SEX-BASED DIFFERENTIATION OF MENTAL REPRESENTATIONS OF STUDENTS’

Abstract

Every individual’s knowledge is based on a semantic network that connects individual concepts into branching mental concepts. The submitted study deals with mental representation of curriculum content in students through conceptual mapping in teaching. Visualisation of students’ internal systems of knowledge supports learning with comprehension and prevents mechanical teaching. The variable researched here was how students’ sex influenced the resulting mental representation illustrated through their conceptual map...