Constructivist-Visual Mind Map Teaching Approach and the Quality of Students' Cognitive Structures

Journal of Science Education and Technology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 186-200

  Dhindsa, Harkirat S ^a   Makarimi Kasim, ^a   Anderson, O Roger ^b  

^a UNIVERSITI BRUNEI DARUSSALAM   (Brunei Darussalam)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive structures; Constructivism; Mind mapping; Science; Secondary Education; Traditional teaching

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953050584     PISSN: 10590145     EISSN: 15731839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10956-010-9245-4     Document Type: Article

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