Using Network Science to Analyze Concept Maps of Psychology Undergraduates

Autor/in	Siew, Cynthia S. Q.
Titel	Using Network Science to Analyze Concept Maps of Psychology Undergraduates
Quelle	In: Applied Cognitive Psychology, 33 (2019) 4, S.662-668 (7 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Siew, Cynthia S. Q.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0888-4080
DOI	10.1002/acp.3484
Schlagwörter	Concept Mapping; Psychology; Undergraduate Students; Network Analysis; Knowledge Level; Prediction; Testing + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Concept Map; Psychologie; Netzplantechnik; Wissensbasis; Vorhersage; Testdurchführung; Testen
Abstract	Network science is an emerging area of complexity science that uses mathematical techniques to study complex systems and could represent a new way of quantifying and investigating the internal structure of domain-specific knowledge as approximated by students' concept maps. Students enrolled in introductory psychology constructed concept maps to represent their understanding of a psychology chapter. Concept networks were constructed based on the concept maps generated by students. Network analysis revealed that the structure of concept networks differed across students (i.e., some networks were better connected than others), and network structure significantly predicted quiz scores, such that concept networks with larger average shortest path lengths (a network metric representing the average of the shortest paths between two nodes in a network) were associated with higher quiz scores, after controlling for network size. This paper illustrates how network science techniques can be used to quantify the conceptual structure of a learner's knowledge. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01