Enhancing student learning using concept mapping and learning by teaching environment

Authors:
Xudong Yu;Steve Klein
Affiliations:
Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville;Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville
Venue:
Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges
Year:
2008

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Abstract

This paper describes our effort to incorporate concept maps into a Computer Science introductory course. Studies were conducted that analyze student performance in relation to concept map activities to determine the benefit of concept maps as a learning tool. Our results not only support the idea of concept mapping as a teaching tool, they also suggest that students gain the most when they are directly involved in creating the concept map. A long term objective of this research project is to create a generic Learning-by-Teaching Environment (LTE) that can function in a variety of domains including general Computer Science. Our experience also suggests that a sophisticated and adaptive LTE could be successful in helping college students acquire a deeper understanding of course material and a better clarification of any prior topic-based misconceptions.