Concept Maps: Integrating Knowledge and Information Visualization

Abstract

Abstract. Information visualization has been a research topic for many years, leading to a mature field where guidelines and practices are well established. Knowledge visualization, in contrast, is a relatively new area of research that has received more attention recently due to the interest from the business community in Knowledge Management. In this paper we present the CmapTools software as an example of how concept maps, a knowledge visualization tool, can be combined with recent technology to provide integration between knowledge and information visualizations. We show how concept map-based knowledge models can be used to organize repositories of information in a way that makes them easily browsable, and how concept maps can improve searching algorithms for the Web. We also report on how information can be used to complement knowledge models and, based on the searching algorithms, improve the process of constructing concept maps.

The Effect of Learner Constructed, Fill in the Map Concept Map Technique, and Summarizing Strategy on Iranian Pre-university Students’ Reading Comprehension

“…5, No. 9;2012 on reading comprehension. In a study conducted by Liu, Chen and Chang (2009) the effects of a computer-assisted concept mapping learning strategy on EFL college learners' English reading comprehension was investigated.…”

“…5, No. 9;2012 procedure of drawing a CM by Novak and Gowin (1984) and a passage with a drawn CM as a model. The strategy was taught explicitly following Novak and Gowin's (1984) step-by-step procedure then students were taught the reading passages and were asked to draw CM of their own at home and submit them to teacher.…”

“…5, No. 9;2012 Furthermore to determine the impact of each group's treatment on the students' reading comprehension, the "t" test was computed. Table 4 shows the results.…”

“…5, No. 9;2012 in one study examined the use of concept mapping as study skill on students' achievement in biology. The result indicated that there was no significant difference in immediate Post achievement test scores between students who used concept mapping as a study skill and those who reviewed and summarized in their studies.…”

Adaptive Knowledge Visualization Systems: A Proposal and Implementation

“…Knowledge visualization is playing an increasingly crucial role in knowledge management and the design and development of knowledge management systems [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8]. With the rapid advances achieved in the field of information visualization, visualizations nowadays can be applied to a wide range of contexts where knowledge workers need to explore, create, represent, present, transfer and/or share knowledge.…”