Concept Mapping Software Research Articles

The Origins of the Concept Mapping Tool and the Continuing Evolution of the Tool

A research program at Cornell University that sought to study the ability of children to acquire science concepts and the effect of this learning on later schooling led to the need for a new tool to describe explicit changes in children's conceptual understanding. Concept mapping was invented in 1972 to meet this need, and subsequently numerous other uses have been found for this tool. Underlying the research program and the development of the concept mapping tool was an explicit cognitive psychology of learning and an explicit constructivist epistemology. In 1987, collaboration began between Novak and Cañas and others at the Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition, then part of the University of West Florida. Extending the use of concept mapping to other applications such as the integration of concept mapping with the World Wide Web (WWW) led to the development of software that enhanced the potential of concept mapping, evolving into the current version of CmapTools now used worldwide in schools, universities, corporations, and governmental and non-governmental agencies. Differences between concept maps and other knowledge representation tools are described. The integration of concept mapping software programs with the WWW and other new technologies permits a new kind of concept map-centred learning environment wherein learners build their own knowledge models, individually or collaboratively, and these can serve as a basis for life-long meaningful learning. Combined with other educational practices, use of CmapTools permits a New Model for Education. Preliminary studies are underway to assess the possibilities of this New Model.

Stigmergic Collaboration: The Evolution of Group Work

Stigmergic Collaboration: The Evolution of Group Work

Correlation of Using Concept Mapping Software for Reconstructing Learning Processes at Science Lessons and Importance of Science Education for Junior High School Students

Correlation of Using Concept Mapping Software for Reconstructing Learning Processes at Science Lessons and Importance of Science Education for Junior High School Students

3G2-D1 協同学習を支援する再構成型コンセプトマップ作成ソフトウェア : 生徒からみたソフトウェアの有効性(IT・メディア利用の科学教育システム(2))

3G2-D1 協同学習を支援する再構成型コンセプトマップ作成ソフトウェア : 生徒からみたソフトウェアの有効性(IT・メディア利用の科学教育システム(2))

再構成型コンセプトマップ作成ソフトウェアの機能拡張 : リンキングワードの位置調節と絵・写真ラベルのサイズ設定

再構成型コンセプトマップ作成ソフトウェアの機能拡張 : リンキングワードの位置調節と絵・写真ラベルのサイズ設定

Research on Practical Evaluation of the Collaborative Concept Mapping Software to Reconstruct Learning Processes

Research on Practical Evaluation of the Collaborative Concept Mapping Software to Reconstruct Learning Processes

Effectiveness of the Collaborative Concept Mapping Software to Reconstruct Learning Processes on Supporting Reflection and Dialogue

Effectiveness of the Collaborative Concept Mapping Software to Reconstruct Learning Processes on Supporting Reflection and Dialogue

Practical Evaluation of Concept Mapping Software to Reconstruct Learning Processes in Elementary Science Learning

Practical Evaluation of Concept Mapping Software to Reconstruct Learning Processes in Elementary Science Learning

Use of MindMapper software for research domain mapping.

The application of concept mapping software to facilitate the first steps of the research review process is discussed in relation to other software programs currently used for research synthesis. MindMapper software was used to develop a strategy for organizing the results of a comprehensive literature search into discrete categories with relationships among concepts graphically displayed to reveal the structure of the research domain. A Mind Map was developed for the scholarly literature on Web-based consumer health information. A second Mind Map examined the subconcept of barriers to consumer use of the Internet for health information. MindMapper has many features that facilitate description of the breadth and depth of literature in a domain of inquiry. It also facilitates identification of the number and nature of studies underpinning mapped relationships among concepts, thus laying the groundwork for systematic research reviews and meta-analyses.

Development and Evaluation of a Concept Mapping Software to Reconstruct Learning Processes

Development and Evaluation of a Concept Mapping Software to Reconstruct Learning Processes