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A Web-Based Interactive Mapping System of State Wide School Performance: Integrating Google Maps API Technology into Educational Achievement Data
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Wang, Kening; Mulvenon, Sean W.; Stegman, Charles; Anderson, Travis – Journal of Educational Technology Systems, 2008
Google Maps API (Application Programming Interface), released in late June 2005 by Google, is an amazing technology that allows users to embed Google Maps in their own Web pages with JavaScript. Google Maps API has accelerated the development of new Google Maps based applications. This article reports a Web-based interactive mapping system…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Academic Achievement, Concept Mapping, Cognitive Mapping
The ALEXIA System: The Use of Visual Representations to Enhance Vocabulary Learning.
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Chanier, Thierry; Selva, Thierry – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 1998
Presents the ALEXIA system, a lexical-learning environment for French as a second or foreign language, and describes its network module, which can automatically build graphs of certain lexical semantic relations. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Cognitive Mapping, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Networks, French
The Effect of Navigation Map Types and Cognitive Styles on Learners' Performance in a Computer-Networked Hypertext Learning System.
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Chou, Chien; Lin, Hua – Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia, 1998
Describes a study of college freshmen that investigated the effects of navigation maps and learner cognitive styles on performance in searches for information, on cognitive map development, and on attitudes, within a hypertext learning system. Results indicate map type has significant effects on students' search steps, efficiency, and development…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Cognitive Mapping, Cognitive Style, Computer Assisted Instruction