Using concept sorting and concept mapping in business and public administration, and in education: An overview

Educational Research

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 219-235

  Lawless, Clive ^a   Smee, Pete ^b   O'Shea, Tim ^c  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b PLYMOUTH MARJON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Assessment; Concept maps; Concepts; Decision making; Evaluation; Learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040585569     PISSN: 00131881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0013188980400209     Document Type: Article

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