Meena Kharatmal

 

 

Ph.D. Work

I am  working on my  Ph.D. in the area of  Knowledge Representation particularly focusing in Science Education.

Our approach investigates the representation of scientific knowledge by focusing on the predicates rather than on the concepts. 

 

Objectives

• To represent the domain of Cell Biology at the school, college and undergraduate level

• To develop a minimal set of relation names

• To develop a set of process names

• To apply the RCM & Process Modelling in school, college, university student

• To compare the representation of novice and expert

• To trace the conceptual change in learning by applying the KR model

Areas of Interest

Knowledge Representation, Cognitive Science, Educational Psychology, Science Education,

Refined Concept Maps, Conceptual Change, Novice-Expert, Structure and Dynamics of Knowledge,

History and Philosophy of Science, Bio-ontology, Cell biology, Biology education, Conceptual structures

 

Publications

 

• Meena Kharatmal (2023a). Field Property for Modeling Biological Process. In Australian Systemic  Functional Linguistics Association Conference 2023: Celebrating Semiosis, University of  Wollongong, Australia, 21-24 November 2023.

• Meena Kharatmal (2023b). Analysis of undergraduate biology students’ multimodal depiction of experimental design using SFL framework. In Australian Systemic Functional Linguistics Association Conference 2023: Celebrating Semiosis, University of Wollongong, Australia, 21-24 November 2023.

• Meena Kharatmal and Arnab Bhattacharya (2023). Using Primary Scientific Literature for Comparing Difficulties in Experimentation Among Undergraduate and Postgraduate Students. In Society for the Advancement of Biology Education Research (SABER) Conference, University of Minnesota, USA, 20-24 July 2023.

• Meena Kharatmal, Mayur Gaikwad, Aashutosh Mule, Jaikishan Advani (2022). Exploring College Biology Students' Understanding of Experimental Design. Asian Journal of Biology Education, Volume 14.

• Meena Kharatmal & Nagarjuna G. (2016). Using Semantic Reference Set of Linking Words for Concept Mapping in Biology. In A. Canas, P. Reiska,& J. Novak (Eds.), Innovating with Concept Mapping. CMC 2016. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 635. Springer. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-45501-3_25
   

   
• Meena Kharatmal (2014). A Proposal to Extend Concept Mapping to Concept Lattices for Representing Biology. International Summer School on Methodology of Task Design -- How to Construct Exercises for Learning, Technische University, Dresden, Germany, 2014.
    

• Meena Kharatmal & Nagarjuna G. (2013): Representing Change Using Concept Maps. In G. Nagarjuna et.al. (Eds.) Proceedings of epiSTEME 5 -- International Conference to Review Research on Science, Technology and Mathematics Education, p. 124-131. India: Cinnamonteal.

 

• Nagarjuna G. & Meena Kharatmal (2011): A Proposal for Developing a Primer for Constructing and Analyzing Conceptual Structures. In S. Andrews et al. (Eds.), Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence: Vol 6828. Conceptual Structures - Learning Teaching and Assessment. In International Conference on Conceptual Structures: Conceptual Structures for Discovering Knowledge (p. 402-405). Berlin, Germany: Springer-Verlag. Doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-22688-5_36

 

• Meena Kharatmal & Nagarjuna G. (2011):  An Analysis of Growth of Knowledge Based on Concepts and Predicates---A Preliminary Study. In S. Chunawala & M. Kharatmal (Eds.) Proceedings of epiSTEME 4 -- International Conference to Review Research on Science, Technology and Mathematics Education, p. 144-149. India: Macmillan.

 

• Meena Kharatmal & Nagarjuna G. (2010): Introducing rigor in concept maps. In M. Croitoru, S. Ferre, and D. Lukose (Eds.), Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence: Vol. 6208. International Conference on Conceptual Structures 2010: From Information to Intelligence (p. 199-202). Berlin, Germany: Springer-Verlag. Doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-14197-3_22

 

• Meena Kharatmal (2009): Concept Mapping for Eliciting Students' Understanding of Science. Indian Educational Review, 45(2), pp.31-43.

 

• Meena Kharatmal & Nagarjuna G. (2009): Refined Concept Maps for Science Education: A Feasibility Study.  In K. Subramaniam & A. Majumdar (Eds.) epiSTEME 3 Third International Conference on Review of Science, Technology and Mathematics Education. Mumbai: MacMillan Publishers Ltd.

 

• Meena Kharatmal & Nagarjuna G. (2008): Exploring the Roots of Rigor: A Proposal of a Methodology for Analyzing the Conceptual Change from a Novice to an Expert  In A. Canas, P. Reiska, M. Ahlberg, J. Novak (Eds.) Concept Mapping: Connecting Educators. Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Concept Mapping. Tallinn, Estonia & Helsinki, Finland.

 

• Meena Kharatmal & Nagarjuna G. (2007): An Alternative Proposal for Eliciting and Assessing Students’ Knowledge Structure  In C. Natarajan & B. Choksi (Eds.) epiSTEME 2 Second International Conference on Review of Science, Technology and Mathematics Education. Mumbai: MacMillan Publishers Ltd.

