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ConceptMappR: A digital tool for creating and analyzing concept maps
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2025
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Concept mapping is a powerful method for organizing and visualizing relational knowledge. Concept maps stimulate deep, constructive learning processes while capturing learners’ conceptions about a topic. They are thus an important tool in science education. However, using and analysing concept maps is challenging for teachers as concept maps are difficult and time-consuming to analyse.
This workshop introduces ConceptMappR, a digital dashboard for drawing and analysing concept maps. The analysis draws on graph theoretical measures (also known as network analysis). These measures allow objective comparisons of concept maps, highlighting similarities and differences. ConceptMappR allows for an efficient analysis of concept maps in contrast to traditional methods which are time-consuming and do not scale well. Also for a larger number of concept maps, ConceptMappR can be valuable by its function of aggregating concept maps.
The aim of this workshop is to familiarise lecturers and researchers with ConceptMappR. The aim is that after the workshop, participants will be able to 1) explain the value of concept maps as a formative assessment and support method, 2) use ConceptMappR to draw and analyse concept maps, and 3) generate ideas for applying ConceptMappR in their own teaching and research.
Participants from all fields and career stages are welcome to join this interactive workshop. The dashboard is freely available at https://conceptmappr.vlab.ethz.ch/.
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16th Conference of the European Science Education Research Association (ESERA 2025)
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Concept mapping; Network analysis; R-Shiny Dashboard
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