Understanding What Students Know about Global Climate Change: Conceptual Understanding Evaluation using Concept Maps

Catherine Gautier
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UCSB
This assessment is designed to assess what students know conceptually about global climate change using concept maps.

What learning is this evaluation activity designed to assess?

  • Identify student misconceptions about climate change
  • Use concept mapping to identify where misconceptions arise
  • Use above information to remedy misconceptions.

What is the nature of the teaching/learning situation for which your evaluation has been designed?

This PowerPoint details results of a study using concept mapping in an undergraduate classroom.

What advice would you give others using this evaluation?

Are there particular things about this evaluation that you would like to discuss with the workshop participants? Particular aspects on which you would like feedback?

Evaluation Materials