Paper Info
Title
Supports for deeper learning of inquiry-based ecosystem science in virtual environments - Comparing virtual and physical concept mapping.
Abstract
Concept mapping is an important tool used in science learning to help students construct understanding about fundamental concepts and how they are related. The EcoXPT research project has the goal of supporting authentic experiment-based inquiry within an immersive virtual world curriculum for middle school ecosystem science. It builds on prior research with the EcoMUVE curriculum, which includes, as a culminating activity, student teams creating hand-drawn concept maps to represent their hypotheses about the causal relationships in a virtual ecosystem. As part of the initial Design-Based Research phase of EcoXPT, researchers developed a new electronic concept mapping tool which was piloted with the EcoMUVE curriculum. This study looks at differences in concept maps drawn by student teams based on whether they were given access to the new concept-mapping tool. The findings provide insight into the impact of concept map scaffolding choices, and inform the design of future versions of the tool.
Year
DOI
Venue
2018
10.1016/j.chb.2018.03.018
Computers in Human Behavior
Keywords
Field
DocType
Concept maps,Virtual/3D environments,Inquiry learning,MUVEs,Design-based research
Concept map,Psychology,Knowledge management,Curriculum,Science learning
Journal
Volume
ISSN
Citations 
87
0747-5632
2
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.39
7
6
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Shari J. Metcalf141.14
Joe Reilly220.73
Amy Kamarainen31029.75
Jeffrey King420.39
Tina Grotzer510311.48
Chris Dede615920.06