Development of an adaptive learning case recommendation approach for problem-based e-learning on mathematics teaching for students with mild disabilities

Expert Systems with Applications

Volumn 36, Issue 3 PART 1, 2009, Pages 5456-5468

  Chu, Hui Chuan ^a   Chen, Tsung Yi ^b   Lin, Chia Jou ^c   Liao, Min Ju ^d   Chen, Yuh Min ^c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF TAINAN   (Taiwan)

^b NANHUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Case based reasoning; Clustering analysis; Probability latent semantic analysis; Problem based e learning

Indexed keywords

E-LEARNING; EDUCATION COMPUTING; SEMANTICS; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

CLUSTERING ANALYSIS; E-LEARNING PLATFORMS; LATENT SEMANTIC ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICS TEACHINGS; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; PROBLEM-BASED; SITUATED LEARNING THEORIES; SOCIAL CONSTRUCTIVISM;

CASE BASED REASONING;

EID: 58349088278     PISSN: 09574174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2008.06.140     Document Type: Article

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