Exploring the Use of Mind and Concept Maps: A Session for New and Experienced Instructors Peter Jamieson, Amber Franklin, Walt Vanderbush, and Julie Semlak Miami University

A Tale of Two Presentations

What to expect - Introduction What is a mind map? What are other maps and how are they useful? Chance to experience maps and discuss

What to expect - Advanced How can mind maps be scored? Our research directions in automatic scoring

Mind Map

Miami University Learning Memory McGuffey Assessment Question Student Mind maps Reading Education Teaching Practice Exam Lecture Grading Instructor Curriculum Let’s try one together = 5 or 10 minutes

Ideas for Mind Maps Discussion… Class Assessment Technique – Vocab understanding – How lecture fits together Organization of ideas Brainstorming/Creativity

Concept Map Novak, Lilly Conference Drug Company is a Miami University held at

Your turn Concept Map – 10 minutes – Closed mind map = words given 1.Same words as previous Miami University, Education, Learning, Memory, McGuffey, Assessment, Question, Student, Reading, Teaching, Practice, Exam, Lecture, Grading, Instructor, Curriculum, Mind maps

With computers?

Compare to Criterion Map

Comparison Criteria – Graph Density = 11 Edges Max Edges = 15 = ½*n*(n-1) Density = 11/15

Comparison Criteria – Metric Metric_Density = Student_Density/Criterion_Density

Comparison Criteria – Average Degree Degree = 3 Average Degree = ( )/6 = 3.67 Degree = 5

Comparison Criteria – Metric Metric_Degree = Student_Degree/Criterion_Degree

Comparison Criteria – Match Metric Go edge by edge and compare and compare (missing nodes)

Comparison Criteria – Match Metric Metric_Match = MatchE/(MatchE + ExtraE + MissN)

Comparison Criteria – Graphlets = RGF

Let’s do it Do calculations for your map… – Metric_density – Metric_degree – Metric_match

Ideas for Concept Maps Discussion… CAT – Deeper understanding of concepts (Slower to create) Show students what will be covered in lecture

Concept Map for a Lesson

Concept Map - Online Tool Peter uses to make all his concept maps…when I’m not using crayons

Ideas for Knowledge Maps Topic order Curriculum layout

Knowledge Map

With computers?

Experiment with mind maps

Let’s mix What do you think about maps and automatic map scoring? Problems? Crossbreed – Think (2min), Pair (5min), Share

Future Work How to construct a good criteriom map for class? How do results relate to course type? More data needed…