Experimental Evaluation of Kit-Build Concept Map for Science Classes in an Elementary School

Abstract

We have already proposed Kit-Build Concept Map (we call it as “KB map”) that is a framework to realize automatic diagnosis of concept maps built by learners and to give feedback to their errors in the maps. In this paper, we report an experimental evaluation of KB map in science learning in an elementary school. Two classes of fourth grade students in an elementary school attended the experiment. “Waxing and Waning of the Moon” in science class was the topic of this experiment. The results suggested that the diagnosis and feedback with the KB map has positive effect to improve learner’s understanding of this topic.