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Representation of individuals' ideational knowledge through their knowledge maps.

Ron Hoz1

  • 1Department of Education, Ben-Gurion University, P.O. Box 653, Beer-Sheva, Israel 84105. hoz@bgu.ac.il

Psychological Reports
|March 17, 2010
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This study introduces the Knowledge Map as a visual tool representing conceptual knowledge in memory. It reveals that changes in this knowledge are always expansive and continuous.

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Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Science
  • Information Science
  • Psychology

Background:

  • The Knowledge Map serves as an external model for an individual's ideational (declarative/conceptual) knowledge.
  • This knowledge is stored in ideational (propositional) memory.
  • The map visually represents complex cognitive structures.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To describe the structure and components of the Knowledge Map.
  • To analyze the dimensions derived from the map's components.
  • To establish the relationship between the Knowledge Map and ideational memory.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of the Knowledge Map's four graphic components: concepts, concept clusters, multicomponent links, and texts.
  • Examination of the interrelationships (inclusion and connectedness) among these components.
  • Identification and analysis of visible and abstract unitary dimensions with local, intermediate, and global values within a 3-level framework.

Main Results:

  • The Knowledge Map's components and their relationships yield numerous dimensions.
  • These dimensions correspond to elements within ideational memory.
  • A 3-level framework describes the values of these dimensions.

Conclusions:

  • The structure and dimensions of the Knowledge Map directly map to the organization of ideational memory.
  • The analysis supports the principles of 'Bigness of Change' and 'Interminate Changes'.
  • Changes in both the Knowledge Map and ideational memory are expansive and continuous (never-ending).