A rule-based system for automatically evaluating student concept maps

Expert Systems with Applications

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 2282-2291

  Cline, Ben E ^a   Brewster, Carlyle C ^a   Fell, Richard D ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Concept map; Pedagogy; Rule based system

Indexed keywords

CONCEPT MAP; CONCEPT MAPS; CONCEPT-MAPPING TOOLS; EFFECTIVE LEARNING; EVALUATION SYSTEM; GRADING SYSTEM; NEW CONCEPT; PEDAGOGY; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; RULE BASED; RULE-BASED SYSTEM; STUDENT LEARNING; UNIVERSITY LEVELS;

STUDENTS; TEACHING;

CONFORMAL MAPPING;

EID: 70449524415     PISSN: 09574174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2009.07.044     Document Type: Article

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