The use of concept mapping as an alternative form of instruction and assessment in a capstone biomedical engineering design course

Abstract concept mapping has been applied in various fields including education, learning, curriculum development and evaluation. Since many empirical studies have proven the effectiveness of concept mapping, a computer based concept mapping system was developed. The system provides two learning environments. In a "self-building" environment, the system provides students with evaluation results and corresponding feedback hints. Students can create their own concept maps with the help of feedback. In the "foothold building" environment, in addition to feedback, the student receives an incomplete conceptual diagram in which some nodes and links are set as scaffold blanks. A study comparing the effectiveness of conceptual diagrams of "self-construction", "construction into a foothold", "construction with paper and pencil" is a "construction-build" - scaffolding has better effect on biological learning It shows that you have.

Concept Mapping - concept map is a method for describing relationships between terms or concepts included in course materials, and students link conceptual maps by connecting individual terms with a line representing the relationship between each related term Build. Most terms in conceptual diagrams have multiple relevance. To create concept maps, students need to identify and organize information and establish meaningful relationships between the information.

Concept mapping can also be used effectively for formative and comprehensive evaluation. In formative evaluation, educators can outline key concepts and provide a baseline conceptual diagram that identifies some basic relationships before a lecture. Participants can use the concept map in the lecture to identify more concepts and relationships and develop knowledge bases based on baseline concept maps. After the lecture is over, the educator can review the completed concept map and compare the purpose and map of the lecture using the learner's map to evaluate the purpose of the lecture and the effectiveness of the attention (MacNeil , 2007). Baseline concept maps can also be created by learners, for example in homework, before class, and then completed in a lecture.