Are high-coherent concept maps better for prior knowledge activation? Differential effects of concept mapping tasks on high school vs. university students

Journal of Computer Assisted Learning

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 407-419

  Gurlitt, J ^a   Renkl, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coherence; Concept mapping; Hypermedia; Hypertext; Mental set; Prior knowledge activation

Indexed keywords

EID: 51249108360     PISSN: 02664909     EISSN: 13652729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2729.2008.00277.x     Document Type: Article

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