Are high-coherent concept maps better for prior knowledge activation? Differential effects of concept mapping tasks on high school vs. university students.

We investigated whether and how prior knowledge activation improves learning outcomes for high school (less experienced learners) and university students (experienced learners) in a hypertext environment. Map coherence was defined as the extent to which relationships between the concepts in the map...

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Publicado en:Journal of Computer Assisted Learning Vol. 24; no. 5; pp. 407 - 420
Autores principales: Gurlitt J, Renkl A
Formato: clinical trial research tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: Wiley-Blackwell Oct2008
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          Gurlitt J
          Renkl A
        affil: Department of Psychology, Educational Psychology, University of Freiburg, Engelbergerstr. 41, D-79085 Freiburg, Germany; gurlitt@psychologie.unifreiburg. de
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          Concept Mapping
          Knowledge
          Learning Methods
          Achievement Tests
          Adolescence
          Adult
          Analysis of Covariance
          Clinical Trials
          Coefficient alpha
          Colleges and Universities
          Comparative Studies
          Computer-Assisted Instruction
          Descriptive Statistics
          Female
          Funding Source
          Germany
          Male
          Mann-Whitney U Test
          Nonparametric Statistics
          Outcomes of Education
          Physics Education
          Random Assignment
          Regression
          Schools, Secondary
          Software
          Students, College
          Students, High School
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          Adolescent: 13-18 years
          Adult: 19-44 years
          Female
          Male
      ab: We investigated whether and how prior knowledge activation improves learning outcomes for high school (less experienced learners) and university students (experienced learners) in a hypertext environment. Map coherence was defined as the extent to which relationships between the concepts in the map were made explicit. Therefore, we classified the mapping task of creating and labelling lines as low-coherent, and the mapping task of labelling provided lines as high-coherent. Learners were randomly assigned to the conditions of (1) high-coherent knowledge activation; (2) low-coherent knowledge activation; and (3) a baseline condition without prior knowledge activation. We found an overall effect for prior knowledge activation, learning experience, and an interaction between learning experience and the coherence of the prior knowledge activation task on learning outcomes. High school students benefited most from labelling provided lines, while university physics majors benefited most from creating and labelling lines. This interaction effect and effects of the specific mapping tasks on process measures support the claim that different prior knowledge activation tasks are suited for different groups of learners.
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