 

• Meena Kharatmal & Nagarjuna G. (2006): A Proposal To Refine Concept Mapping for Effective Science Learning  In A. Canas,  J. Novak, (Eds.) Concept Maps: Theory, Methodology, Technology. Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Concept Mapping. San Jose, Costa Rica.

 

• Meena Kharatmal & Nagarjuna G. (2004): Understanding Science Through Knowledge Organizers. In J. Ramadas & S. Chunawala (Eds.) epiSTEME 1 First International Conference on Review of Science, Technology and Mathematics Education. Mumbai: HBCSE.

 

• Refined Concept Map Wikipedia Article

 

Visiting Student

• Summer School in Technische Universitat, Dresden, Germany
• Mimos, Semantic Web Technology Lab, Kualalumpur, Malaysia
• University of North Carolina at Wilmington, Wilmington, North Carolina, USA

• Institute of Human and Machine Cognition, Pensacola, Florida, USA

 

Conferences & Summer School

• epiSTEME --7, HBCSE, Mumbai, India, International Conference to Review Research in Science, Technology and Mathematics Education, India, January 2018
• AABE -- Asian Association of Biology Education, Goa, India, September 2016
• 7th International Conference on Concept Mapping, Estonia, Sweden, Finland, September 2016
• epiSTEME --6, HBCSE, Mumbai, India, International Conference to Review Research in Science, Technology and Mathematics Education, India, January 2015
• Second International Conference on Education in Chemistry, Mumbai, India, December 2014
• Summer School on Methodology of Task Design -- How to Construct Exercises for Learning, Technische University, Dresden, Germany, 2014.
   
• epiSTEME 5, HBCSE, Mumbai, India, International Conference to Review Research in Science, Technology and Mathematics Education, India, 2013
• 20th International Conference on Conceptual Structures, Mumbai, India, 2013
• Workshop on Modeling States, Events, Processes and Scenarios, ICCS 2013, Mumbai, India, 2013
• International Policy Dialogue Forum on Teacher Challenges for Education For All, New Delhi, India, May 29-30, 2012
• epiSTEME 4, HBCSE, Mumbai, India, International Conference to Review Research in Science, Technology and Mathematics Education, India, 2011
• First International Conference on Education in Chemistry, November 2010, Mumbai, India

• 18th International Conference on Conceptual Structures, Kuching, Malaysia, July 2010

• First Conceptual Structures – Learning, Teaching and Assessment Workshop (CS-LTA), ICCS 2010, Kuching, Malaysia, July 2010

• National Conference on Open Source Software, CDAC, Navi Mumbai, May 2009

• epiSTEME 3, Mumbai, India, Jan 2009

• National Initiatives in Science Education, AEES, Mumbai, 2008

• Free Knowledge Free Technology, Barcelona, Spain, July 2008

• Science, Education and Learning in Freedom, HBCSE-TIFR, Mumbai, Feb 2007

• epiSTEME 2, Mumbai, India, Jan 2007

• Concept Mapping Conference, Costa Rica, Sep 2006 

• epiSTEME 1, Goa, India, Dec 2004

• International Workshop on History and Philosophy of Science: Implications for Science Education, HBCSE, Mumbai, India, Feb 1999

• Indian Science Congress, Chennai, Jan 1998

• Indian Science Congress, Hyderabad, Jan 1997

• Orientation Course on History of Science in Science Education, HBCSE, Mumbai, India, Oct 1998

• Orientation Course in Biology Education, HBCSE, Mumbai, India, Dec 1996

 

Organization Member

• Organizing Committee: epiSTEME 5, HBCSE, Mumbai, India, Jan 2013
• Local Organizing Chair: International Conference on Conceptual Structures 2013, HBCSE, Mumbai, India, Jan 2013
• Workshop Co-chair: Conceptual Structures - Learning, Teaching and Assessment 2011, @ 19th ICCS 2011, University of Derby, UK, July 2011

• Organizing Committee: epiSTEME 4, HBCSE, Mumbai, India, Jan 2011

• Organizing Committee: International Conference on Education in Chemistry, HBCSE, Mumbai, India, Nov, 2010

• Convenor: Exhibition on Science Education, Peoples Education Congress, HBCSE, Mumbai, India, Oct 2009

• Organizing Committee: Peoples Education Congress, HBCSE, Mumbai, India, Oct 2009

• Organizing Committee: Free Knowledge Free Technology, Barcelona, Spain, July 2008

• Organizing Committee: Science, Education and Learning in Freedom, HBCSE-TIFR, India, Feb 2007

• Organizing Committee: International Workshop on History and Philosophy of Science: Implications for Science Education, HBCSE, Mumbai, India, Feb 1999

• Organizing Committee: Orientation Course on History of Science in Science Education, HBCSE, Mumbai, India, Oct 1998

• Organizing Committee: Orientation Course on Biology Education, HBCSE, Mumbai, India, Dec 1996

 

Virtual Existence

• Email: meena [at] hbcse [dot] tifr [dot] res [dot] in
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