?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=A+PROPOSAL+TO+REFINE+CONCEPT+MAPPING+FOR+EFFECTIVE+SCIENCE+LEARNING&rft.creator=G.%2C+Nagarjuna&rft.subject=Epistemology&rft.description=Concept+maps+are+found+to+be+useful+in+eliciting+knowledge%2C+meaningful+learning%2C+evaluation+of+understanding+and+in+studying+the+nature+of+changes+taking+place+during+cognitive+development%2C+particularly+in+the+classroom.+Several+experts+have+claimed+the+effectiveness+of+this+tool+for+learning+science.+We+agree+with+the+claim%2C+but+the+effectiveness+will+improve+only+if+we+gradually+introduce+a+certain+amount+of+discipline+in+constructing+the+maps.+The+discipline+is+warranted%2C+we+argue%2C+because+science+thrives+to+be+an+unambiguous+and+rigorously+structured+body+of+knowledge.+Since+learning+science+may+be+seen+as+a+process+where+a+novice+is+expected+to+be+transformed+into+an+expert%2C+we+use+the+context+of+learning+science+for+making+the+proposal.+Further%2C+we+identify+certain+anomalies+in+the+evaluation+of+concept+maps%2C+and+suggest+that+the+evaluation+should+be+based+on+semantics+of+the+linking+words+(relation+types)+and+not+on+graphical+criteria+alone.%0D%0A&rft.publisher=Universidad+de+Costa+Rica&rft.contributor=Ca%C3%B1as%2C+%2C+A.+J.+&rft.contributor=Novak%2C+J.+D.&rft.date=2006&rft.type=Conference+Paper&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F6412%2F2%2Frefined_concept_maps.pdf&rft.identifier=++G.%2C+Nagarjuna++(2006)+A+PROPOSAL+TO+REFINE+CONCEPT+MAPPING+FOR+EFFECTIVE+SCIENCE+LEARNING.++%5BConference+Paper%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F6412%2F