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The Effect of Choice of Different Concept Map Formats on Chemistry Learning and Motivation
Washington State University
Master of Arts (MA), Washington State University
2023
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.7273/000006343
Abstract
Research on the use of concept maps has relied on randomly assigning participants to their respective concept mapping format activities. Despite the effectiveness of learning with concept maps, previous studies have yielded inconclusive results, perhaps due to students’ lack of engagement and motivation. To address this, the present study uses a 2×3 factorial design to examine the effect of choice (choice vs. no-choice) and CM format (fill-in-the-blanks vs. map correction vs. map translation) on learning performance and intrinsic motivation in an undergraduate introductory second-semester chemistry class. Results indicated no statistically significant difference amongst the six group conditions on the multiple-choice and short-answer posttest scores, controlling for pretest. However, between the choice and no-choice groups overall, a significant main effect of choice was found in favor of the no-choice group in the multiple-choice posttest, also controlling for pretest. No other significant interactions or effects were obtained for intrinsic motivation subscales, indicating that the conditions yielded comparable motivation outcomes. However, descriptive statistics show that those who chose their concept map format had overall higher intrinsic motivation scores. Implications and future directions are discussed.
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- Title
- The Effect of Choice of Different Concept Map Formats on Chemistry Learning and Motivation
- Creators
- Chloe G. Dydasco
- Contributors
- Olusola O Adesope (Advisor)Kira J Carbonneau (Committee Member)Robert W Danielson (Committee Member)
- Awarding Institution
- Washington State University
- Academic Unit
- Department of Kinesiology and Educational Psychology
- Theses and Dissertations
- Master of Arts (MA), Washington State University
- Publisher
- Washington State University
- Number of pages
- 51
- Identifiers
- 99901087336601842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Thesis