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Integrating Concept Mapping and the Learning Cycle To Teach Diffusion and Osmosis Concepts to High School Biology Students.
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Odom, Arthur L.; Kelly, Paul V. – Science Education, 2001
Explores the effectiveness of concept mapping, the learning cycle, expository instruction, and a combination of concept mapping/learning cycle in promoting conceptual understanding of diffusion and osmosis. Concludes that the concept mapping/learning cycle and concept mapping treatment groups significantly outperformed the expository treatment…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Concept Mapping, Diffusion (Physics), Learning Processes
The Use of Concept Mapping and Knowledge Vee Mapping with Junior High School Science Students.
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Novak, Joseph D.; And Others – Science Education, 1983
Investigated use of concept and Vee-mapping strategies with regular seventh- and eighth-grade science students (N=155), focusing on changes in student acquisition of science knowledge and problem-solving performance. Includes methods of teaching Vee mapping, evaluating the maps, anectdotal records of Piagetian clinical interviews, findings, and…
Descriptors: Cognitive Mapping, Cognitive Processes, Concept Mapping, Epistemology
Cognitive Preference and Learning Mode as Determinants of Meaningful Learning through Concept Mapping.
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Okebukola, Peter Akinsola; Jegede, Olugbemiro J. – Science Education, 1988
Describes a study designed to compare student success in a concept mapping exercise with the cognitive preference of the student, and to determine whether students achieve better using individualistic or cooperative learning modes in the concept mapping exercise. Discusses the background, methodology and results. (CW)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style, Concept Formation