Concept maps as hypermedia components
International Journal of Human-Computer Studies - Special issue: knowledge-based hypermedia
Knowledge management for best practices
intelligence
Working Knowledge: How Organizations Manage What They Know
Working Knowledge: How Organizations Manage What They Know
Applying tacit knowledge management techniques for performance assessment
Computers & Education
Genetic algorithm based multi-agent system applied to test generation
Computers & Education
A study of learning performance of e-learning materials design with knowledge maps
Computers & Education
Computers in Human Behavior
Mining concept maps from news stories for measuring civic scientific literacy in media
Computers & Education
Research Report: An investigation of teachers' beliefs and their use of technology-based assessments
Computers in Human Behavior
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Assessments, embedded with teachers' implicit (i.e. tacit) domain knowledge, play an important role in evaluating 'comprehension of a subject. The knowledge on the importance of both the concepts and their relationships of a subject, if captured, made explicit, and shared around, may greatly help teachers construct more effective assessments. This study establishes a methodology to accumulate tacit knowledge of specific topics from collected assessments by using an implicit knowledge extraction mechanism and, visualises the overall importance distribution of concepts by using knowledge maps for helping teachers compile their assessments. Several two stage experiments, scheduled for one semester, were conducted in the third grade natural science courses at elementary schools in Taiwan. Eighteen teachers who actually teach the courses participated in the experiments, and thirty students were in each course. In the first stage, teachers compiled assessments without using IKMAAS's knowledge map features while in the second stage, they did use them. System usage records, questionnaires and interview results were used for evaluating the usability of the methodology and the satisfaction of using IKMAAS. The results indicate the potential of the methodology, as each of the teachers agreed that the visualised assessment knowledge helped them to comprehend the proportions of concepts they intended to test easily and, additionally, helped them to clearly notice concepts they may have ignored. Yet the results in this study also show the potential of using knowledge maps and knowledge accumulating methodology in pedagogy paradigm.