Data Collection & Analysis
Mental ModelingAfter data has been collected through knowledge elicitation methods, one method to manage and make sense of this data is to use mental models. Mental models can make sure expertise from the past is not lost or to compare the knowledge structures of novices and experts. Once information is more appropriately organized using methods such as concept maps, conceptual analysis, and relational analysis it can be used to generate valuable tools such as training programs or decision aids.
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Concept Maps
Concept maps use nodes and links to represent concepts and their relations in the form of propositions. They can be used to organize multimedia resources by hyperlinking them to concept nodes. The header images of this wiki are concept maps, helping to organize the structure of this resource.
What are Concept Maps?
Concept maps are useful for knowledge recovery. Researchers and organizations can sometimes generate massive amounts of information that exists in the form of documents, reaching a point where it becomes impossible for every member of the organization to consume the information on a document by document basis. Concept maps can make information more useful and usable than documents.
Concept maps can be used to create decision aids and for training. As more concept maps are created, they help maintain knowledge.
Concept maps can be used to create decision aids and for training. As more concept maps are created, they help maintain knowledge.
Why Use Concept Maps?
Why Use Mental ModelsMental models make large amounts of information more manageable so that it can be used for a purpose instead of being wasted over the years in many disparate files.
When Use Concept Maps?
Concept maps can be used when there is a collection of unorganized data collected by experts.
How to Use Concept Maps?
Hoffman, Feltovich, and Eccles (2007) describe in detail their development of a concept map for a terrain analysis database. The main tasks were to transform database entries into propositions, represent these propositions as node-link-node expressions, and hold structured interviews with experts to review the concept map.
Pathfinder or Multidimensional Scaling (MDS) can be used to further analyze relationships between concepts. Pathfinder is sometimes used to compare novice and expert networks (Schvaneveldt et al., 1985; Kudikyala & Vaughn, 2005; Davis, Curtis, & Tchetter, 2003).
Pathfinder or Multidimensional Scaling (MDS) can be used to further analyze relationships between concepts. Pathfinder is sometimes used to compare novice and expert networks (Schvaneveldt et al., 1985; Kudikyala & Vaughn, 2005; Davis, Curtis, & Tchetter, 2003).