On the Use of Concept Maps as an Assessment Tool in Science: What we have Learned so Far

In this paper I describe concept maps as an assessment tool to measure one aspect of achievement, the organization of propositional (declarative) knowledge in a domain. A concept map-based assessment consists of a task that elicits structured knowledge, a response format, and a scoring system. Varia...

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Autor: Ruiz Primo, María Araceli
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2000
País:México
Institución:UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA
Repositorio:Revista Electrónica de Investigacion Educativa
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.redie.uabc.mx:article/16
Acceso en línea:https://redie.uabc.mx/redie/article/view/16
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Concept map-based assessment
assessment of student knowledge
alternative assessments in science.
Evaluación basada en mapas conceptuales
evaluación del conocimiento de los estudiantes
evaluación alternativa en ciencias.
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Sumario:In this paper I describe concept maps as an assessment tool to measure one aspect of achievement, the organization of propositional (declarative) knowledge in a domain. A concept map-based assessment consists of a task that elicits structured knowledge, a response format, and a scoring system. Variation in tasks, response formats, and scoring systems produce different mapping techniques that may elicit different knowledge representations, posing construct-interpretation challenges. This paper provides an overview of the research on the technical characteristics of concept maps. It briefly describes some of the studies that have been conducted to this end, and what we have learned so far about this form of assessment.