Using cognitive mapping to foster deeper learning with complex problems in a computer-based environment.
Concept mapping has been widely used to foster meaningful learning and support the communication of complex ideas. With a focus on conceptual understanding, traditional concept mapping is found to be inadequate in supporting problem solving particularly in eliciting and representing the complex proc...
| Publicado en: | Computers in Human Behavior Vol. 87; pp. 450 - 459 |
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Elsevier B.V.
Oct2018
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