Ernest Ferguson
Abstract
Concept maps have proven beneficial in the assessment of students' preconceptions and mental models in the natural sciences. This paper examines if it is possible to create concept-map class diagrams from the Unified Modeling Language to assess student's mental models upon entry into a course and to monitor their development throughout the course. Perhaps the use of UML in the cognitive area will facilitate students' understanding of object-oriented software design. Hopefully the mental models obtained can make instructional designers cognizant of the common misconceptions and pitfalls students have in the conceptually challenging area of object-oriented software design.
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Index Terms
- Object-oriented concept mapping using UML class diagrams
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