| Monday September 22, 2008Tallinn, Estonia | |
| 9:00 | Registration and Coffee | |
| 10:00 | Opening Ceremony, Room Grande in Sokos Hotel Viru | |
| 10:30 | Inaugural Talk, Room Grande in Sokos Hotel Viru: Next Step: Consolidating the Cmappers Community Joseph D. Novak, Alberto J. Cañas, Institute for Human and Machine Cognition, USA | |
| | 11:30 – 1:00 Lunch in Nordic Hotel Forum | |
| | Room Grande 1 | Room Grande 2 | Room Grande 3 | |
| | Session on Concept Mapping and Reading Comprehension Chair: | Session on Learning to Concept Map Chair: | Session on Concept Mapping in Mathematics Chair: | |
| 1:00 | A1: Practical Text Concept Mapping: New Pedagogy, New Technology Tom Conlon, University of Edinburgh, Scotland | B1: Cmap Construction: Challenges for the First Time Users and Perceptions of Cmap's Value, A Qualitative Study Natalia Derbentseva, Defence Research and Development, Frank Safayeni, University of Waterloo, Canada | C1: Concept Mapping & Vee Diagramming a Primary Mathematics Sub-Topic: “Time” Karoline Afamasaga-Fuata’I, University of New England, Australia | |
| 1:30 | A2: Concept Mapping and Early Literacy: A Promising Crossroads Amy E. Cassata-Widera, University of Rochester, Rochester, USA | B2: Use of the CmapTools Recorder to Explore Acquisition of Skill in Concept Mapping Norma L. Miller, Universidad Tecnológica de Panamá & Proyecto Conéctate al Conocimiento, Panamá, Alberto J. Cañas, Joseph D. Novak, Institute for Human & Machine Cognition, USA | C2: Concept Mapping in Mathematics: Tools for the Development of Cognitive and Non-cognitive Elements Rafael Pérez Flores, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, México | |
| 2:00 | A3: Concept Maps: a Tool to Improve Reading Comprehension Skills of Children with Hearing Impairments Elsy Peña Castillo, Damaris Bernal Mosquera, Dagmar López Palacios, Proyecto Conéctate al Conocimiento, Panamá | B3: From Theory to Practice: The Foundations for Training Students to Make Collaborative Concept Maps Paulo R. M. Correia, Maria E. Infante Malachias, Carlos E. C. Godoy, Universidade de São Paulo, Brasil | C3: Concept Maps as a Teaching/Learning Tool in Secondary School Mathematics. Analysis of an Experience Edurne Pozueta Mendia, Fermín M. González García, Universidad Pública de Navarra, Spain | |
| | 2:30 – 3:30 Posters Session P1 & Coffee |
| | Session on Assessment with Concept Maps Chair: | Session on Web-based Learning with Concept Mapping Chair: | Session on Concept Mapping in Physics Chair: |
| 3:30 | A4: Concept Mapping in Science Education Assessment: An Approach to Computer-Supported Achievement Tests in Interdisciplinary Hypermedia Learning EnvironmentSteffen Schaal, University of Education Ludwigsburg, Germany | B4: Concept Maps as Meaningful Learning Tools in a Web-Based Chemistry MaterialJohannes Pernaa, Maija Aksela, University of Helsinki, Finland | C4: A Comparative Analysis on the use of Concept Maps as an Instructional Resource for the Grasping of Meanings of Key Concepts of Quantum Mechanics based on the Double Slit ExperimentIramaia Cabral de Paulo, Universidad Federal de Mato Grosso, Marco Antonio Moreira, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, Concesa Caballero, Universidad de Burgos, Spain |
| 4:00 | A5: Concept Maps and Short-Answer Tests: Probing Pupils' Learning and Cognitive StructureMauri Åhlberg, Vuokko Ahoranta, University of Helsinki, Finland | B5: Modeling a Knowledge Domain for a Maritime CourseKalyan Chatterjea, Singapore Maritime Academy, Singapore, Takeshi Nakazawa, World Maritime University, Sweden | C5: Undergraduate Students' Attitudes Towards Physics after a Concept Mapping ExperienceJoanne Broggy, George McClelland, University of Limerick, Ireland |
| 4:30 | A6: Exploiting COMPASS as a Tool for Teaching and LearningEvangelia Gouli, Agoritsa Gogoulou, Aggelos Alexopoulos, Maria Grigoriadou, University of Athens, Greece | B6: Using Concept Maps to Assist the Development of Instructional Material for Educational Hypermedia Systems Sueli Pissarra Castellari, National Institute of Space Research, Daniela Leal Musa, Federal University of São Paulo, Clovis Torres Fernandes, Aeronautical Institute of Technology, Brazil | C6: Using Concept Maps to Enhance Knowledge about SoundMaria Teresa Soares, Escola Secundária Miguel Torga, Paulo Cunha, Universidade de Évora, Portugal |
| | 6:00 Reception of City of Tallinn in the Old Town |