The need for assessing higher level thinking skills and using appropriate evaluation methods in programs for the gifted is necessary to better evaluate the effectiveness of these programs. The purpose of this study was to test the claim of Novak and Gowin (1984) that concept maps required higher level thinking skills. A related purpose of the study was to assess which type of measure, a multiple choice test or concept maps, could yield a more accurate or detailed picture of the gains in content understanding of students performing at the highest level on the instruments. A mixed method research design was used to answer the research questions. We concluded that concept maps and multiple choice tests did not measure or require the same thinking skills because of non-significant correlations between the two instruments. Three judges’ qualitative analysis also indicated that the number of items requiring higher level thinking skills on multiple choice tests was limited. Concept mapping as a whole process and the crosslinks component of concept mapping required analysis or higher level thinking skills. Also we concluded that concept mapping as a whole process has the potential to show greater gains in scores of the students than the multiple choice items, and crosslinks component of concept mapping that required analysis or higher level thinking skills. To have an alignment between the curricula of programs for gifted students and assessment methods used in these programs, the search for assessment methods requiring higher thinking skills is necessary and needs more investigation.
concept maps, multiple choice tests, higher level thinking skills, gifted students, Bloom’s Taxonomy
Primary Language | English |
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Subjects | Anthropology |
Journal Section | Creativity |
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Publication Date | June 12, 2017 |
Published in Issue | Year 2017, Volume 5, Issue 2 |
Bibtex | @research article { jegys431919, journal = {Journal for the Education of Gifted Young Scientists}, eissn = {2149-360X}, address = {editorjegys@gmail.com}, publisher = {Genç Bilge Yayıncılık}, year = {2017}, volume = {5}, number = {2}, pages = {1 - 20}, title = {The Use of Concept Maps as a Tool to Measure Higher Level Thinking Skills in Elementary School Science Classes}, key = {cite}, author = {Erdımez, Ömer and Tan, Sema and Zımmerman, Robert} } |
APA | Erdımez, Ö. , Tan, S. & Zımmerman, R. (2017). The Use of Concept Maps as a Tool to Measure Higher Level Thinking Skills in Elementary School Science Classes . Journal for the Education of Gifted Young Scientists , 5 (2) , 1-20 . Retrieved from https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/jegys/issue/37336/431919 |
MLA | Erdımez, Ö. , Tan, S. , Zımmerman, R. "The Use of Concept Maps as a Tool to Measure Higher Level Thinking Skills in Elementary School Science Classes" . Journal for the Education of Gifted Young Scientists 5 (2017 ): 1-20 <https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/jegys/issue/37336/431919> |
Chicago | Erdımez, Ö. , Tan, S. , Zımmerman, R. "The Use of Concept Maps as a Tool to Measure Higher Level Thinking Skills in Elementary School Science Classes". Journal for the Education of Gifted Young Scientists 5 (2017 ): 1-20 |
RIS | TY - JOUR T1 - The Use of Concept Maps as a Tool to Measure Higher Level Thinking Skills in Elementary School Science Classes AU - Ömer Erdımez , Sema Tan , Robert Zımmerman Y1 - 2017 PY - 2017 N1 - DO - T2 - Journal for the Education of Gifted Young Scientists JF - Journal JO - JOR SP - 1 EP - 20 VL - 5 IS - 2 SN - -2149-360X M3 - UR - Y2 - 2018 ER - |
EndNote | %0 Journal for the Education of Gifted Young Scientists The Use of Concept Maps as a Tool to Measure Higher Level Thinking Skills in Elementary School Science Classes %A Ömer Erdımez , Sema Tan , Robert Zımmerman %T The Use of Concept Maps as a Tool to Measure Higher Level Thinking Skills in Elementary School Science Classes %D 2017 %J Journal for the Education of Gifted Young Scientists %P -2149-360X %V 5 %N 2 %R %U |
ISNAD | Erdımez, Ömer , Tan, Sema , Zımmerman, Robert . "The Use of Concept Maps as a Tool to Measure Higher Level Thinking Skills in Elementary School Science Classes". Journal for the Education of Gifted Young Scientists 5 / 2 (June 2017): 1-20 . |
AMA | Erdımez Ö. , Tan S. , Zımmerman R. The Use of Concept Maps as a Tool to Measure Higher Level Thinking Skills in Elementary School Science Classes. JEGYS. 2017; 5(2): 1-20. |
Vancouver | Erdımez Ö. , Tan S. , Zımmerman R. The Use of Concept Maps as a Tool to Measure Higher Level Thinking Skills in Elementary School Science Classes. Journal for the Education of Gifted Young Scientists. 2017; 5(2): 1-20. |
IEEE | Ö. Erdımez , S. Tan and R. Zımmerman , "The Use of Concept Maps as a Tool to Measure Higher Level Thinking Skills in Elementary School Science Classes", Journal for the Education of Gifted Young Scientists, vol. 5, no. 2, pp. 1-20, Jun. 2017 |
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