This paper stands up as an argument for a broadening of the methods used in the science teaching process. The main goal of the authors is to point out ways of achieving learning excellence by usage of modern educational means. This bold aim can be reached by resorting to concept maps within the teaching and evaluation processes. We focus upon the advantages of this method taking as an example a...

This chapter argues that the computer-aided scientific knowledge discovery tool should facilitate scientific knowledge development through assisting scientists to build first-person knowledge and thirdperson knowledge. The chapter reviews cognitive theories of human knowledge construction and presents a hydrological modelling scenario as an exemplar of these concepts. A number of challenges for...

factors of educational ICT projects: A group concept mapping approach.

This article proposes a framework of quality indicators for learning analytics that aims to standardise the evaluation of learning analytics tools and to provide a mean to capture evidence for the impact of learning analytics on educational practices in a standardised manner. The criteria of the framework and its quality indicators are based on the results of a Group Concept Mapping study condu...

1557-3087/$ – see front matter © 2008 doi:10.1016/j.teln.2007.08.002 Abstract Concept mapping is a teaching–learning strategy that can be used to evaluate a nursing student's ability to critically think in the clinical setting. It has been used in disciplines other than nursing to allow the learner to visually reorganize and arrange information in a manner that promotes learning of concepts tha...

This interactive session brings together researchers and educators interested in using external representations to facilitate and assess learning. The session will juxtapose four systems, each of which takes a different design approach. The representations include concept maps, metaphorical textual descriptions or visualizations for helping students learn in complex domains such as science or p...

The purpose of this study was to investigate the ways in which the use of concept maps influenced the learning processes of adult graduate students in the context of higher education. Two groups of students were taught to use concept mapping as a constructivist learning strategy and then were followed over the course of a year to determine the impact this strategy had on their learning. Results...

Concept mapping has been applied in a variety of fields, including instruction, learning, curriculum development, and assessment. Because many empirical studies have proven the validity of concept mapping, a computer-based concept mapping system has been developed. The system provides two learning environments. In the ‘construct-by-self’ environment, the system provides students with the evalua...

This paper describes a study that has explored the body of literature on competitive advantage and placed this in the context of the development of travel eMediaries (online intermediaries). The work uses concept maps to highlight determinants of performance in online intermediation in this sector and the relationships among these variables. The paper identifies the most significant contributor...