Grade 12 Students' Mathematical Concept Maps from Beijing and Shandong, China

368 concept maps from 184 Grade 12 students in China were evaluated using three scoring methods. The data explores mathematical cognitive structures related to sequences and trigonometric functions, analyzing differences by gender and computational ability. Author Zhenping Wang published the dataset on figshare under a CC-BY-4.0 license, last updated on 2026-05-15.

Use Cases

• Analyze the distribution of cognitive structure levels based on the reported concentration between two and five levels.
• Investigate gender differences in concept map scores using the reported Cohen's d effect sizes for sequences and trigonometric functions.
• Compare cognitive structure scores across computational ability groups (high, medium, low) as described in the study.
• Examine the prevalence of cross-links and linear structures in student concept maps.

Strengths

• Dataset includes 368 evaluated concept maps from a sample of 184 students, providing a substantive sample size.
• Analysis employs three established scoring methods: total proposition scoring, Novak’s structural scoring, and a new structural scoring method.
• Results include statistically significant findings (p < 0.001) for both gender and computational ability differences.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data is limited to 451.7 KB, indicating a small-scale, likely summary-level dataset.

Provenance

Source

Zhenping Wang via figshare.

Collection Method

Mixed-methods research design using concept map drawing tests from students at four schools.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-15 05:41:04; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Beijing and Shandong Province, China.