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Copyright Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca Dec 2013

Abstract

In Higher Education, students rely on strategies that will facilitate their «learning to learn». In turn, university professors need evidence that student performance does improve with such strategies. The aim of this research is to discern whether building concept maps of the contents of a subject during the teaching period helps students to better assimilate the contents and therefore to improve their grades. The influence of this learning and assessment strategy in students' performance can be seen in the results of three courses given at the School of Education of the University of Granada. Here we report an analysis of the overall grades of all the groups (N = 196 students), in which a similar methodology was developed. The results confirmed our hypothesis. A higher score on the maps led to higher test scores. The concept map as a teaching strategy allows students not only to analyze concepts to achieve a more effective study mode, but also improves their academic performance.

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Title
EL MAPA CONCEPTUAL COMO ESTRATEGIA DE APRENDIZAJE Y DE EVALUACIÓN EN LA UNIVERSIDAD. SU INFLUENCIA EN EL RENDIMIENTO DE LOS ESTUDIANTES/Concept map as a strategy for learning and assesment in Higher Education. Influence on students' performance/Cartes conceptuelles comme strategie d'apprentissage et d'évaluation à l'université. Son influence sur le rendement des élèves
Author
Arrufat, Ma Jesús Gallego; Moya, Emilio Crisol; Sánchez, Vanesa Gámiz
Pages
145-165
Publication year
2013
Publication date
Dec 2013
Publisher
Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca
ISSN
2386-3919
e-ISSN
2386-3927
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
Spanish
ProQuest document ID
1536115575
Copyright
Copyright Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca Dec 2013