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Athitaya Nitchot; Lester Gilbert – Technology, Pedagogy and Education, 2025
Several educational mapping techniques include mind mapping, concept mapping, knowledge mapping and competence mapping. This research used pedagogically informed competence maps featuring subject matter and learner capabilities. Mytelemap, a prototype tool, helps learners structure and visualise competence maps and provides study links based on…
Descriptors: Cognitive Mapping, Concept Mapping, Competence, Achievement Gains
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Jianhui Yu – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2025
Sentiments expressed on massive open online course (MOOC) discussion forums significantly influence learning effectiveness and academic performance. The evolution of learning sentiments on MOOC discussion forums is a dynamic process; however, a gap exists in the current understanding of the interplay between evolving sentiments and their impact on…
Descriptors: MOOCs, Student Attitudes, Group Discussion, Computer Mediated Communication
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Keaver, Laura; Ludy, Mary-Jon; Folk, Sara Yi Ling; Gadd, Suzannah; Oleksiak, Maggie; Hsiao, Pao-Ying; Tucker, Robin M. – Advances in Physiology Education, 2023
Ripple Effects Mapping (REM) is a qualitative data analysis approach that combines mind mapping with inductive analysis to condense data obtained from group interviews. One benefit of REM is the ability to identify unintended outcomes, or "ripples," of the intervention of interest. Ripples are visually represented by a mind map created…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Research, Physiology, Research Projects
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Polat, Özgül; Yavuz, Ezgi Aksin – International Journal of Progressive Education, 2022
Mind Mapping can be used in any discipline as a tool for learning and organizing information. Mind Maps can be created as a group as a means of supporting brainstorming or individually to generate ideas. The aim of the present study was to explore preschool children's and teacher trainees' conceptions of school, friendship, and play through Mind…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Cognitive Mapping, Scoring Rubrics, Friendship
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Fatima A. Y. Al-Inbari; Baleigh Q. Al-Wasy; Hassan S. Mahdi; Haifa Al-Nofaie – Journal of Pedagogical Research, 2023
This study explores the impact of mind mapping on the writing of English as a Foreign Language [EFL] among Saudi learners and the bilateral effects of mind mapping and other writing processes. Little research has been devoted to the effect of electronic mind mapping as a mediating tool. Despite the cyclical nature of writing processes, the…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Writing Instruction
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King-Dow Su – Journal of Baltic Science Education, 2018
The use of animated concept mapping (ACM) has been linked to an innovative learning skill when conducting students' guidance of 4 corresponding reasoning processes in electrochemistry. This research aims to establish a new perspective with ACM cognitive reasoning to broaden students' individual developments of problem-solving skills. It is…
Descriptors: Cognitive Mapping, Science Instruction, Chemistry, Instructional Effectiveness
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Simanjuntak, Olivia Virocky; Simanjuntak, Debora Chaterin – Acuity: Journal of English Language Pedagogy, Literature and Culture, 2018
The purpose of this study is to find out whether there is any significant difference between Semantic Mapping and Diglot Weave Techniques in enhancing the students' vocabulary knowledge. This study is quantitative, utilizing comparative research design--a simple research design which is used to examine two techniques of teaching. In this study,…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Cognitive Mapping, Semantics, Teaching Methods
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Wulandari, Novia – Acuity: Journal of English Language Pedagogy, Literature and Culture, 2019
The purpose of this study is to find out significant difference in implementing Story Mapping and Mind Mapping techniques toward students' reading comprehension enhancement. This study used a quantitative research method and comparative design by measuring the achievement of pre-test and post-test. This study addressed three research questions:…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Cognitive Mapping, Teaching Methods, Reading Instruction
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Aljaser, Afaf M. – International Education Studies, 2017
The present study aimed to identify the effect of using electronic Mind Maps on the academic achievement of the fifth-grade primary female students in the English language curriculum compared to the traditional teaching method adopted in the teacher's guide. It also aimed to indicate the attitudes of the fifth-grade female students towards the use…
Descriptors: Cognitive Mapping, Elementary School Students, Control Groups, Experimental Groups
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Bayir, Eylem; Cakici, Yilmaz; Ertas, Ozge – International Journal of Science Education, 2014
Science education researchers recently turned their attention to exploring views about nature of science (NOS). A large body of research indicates that both students and teachers have many naïve views about the NOS. Unfortunately, less attention has been directed at the issue of exploring the views of the scientists. Also, the little research in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Scientific Principles, Teacher Attitudes, Student Attitudes
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Pijl, Sip Jan; Koster, Marloes; Hannink, Anne; Stratingh, Anna – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2011
One of the methods used most often to assess students' friendships and friendship networks is the reciprocal nomination method. However, an often heard complaint is that this technique produces rather negative outcomes. This study compares the reciprocal nomination method with another method to assess students' friendships and friendship networks:…
Descriptors: Friendship, Group Structure, Cognitive Mapping, Teaching Methods
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Balim, Ali Günay – International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 2013
This study aims at identifying the effects of the mind-mapping technique upon students' perceptions of inquiry-learning skills, academic achievement, and retention of knowledge. The study was carried out in the Science and Technology course. A quasi-experimental research design with a pre-test and post-test control group, which was selected from…
Descriptors: Science Education, Environmental Education, Inquiry, Elementary School Students
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Farmer, Thomas W.; Hall, Cristin M.; Petrin, Robert; Hamm, Jill V.; Dadisman, Kimberly – School Psychology Quarterly, 2010
A randomized control trial was conducted to evaluate the impact of the Rural Early Adolescent Learning Program (Project REAL) on teachers' awareness of peer groups at the beginning of the 1st year of middle school. Two schools were randomly assigned to the intervention condition and 2 to the control condition. Thirty-nine teachers and 466 students…
Descriptors: Group Membership, Intervention, Bullying, Early Adolescents
Bhattacharya, Madhumita – 1999
This paper reports on a comparative study of the use of asynchronous (bulletin board) and synchronous (chat) discussion on three learning units based on the cognitive maps developed by the learners. Cognitive maps have been found to be an effective tool for learners for discussion in a distributed learning environment. Cognitive maps provided…
Descriptors: Cognitive Mapping, Comparative Analysis, Computer Mediated Communication, Cooperative Learning