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

Unfamiliar Familiar

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 MapNovak, 2010 - http://cmap.ihmc.us/

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• 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 DegreeDegree = 3

Average Degree = (3+4+5+4+3+3)/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 = RGF2-node graphlets

3-node graphlets

4-node graphlets

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g1 g2

g3 g4 g5 g6 g7 g8

Very Hard to Manually Compute

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

• http://cmap.ihmc.us/

• 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…