{"id":4282,"date":"2015-07-01T14:09:53","date_gmt":"2015-07-01T14:09:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/?p=4282"},"modified":"2015-07-01T14:09:53","modified_gmt":"2015-07-01T14:09:53","slug":"concept-maps-support-learning-for-social-and-community-development-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/2015\/07\/01\/concept-maps-support-learning-for-social-and-community-development-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Concept maps support learning for Social and Community Development students"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We use \u2018concept maps\u2019 as an assessment tool within the Volunteering module (SWK1003). Students visualise the sub-concepts that make up a main concept. They can draw this out using whatever form or tool they want. It requires minimal grammatical competence but needs to show good conceptual understanding. The results were outstanding.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2015\/06\/allenbyconceptmap.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2015\/06\/allenbyconceptmap-300x210.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"210\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4342\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For more information about this assessment, please contact Mark Allenby, Senior Lecturer in Social Work (<a href=\"mailto:Mark.Allenby@northampton.ac.uk\">Mark.Allenby@northampton.ac.uk<\/a>) or Victoria Boulton, Teaching Research Assistant (<a href=\"mailto:Victoria.Boulton@northampton.ac.uk\">Victoria.Boulton@northampton.ac.uk<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p><em>This case study is taken from the Institute of Learning and Teaching&#8217;s 2015 publication &#8216;Outside the Box Assessment and Feedback Practices&#8217;, available from the University&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.northamptonilt.com\/afp\" title=\"University of Northampton Assessment and Feedback portal\" target=\"_blank\">Assessment and Feedback portal<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We use \u2018concept maps\u2019 as an assessment tool within the Volunteering module (SWK1003). 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