Students' use of web-based concept map testing and strategies for learning

Journal of Computer Assisted Learning

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 72-84

  Tsai, Chin Chung ^a   Lin, S S J ^b   Yuan, S M ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Concept map; Constructivist; Learning strategy; Motivation; Questionnaire; School; Science; Testing; World wide web

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035530142     PISSN: 02664909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2729.2001.00160.x     Document Type: Article

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