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|field_developers=Roy B. Clariana, College of Education, Penn State University | |field_developers=Roy B. Clariana, College of Education, Penn State University | ||
|field_website=http://www.personal.psu.edu/rbc4/score.htm | |field_website=http://www.personal.psu.edu/rbc4/score.htm | ||
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|field_description=Quote: Here is a software tool that can translate written text summaries directly into proximity files (prx) that can be analyzed by [http://interlinkinc.net/KNOT.html Pathfinder KNOT]. It also generates text proposition files that can be imported by [http://cmap.ihmc.us/download/ CMAP Tools] to automatically form concept maps from the text. It should be of use to researchers who want to visualize "text" for various instructional and research-related reasons. Also it should work with different languages. | |field_description=Quote from the [http://www.personal.psu.edu/rbc4/score.htm software home page] (11/2014): Here is a software tool that can translate written text summaries directly into proximity files (prx) that can be analyzed by [http://interlinkinc.net/KNOT.html Pathfinder KNOT]. It also generates text proposition files that can be imported by [http://cmap.ihmc.us/download/ CMAP Tools] to automatically form concept maps from the text. It should be of use to researchers who want to visualize "text" for various instructional and research-related reasons. Also it should work with different languages. | ||
ALA-Reader contains a rudimentary scoring system. Essentially, this tool converts the written summary into a cognitive map and then scores the cognitive map using an approach that we developed for scoring concept maps. The "score" produced is percent agreement with an expert referent. As I narrow down what algorithms work, then I plan to release updated versions periodically. | ALA-Reader contains a rudimentary scoring system. Essentially, this tool converts the written summary into a cognitive map and then scores the cognitive map using an approach that we developed for scoring concept maps. The "score" produced is percent agreement with an expert referent. As I narrow down what algorithms work, then I plan to release updated versions periodically. | ||
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== Constraintings and limitations == | |||
This tool requires: | |||
* A files that includes a structured definition of 30 terms (max). | |||
* Writing 2 expert files | |||
* Essay files can only include 30 sentences | |||
== Other tools == | == Other tools == | ||
As explained in the introduction, two other tools are needed for analysis: | As explained in the introduction, this tool produces a proximity matrix and two other tools are needed for analysis: | ||
* [http://interlinkinc.net/KNOT.html Pathfinder KNOT]. The Knowledge Network Organizing Tool (KNOT) is built around the Pathfinder network generation algorithm and includes several tools. | * [[KNOT]] ([http://interlinkinc.net/KNOT.html Pathfinder KNOT]). The Knowledge Network Organizing Tool (KNOT) is built around the Pathfinder network generation algorithm and includes several tools. | ||
* [http://cmap.ihmc.us/download/ CMAP Tools] Concept mapping software. | * [http://cmap.ihmc.us/download/ CMAP Tools] Concept mapping software. | ||
== Links == | == Links == | ||
http://www.personal.psu.edu/rbc4/ | http://www.personal.psu.edu/rbc4/ | ||
== Bibliography == | |||
The author of this package used this software for several studies, for example: | |||
* [http://www.personal.psu.edu/rbc4/CMC_2006.htm Using Pathfinder Knot Analytic Tools For Comparing And Combining Concept Maps], by Roy Clariana, Ravinder Koul, and Kristen Albright | |||
* Clariana, R.B., & Koul, R. (2004). A computer-based approach for translating text into concept map-like representations. In A.J.Canas, J.D.Novak, and F.M.Gonzales, Eds., Concept maps: theory, methodology, technology, vol. 2, in the Proceedings of the First International Conference on Concept Mapping, Pamplona, Spain, Sep 14-17, pp.131-134. See http://cmc.ihmc.us/papers/cmc2004-045.pdf. | |||
* Clariana, R. B., Wallace, P. E., & Godshalk, V. M. (2009). Deriving and measuring group knowledge structure from essays: The effects of anaphoric reference. Educational Technology Research and Development, 57, 725–737. | |||
* Clariana, R. B., & Taricani, E. M. (2010). The consequences of increasing the number of terms used to score open-ended concept maps. International Journal of Instructional Media, 37, 163–173. | |||
* Roy B. Clariana, Michael B. Wolfe, Kyung Kim (2014). The influence of narrative and expository lesson text structures on knowledge structures: alternate measures of knowledge structure, ''Educational Technology Research and Development'' 62 (5), http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11423-014-9348-3 | |||
Other studies using the software: | |||
* Draper, D. (2010). The instructional effects of knowledge-based community of practice learning environments on student achievement and knowledge convergence. Doctoral dissertation retrieved July 22, 2014, from https://etda.libraries.psu.edu/paper/10629/. | |||
* Klois, S. S., Segers, E., Clariana, R. B., & Verhoeven, L. (2013). Effects of links in children’s digital text comprehension. A presentation with paper at the Twentieth Annual Meeting Society for the Scientific Study of Reading, Hong Kong (July). | |||
About Pathfinder: | |||
* Schvaneveldt, R. W. (Ed.). (1990). Pathfinder associative networks: Studies in knowledge organization. Norwood, NJ: Ablex. | |||
