An expert system for improving web-based problem-solving ability of students

Expert Systems with Applications

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 8664-8672

  Hwang, Gwo Jen ^a   Chen, Chieh Yuan ^b   Tsai, Pei Shan ^a   Tsai, Chin Chung ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF TAINAN   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Expert systems; Information technology applied instructions; Information searching strategies; Problem solving ability; Web based learning

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION-SEARCHING STRATEGIES; INNOVATIVE APPROACHES; KNOWLEDGE BASE; LEARNING PROCESS; ONLINE PROBLEMS; PROBLEM-SOLVING ABILITY; WEB BASED LEARNING;

E-LEARNING; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; EXPERT SYSTEMS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERNET; STUDENTS; TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS;

PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 79952447276     PISSN: 09574174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2011.01.072     Document Type: Article

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