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Meaningful Concept Displays for thesis topic exploration
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Meaningful Concept Displays for thesis topic exploration
Katherine [email protected]
Department of Library and Information Studies
Purpose
• How do Meaningful Concept Displays, specifically concept maps, help users to explore a thesis or term paper topic?
• Through this type of exploration, are users able to gain a fuller understanding of the conceptual space surrounding their topic?
• Does this new understanding lead to better retrieval of relevant literature?
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Procedure
• A total of 10 doctoral and master’s students from GSE were recruited through listserv email messages to voluntarily participate in one, 1-2 hour session.
• All searching, note taking, and concept map construction was recorded using a voice recorder and screen capture software.
• A post-session interview was designed to learn about:– the participant’s opinion of the overall experience during
the study– how they regard the usefulness of creating the concept
map– the value (if any) of the search results
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ProcessParticipants,
• Search thesauri, the GSE envisioning statement, and other knowledge organization systems (KOS) for relevant terms
• Construct and modify a concept map using IHMC CMap
• Take notes regarding what they have found in Microsoft OneNote
• Search education databases and the Web for relevant literature
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Project description
From KOS
Concept map
Take notesSearch for documents
Improved project
description
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Participant 9: Computer assisted instruction for music learning
Beginning of session
Middle of session
End of session
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Participant 9: Middle of session
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Participant 9: End of session
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Data analysis: Coding schema
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Preliminary results• Using the concept map helped participants to
develop and clarify their topics– “Developed the structure of the whole thing” (P09)
– Helps visualize the progression from concept map to outline to final paper
• Thesauri and knowledge organization systems were useful for finding additional terms– Instead of using the first thing that comes to mind,
the thesaurus helps to expand the topic (P12)
• Participants were able to find more relevant literature using the found terms
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Conclusions• Every participant was interested in installing
and using the CMap software for future projects
• CMap software is useful as a tool for developing a topic between advisor and student
• Being able to talk about the topic to someone outside the field of interest helped to clarify and envision new directions
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