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Development and Evaluation of Concept Mapping Software for Supporting Reflection through Comparing with Other Learners’ Thinking Process
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, Faculty of Education, Utsunomiya University, Japan ; , Graduate School of Engineering, Hiroshima University, Japan ; , Faculty of Education and Culture, University of Miyazaki, Japan ; , Graduate School of Human Development and Environment, Kobe University, Japan

EdMedia + Innovate Learning, in Vienna, Austria ISBN 978-1-880094-65-5 Publisher: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE), Waynesville, NC

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In this study, we have developed a new concept mapping software with search function. This function supports learners’ reflection on their thinking process through comparing their thinking process with other learners’ thinking process. We conducted an experimental evaluation to examine how this function supports learners to find other learners who have different thinking process from their own process. The results of “measurements of time to find the concept maps,” “judging correct or incorrect in finding the concept maps” and “questionnaire-based survey” show that this function enables learners to find other learners’ concept maps that have different thinking processes from their own thinking process.

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Deguchi, A., Funaoi, H., Yamaguchi, E. & Inagaki, S. (2008). Development and Evaluation of Concept Mapping Software for Supporting Reflection through Comparing with Other Learners’ Thinking Process. In J. Luca & E. Weippl (Eds.), Proceedings of ED-MEDIA 2008--World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia & Telecommunications (pp. 4673-4678). Vienna, Austria: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved March 6, 2021 from .

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