Flexibility of Expressiveness: A Critical Factor in the Design of Concept Mapping Tools for Learning

Elske Heeren; Piet A.M. Kommers

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-77222-1_7

Flexibility of Expressiveness: A Critical Factor in the Design of Concept Mapping Tools for Learning

Elske Heeren, Piet A.M. Kommers

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Abstract

This research report questions whether the expressiveness of cognitive mapping tools is an important variable in learning and retention of the information in a concept domain. Learning Tool, TextVision and SemNet have different symbol systems, different types of operations, and different means for expressing semantic relations in the concept domain to be studied by the learner. A qualitative analysis of student reports concludes that a concept mapping tool should offer a flexible method of representation rather than a fixed symbol set. The overall finding that flexibility of expressiveness is the major principle in concept mapping tools was made more explicit in seven design criteria for a new generation of ‘adaptive’ mapping tools.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Cognitive Tools for Learning
Editors	Piet A.M. Kommers, David H. Jonassen, J. Terry Mayes
Place of Publication	Berlin, Heidelberg
Publisher	Springer
Pages	85-102
Number of pages	18
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-642-77222-1
ISBN (Print)	978-3-642-77224-5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-77222-1_7
Publication status	Published - 1 Sept 1992
Event	NATO Advanced Study Institute on Mindtools: Cognitive Technologies for Modeling 1990 - University of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands Duration: 4 Jul 1990 → 10 Jul 1990

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Conference	NATO Advanced Study Institute on Mindtools: Cognitive Technologies for Modeling 1990
Country/Territory	Netherlands
City	Enschede
Period	4/07/90 → 10/07/90

Keywords

Cognitive mapping tools
Information retention
Learning tool
TextVision
SemNet

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Heeren, E & Kommers, PAM 1992, Flexibility of Expressiveness: A Critical Factor in the Design of Concept Mapping Tools for Learning. in PAM Kommers, DH Jonassen & JT Mayes (eds), Cognitive Tools for Learning. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, pp. 85-102, NATO Advanced Study Institute on Mindtools: Cognitive
Technologies for Modeling 1990, Enschede, Netherlands, 4/07/90. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-77222-1_7

Flexibility of Expressiveness: A Critical Factor in the Design of Concept Mapping Tools for Learning. / Heeren, Elske; Kommers, Piet A.M.
Cognitive Tools for Learning. ed. / Piet A.M. Kommers; David H. Jonassen; J. Terry Mayes. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer, 1992. p. 85-102.

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