Concept mapping instrumental support for problem solving

International Journal of Continuing Engineering Education and Life-Long Learning

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 40-53

  Stoyanov, Slavi ^a   Kommers, Piet ^b  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY OF THE NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cognitive mapping; Concept mapping software; Problem solving support

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATION; STUDENTS;

COGNITIVE MAPPING; CONCEPT MAPPING SOFTWARE; MAPPING PRODUCTION; PROBLEM-SOLVING SUPPORT;

PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 37849037359     PISSN: 15604624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJCEELL.2008.016075     Document Type: Article

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