WWW-intensive concept mapping for metacognition in solving ill-structured problems

International Journal of Continuing Engineering Education and Life-Long Learning

Volumn 16, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 297-316

  Stoyanov, Slavi ^a   Kommers, Piet ^b,c  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY OF THE NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^c FONTYS UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Concept mapping; Idea generation; Problem solving; WWW based learning tools

Indexed keywords

LEARNING SYSTEMS; WORLD WIDE WEB;

CONCEPT MAPPING; IDEA GENERATION; WWW-BASED LEARNING TOOLS;

PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 33645957377     PISSN: 15604624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJCEELL.2006.009205     Document Type: Review

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