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Concept mapping of movement-related knowledge

C Blais1

  • 1Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada.

Perceptual and Motor Skills
|June 1, 1993
PubMed
Summary

Concept mapping effectively assessed declarative knowledge of movement in 52 subjects. However, this knowledge was distinct from procedural knowledge, indicating a need for multiple assessment tools in motor domain research.

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Area of Science:

  • Motor control and learning
  • Cognitive psychology

Background:

  • Concept mapping, developed by Novak and Gowin (1984), assesses knowledge bases.
  • The motor domain emphasizes automated and tacit knowledge, potentially challenging verbal reporting methods.
  • Existing methods may not fully capture the complexity of movement-related knowledge.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate the utility of concept mapping for assessing knowledge in the motor domain.
  • To investigate the relationship between declarative and procedural knowledge of movement.
  • To determine if concept mapping can reveal hierarchical structures in movement knowledge.

Main Methods:

  • 52 subjects with similar academic backgrounds verbally explained their knowledge of movement.
  • Transcribed explanations were assessed by four judges for hierarchical knowledge levels.
  • Subjects also completed a pattern-recognition task to assess procedural knowledge of movement.

Main Results:

  • Judges identified a clear hierarchy in subjects' declarative knowledge of movement.
  • Declarative knowledge of movement was found to be distinct from procedural knowledge.
  • This supports Anderson's (1982) theory on distinct knowledge types.

Conclusions:

  • Concept mapping is a potentially useful tool for researching movement knowledge.
  • Assessing only declarative knowledge may not provide a complete understanding of motor skills.
  • Multiple assessment tools are necessary to capture both declarative and procedural knowledge in the motor domain.

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