, 2000. Available at http://books.nap.edu/books/0309070368/html/index.html.
22. Reference 1.
23. Reference 20.
24. Posner, G., K. Strike, P. Hewson, and W. Gerzog, "Accommodation of a Scientific Conception: Toward a Theory of Conceptual Change", Science Education, v. 66, 1982, pp. 211-227
25. Reference 6.
26. Reference 3.
27. Novak, J. D., Learning, Creating, and Using Knowledge: Concept Maps as Facilitative Tools in Schools and Corporations, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, New York, 1998.
28. Plotnik, E., Concept Mapping: A Graphical System for Understanding the Relationship Between Concepts, 1997. (ERIC Document Reproductions Service No. ED407938). Available at http://ericir.syr.edu/plweb-cgi/obtain.pl
29. Novak, J. D. and D.B. Gowin, Learning How to Learn, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, 1984.
30. Cornwell, P. J., "Concept Maps in the Mechanical Engineering Curriculum", Proceedings of the 2000 American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition, 2000. Available at http://www.asee.org/conferencessearch.
31. Danielson, S., and S. Mehta, "Statics Concept Questions for Enhancing Learning", Proceedings of the 2000 American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition, 2000. Available at http://www.asee.org/conferencessearch.
32. Harmon, T. C., G. A. Burks, G. Chung, and E. Baker, "Evaluation of a Simulation and Problem-Based Learning Design Project Using Constructed Knowledge Mapping", Proceedings of the 2001 American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition, 2001. Available at http://www.asee.org/conferencessearch.
33. Turns, J., C.J. Atman, and R, Adams, "Concept Maps for Engineering Education: A Cognitively Motivated Tool Supporting Varied Assessment Functions", IEEE Transactions on Education, v. 43, no. 2, 2000, pp. 164-173.
34. Reference 4.
35. Reference 30.
36. Reference 32.
37. Reference 33.
38. Streveler, R. A., and R. L. Miller, "Investigating Student Misconceptions in the Design Process Using Multidimensional Scaling", Proceedings of the 2001 American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition, 2001. Available at http://www.asee.org/ conferencessearch.
39. Reference 6.
40. Reference 31.
41. Reference 6.
42. Reference 10.