Evaluation of impact of assessment changes on REDU11046

This dataset relates to a case study which evaluated the introduction of concept maps (CM) as a learning activity and assessment task on a 10 credit (ECTS 5 credits) social science research methods course at SCQF level 11 (taught postgraduate level). The course runs for five weeks in semester one and over the previous five years student enrolment has been between 575 and 971. Most (>90%) students have English as a second or other language (ESOL) and many are new to studying social sciences. The CM was introduced to allow students to focus on developing their conceptual understanding rather than their academic writing skills. The data set includes interview schedules used and the secondary data (course marks) analysed