The design and effect of a scaffolded concept mapping strategy on learning performance in an undergraduate database course

IEEE Transactions on Education

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 300-307

  Chen, Hsuan Hung ^a   Chen, Yau Jane ^a   Chen, Kim Joan ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

computer science education; Computer aided instruction; concept mapping; database systems; scaffolding

Indexed keywords

ASSOCIATED SOFTWARES; COMPUTER SCIENCE EDUCATION; CONCEPT MAPPING; CONCEPT MAPPING STRATEGIES; INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGNS; LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS; LEARNING PERFORMANCE; SCAFFOLDING;

CURRICULA; DATABASE SYSTEMS; MAPPING; ONLINE SYSTEMS; SCAFFOLDS; STUDENTS;

COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION;

EID: 84881376024     PISSN: 00189359     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TE.2012.2217747     Document Type: Article

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