Concept map/Schema questionnaire

Mapping Questionnaire

1. What is a concept map?

2. How do you make a concept map?

3. What can you use a concept map for?

4. For each of the following situations, rate (on a scale of 1 to 4) how useful concept mapping would be:

Not useful, Somewhat useful, Pretty useful, Very useful

• Following the characters and plot of a complicated story
• Understanding the Sumerians in social studies class
• Learning math formulas
• Classifying rocks and minerals
• Figuring out how you and your cousins are related
• Studying for a social studies test
• Memorizing important historical dates
• Preparing to write an essay
• Understanding the effects of a toxic spill in a creek on the plants and animals in that area

5. For each of the following examples, rate (on a scale of 1 to 4) how good a concept map it is. Rating Scale: 2=Somewhat good, 3=Pretty good, 1=Not good, 4= Very good

The drawings are not reproduced here for copyright reasons, but they include concept maps, mind maps and venn diagrams and maps in various quality.

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Items 1-3 were coded with the following coding scheme

One point awarded for mentioning each of the following:

• Like a cluster, brainstorm, spider map, etc.
• Pieces: nodes, words, circles
• Pieces: links, lines, arrows
• Important or main ideas/concepts
• Relationships, connections, togetherness, linking, sentence-making
• Important ideas in middle, related ideas nearby
• Graphical, visible, diagrammatic, picture, chart
• Used to: show important concepts, relevant relationships, organize information, better understand, learn material
• Looks like this (with picture) OR description of creation process (e.g., make circles, draw lines to connect)
• One application of concept mapping (e.g., prewriting, studying for test)
• More than one application given OR varied applicability, can apply concept mapping in many content areas (this additional point awarded after award for single application givenÑsee previous bullet)