Redes semánticas poblacionales: un instrumento metodológico para la investigación educativa

We report a qualitative, innovative and original methodology for research in science education. We use the concept of Semantic Network as idea for displaying students´ responses to a problem on a given topic. We proposed a problem with multiple resolutions on the metabolism of carbohydrates to university students of Biology and Biological Chemistry from different careers. Students’ answers were organized in cognitive pathways, using a methodology derived from the Information Processing Model. Graphical representation of all individual cognitive pathways allowed us to construct semantic netw...