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Ritchhart, Ron; Turner, Terri; Hadar, Linor – Metacognition and Learning, 2009
A method for uncovering students' thinking about thinking, specifically their meta-strategic knowledge, is explored within the context of an ongoing, multi-year intervention designed to promote the development of students' thinking dispositions. The development of a concept-map instrument that classroom teachers can use and an analytic framework…
Descriptors: Concept Mapping, Concept Formation, Student Attitudes, Metacognition
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Jones, M. Gail; Rua, Melissa J. – School Science and Mathematics, 2008
This study describes 5th, 8th, and 11th-grade students', teachers', and medical professionals' conceptions of flu and microbial illness. Participants constructed a concept map on "flu" and participated in a semi-structured interview. The results showed that these groups of students, teachers and medical professionals held and structured their…
Descriptors: Concept Mapping, Grade 5, Grade 8, Grade 11
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Mintzes, Joel; Quinn, Heather J. – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2007
Emerging from a human constructivist view of learning and a punctuated model of conceptual change, these studies explored differences in the structural complexity and content validity of knowledge about prehistoric life depicted in concept maps by learners ranging in age from approximately 10 to 20 years. Study 1 (cross-age) explored the…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Concept Mapping, Content Validity, Validity
Reilly, Kate; Wooster, Betsy – US Department of the Interior, 2008
Riparian ecosystems are an exciting and dynamic subject for study. These areas are valuable lands and important wildlife habitats, and they contribute greatly to the environmental health of an area. Definitions for the term "riparian" vary, but in this curriculum, the land called the "Green Zone" lies between flowing water and upland ecosystems.…
Descriptors: Concept Mapping, Water Quality, Water, Youth Programs