Exploring Students' Cognitive Structures in Learning Science: A Review of Relevant Methods.

Tsai, Chin-Chung; Huang, Chao-Ming

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ERIC Number: EJ654639

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 2002

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Exploring Students' Cognitive Structures in Learning Science: A Review of Relevant Methods.

Tsai, Chin-Chung; Huang, Chao-Ming

Journal of Biological Education, v36 n4 p163-69 Aut 2002

Reviews five methods of representing cognitive structures: (1) free word association; (2) controlled word association; (3) tree construction; (4) concept map; and (5) flow map. Discusses the applications as well as the limitations of these methods by comparing the types of analysis that are generated. (Contains 37 references.) (Author/YDS)

Descriptors: Biology, Cognitive Structures, Concept Formation, Concept Mapping, Constructivism (Learning), Higher Education, Misconceptions, Science Education, Secondary Education, Teaching Methods

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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