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Concept Map-Based Formative Assessment of Students’ Structural Knowledge: Theory and Practice

The modern knowledge-based economic model demands highly qualified specialists who are capable of solving complex problems and seeing relationships between phenomena, events, and objects. This book highlights the development of the structural knowledge of university students as a necessary precondition for preparing labour market experts, as it facilitates significant cognitive processes, effective problem solving and expert-level performance. The volume considers structural knowledge as an object that should be regularly assessed and further developed in the formative assessment process by using concept mapping as an assessment instrument. It describes concept mapping, the theoretical foundations of structural knowledge, and its formative assessment, and provides a set of practical scenarios validated in instructional practice. It is intended primarily for the administrative and educational staff of higher education institutions who wish to improve the quality of education with the aim of bringing students’ structural knowledge closer to experts’ knowledge, and thus ensuring better preparation of students for their professional activities.


Alla Anohina-Naumeca is the Vice-Dean for Academic Affairs and an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology at Riga Technical University, Latvia, where she earned a doctorate in Information Technology in 2007. In 2018, she earned a second doctorate in Pedagogy from the University of Latvia. She has eighteen years of teaching experience, as well as around 70 publications to her credit in the fields of computer science, artificial intelligence, improvement of education, and educational software. Her research interests include assessment practice, instructional methods, and the use of innovative technology-based teaching methods. She started research in the field of structural knowledge and concept mapping in 2005 by becoming a leading developer of IKAS, a knowledge assessment system that was used at Riga Technical University from 2005 to 2014, and was also later internationally recognised.

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ISBN: 1-5275-3279-8

ISBN13: 978-1-5275-3279-3

Release Date: 3rd May 2019

Pages: 174

Price: £58.99

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