Abstract
The main purposes of the study were to use pathfinder network analysis to assess the knowledge structures in school guidance, to explore the correlations between the three indexes of knowledge structures and the academic performance, and to compare the differences of knowledge structures between experts and novices. The subjects included three experts and twenty-six novices.
The results of the study were as follows: 1. The correlations between the three indexes of knowledge structures and the academic performance are not significant. 2. The three indexes of knowledge structures can’t discriminate both the differences of knowledge structures among the novices of different experiences and between experts and novices. 3. The mappings of knowledge structures between experts and novices are different. The experts’ mappings are more complicated, but the novices’ are simpler.
Finally, according to the results, the recommendations were provided in the definition of expert, the domain of the counseling and guidance, the representation of the assessment, the structures of the problems, the index of counseling experts and novices, and the fit of domains.
| Keywords: | pathfinder network analysis; knowledge structure; expert and novice; school guidance; assessment |
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