Probing Understanding in Physical Geology Using Concept Maps and Clinical Interviews
Amy C. Englebrecht, Joel J. Mintzes, Lewis M. Brown, Paul R. Kelso May 2005 Journal of Geoscience Education v53 n3 p263
This article from the Journal of Geoscience Education features an assessment of the extent to which undergraduate students restructure their conceptual knowledge at progressively more sophisticated levels over the course of a two-semester lecture-based physical geology sequence. Students completed concept mapping exercises and clinical interviews at regular intervals throughout the two semesters and data indicated that the course did not address integration of concepts into student knowledge domains. However, concept maps and clinical interviews appear to be viable and complementary approaches in determining the degree to which student accomplishment objectives are being met.
