Sorting tasks elicited networks with more expert overlap than essay writing, suggesting sorting better captures nascent conceptual structures¶

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q2 i? In Study 2, sorting-task networks overlapped more with the expert network (M = 8.60) than essay networks, even for high prior knowledge students (M = 5.63). → Chen 2025

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Chen 2025¶

Chen, X., Wang, W., Peng, C., Guo, W., & Clariana, R. B. (2025). An exploratory study of a new concept macrostructure measure when learning history in middle school. Education Tech Research Dev. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11423-025-10536-4

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Descriptive comparison of network overlap means from Study 2's sorting task (n = 220) and essay subset (n = 68); the article reports "networks elicited by sorting task showed more overlaps with the expert network (M = 8.60 ± 5.27)". No statistical test or effect size is printed for this contrast.

"In Study 2, networks elicited by sorting task showed more overlaps with the expert network (M = 8.60 ± 5.27) than those elicited by the essay writing task, even for the H-group participants (M = 5.63 ± 4.06)."

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• High prior knowledge students produced substantially more expert-like essay networks than low prior knowledge peers after self-directed study — related
• Under self-directed learning, sorting-task network overlap correlates significantly with immediate and one-month-delayed posttest scores — related
• In classroom-learned history content, sorting-task network overlap with an expert network correlates significantly with both lesson test and unit test scores one month later — related
• Graph centrality of students' sorting-task networks showed no relationship to expert-network overlap or to posttest scores in either study — related