A Study on the Writing Activity to Improve Students’ Logical Development of Ideas at High School in Japan

Abstract

This study examines Japanese high school students’ logical development of ideas (LDI) through writing activities using various types of concept maps (CM). The result suggests 1) the most effective CM is a type including the task to reconstruct the ideas, 2) cognitive processing with reconstruction and repeat training contribute to improve LDI, and 3) the students’ awareness of the LDI improves.