Collective Concept Mapping

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Description

A group activity in which members pool individual interpretations to construct shared concept maps representing conceptions agreed upon by the group, making the interaction between individual and group knowledge visible. In the documented practice, "two collective concept maps were created from group contributions" on the concept of extracurricular activity, after participants questioned one another's conceptions.

Design Implications

Context

Requirements

• Prior individual written interpretations from each group member
• Group discussion in which conceptions are questioned before revision

Constraints

Target Learners

• first-year EFL university students

Target Learning Goals

• shared conceptual understanding
• negotiation of interpretations

Claims

• An ICAP theory article reports, second-hand and without describing the design, a study in which concept mapping with a peer enhanced learning more than concept mapping alone [+W]

Related Elements

• Concept Mapping
• Knowledge Synthesis

Examples

• Graphic Organizers as Thinking Tools

Key Sources

• Student-written texts as supplementary reading material in EFL literacy instruction. (2005). https://eric.ed.gov

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description	A group activity in which members pool individual interpretations to construct shared concept maps representing conceptions agreed upon by the group, making the interaction between individual and group knowledge visible.
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