Chapter

Digital Knowledge Maps in Education

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Date: 12 October 2013

Concept Mapping in Graduate Education

Variety and Depth of Student Projects
Scott R. Garrigan

Abstract
This chapter describes four informal case studies in concept mapping with graduate education students and in-service teachers using CmapTools (or
simply Cmap), a concept mapping system with a particularly rich set of affordances. Three studies describe actual student applications of concept

mapping using Cmap in three different graduate courses in Lehigh Universitys College of Education and in Wilkes Universitys Graduate School of

Education, both in Pennsylvania in the USA. The fourth study describes the authors experience in introducing Cmap as a concept mapping application
for K-12 student use to about 1,000 K-12 teachers through regional hands-on workshops and national conference presentations. The aim was to raise
teachers awareness of the potential benefits of concept mapping and to introduce them to powerful, free, concept mapping software for their

classrooms. Findings indicate that teachers may adopt concept mapping if they recognize a compelling need to do so, and they tend not to understand
the potential benefit and specific uses without intensive and extended professional development.

Keywords
Cmap CmapTools Concept mapping K-12 Graduate education Teacher education

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About this Chapter

Title

Concept Mapping in Graduate Education

Book Title

Digital Knowledge Maps in Education

Book Subtitle

Technology-Enhanced Support for Teachers and Learners

Book Part
Pages

Part I
pp 103-119

Copyright
DOI

2014
10.1007/978-1-4614-3178-7_6

Print ISBN

978-1-4614-3177-0

Online ISBN

978-1-4614-3178-7

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Springer New York

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Springer Science+Business Media New York

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Topics
Educational Technology
Learning & Instruction

Computers and Education

Pedagogic Psychology
Keywords
Cmap

CmapTools

Concept mapping
K-12

Graduate education
Teacher education
Editors
Dirk Ifenthaler
Ria Hanewald

(1)
(2)

Editor Affiliations
1. Open Universities Australia

2. CfBT Education Trust, Maktab Rendah Sains Mara Felda (Trolak)

Authors
Scott R. Garrigan (3)
Author Affiliations
3. Lehigh University College of Education, Iacicca Hall, Rm A117, 111 Research Drive, Bethlehem, PA, USA