scholarly journals Facilitating learners’ web-based information problem-solving by query expansion-based concept mapping

2014 ◽  
Vol 30 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yueh-Min Huang ◽  
Ming-Chi Liu ◽  
Nian-Shing Chen ◽  
Kinshuk . ◽  
Dunwei Wen
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
Concept Mapping ◽  
Query Expansion ◽  
Concept Maps ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Higher Order ◽  
System Thinking ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Information Problem Solving ◽  
Information Problem

<p>Web-based information problem-solving has been recognised as a critical ability for learners. However, the development of students’ abilities in this area often faces several challenges, such as difficulty in building well-organised knowledge structures to support complex problems that require higher-order skills (e.g., system thinking). To resolve these issues, this study employs a semi-automatic tool that supports query expansion-based concept mapping (QECM) for assisting learners’ web-based information problem-solving. The query expansion technique aims to recommend relevant concepts and linking words for building the map. The linking of concepts also uses non-taxonomic relationships for visualising a systemic model to develop complex problem-solving. An experiment was conducted by randomly dividing 50 participants into two groups, QECM (experimental) and conventional keyword-based search system, (control), to compare their performance during web-based information problem-solving tasks. The results show that the QECM system facilitated participants in extending their queries so as to enhance the comprehensiveness of their constructed concept maps. The QECM also improved the participants’ information problem-solving performance by bridging concepts of an assigned task. The findings imply that learners using the QECM system can focus on the higher-order tasks of problem-solving and be better engaged in exploring real-life problems with the web.</p>

scholarly journals Embedded Information Problem-Solving Instruction to Foster Learning from Digital Sources: Longitudinal Effects on Task Performance

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (19) ◽  
pp. 7919 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manoli Pifarré ◽  
Esther Argelagós
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
Task Performance ◽  
Secondary Students ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Task Instruction ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Internet Information ◽  
Information Problem Solving ◽  
Information Problem

This research paper is based on a longitudinal study to find out how long-term embedded whole-task instruction can help students to develop more efficient information problem-solving (IPS) skills that could lead to a better use of internet information for learning and solving digital tasks more effectively. To this end, we designed, implemented and evaluated a three-year instruction programme to promote students’ development of key IPS skills in real-life classroom settings. This research involved sixty-one secondary education students. Forty-two of them received the IPS instruction and their results were analysed longitudinally and subsequently compared to a control group which received the regular courses. The results showed that students who received the IPS instruction improved their performance significantly in tasks in which the use of IPS skills was needed and these students organised and presented the information found on the internet critically and gave personal arguments. The findings also revealed that during the three-year project, the scores of IPS task performance were statistically higher in the instructed students than those obtained in control group students. Our study then provides an insight into how secondary students develop IPS skills throughout long-term instructional support and shows a series of educational implications.

scholarly journals Using Mindomo to Engage Students in Higher-Order Thinking

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Brandon M. Sabourin
Keyword(s):  
Concept Mapping ◽  
Digital Technology ◽  
Concept Maps ◽  
Swot Analysis ◽  
Concept Map ◽  
Higher Order Thinking ◽  
Higher Order ◽  
Web Based ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Technology Course

Mindomo (www.mindomo.com) is a web-based tool designed to aid in the creation of digital concept maps. This article provides an overview of concept mapping and Mindomo followed by reflections on implementing Mindomo in a digital technology course for pre-service teachers. A SWOT analysis of Mindomo is presented in concept map format, with the goals being to provide information helpful to anyone considering using Mindomo and to encourage instructors to consider how concept mapping might facilitate higher-order thinking in their classes.

Explicit teaching of problem categorization using concept mapping, and an exploratory study of its effect on student achievement and on conceptual understanding – the case of chemical equilibrium problems

2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Antonios Bakolis ◽  
Dimitrios Stamovlasis ◽  
Georgios Tsaparlis
Keyword(s):  
Student Achievement ◽  
Problem Solving ◽  
Concept Mapping ◽  
Conceptual Understanding ◽  
Chemical Equilibrium ◽  
Concept Maps ◽  
Equilibrium Problems ◽  
Solution Process ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Long Term Memory

Abstract A crucial step in problem solving is the retrieval of already learned schemata from long-term memory, a process which may be facilitated by categorization of the problem. The way knowledge is organized affects its availability, and, at the same time, it constitutes the important difference between experts and novices. The present study employed concept maps in a novel way, as a categorization tool for chemical equilibrium problems. The objective was to determine whether providing specific practice in problem categorization improves student achievement in problem solving and in conceptual understanding. Two groups of eleventh-grade students from two special private seminars in Corfu island, Greece, were used: the treatment group (N = 19) and the control group (N = 21). Results showed that the categorization helped students to improve their achievement, but the improvement was not always statistically significant. Students at lower (Piagetian) developmental level (in our sample, students at the transitional stage) had a larger improvement, which was statistically significant with a high effect size. Finally, Nakhleh’s categorization scheme, distinguishing algorithmic versus conceptual subproblems in the solution process, was studied. Dependency of problem solving on an organized knowledge base and the significance of concept mapping on student achievement were the conclusion.

scholarly journals Embedded instruction to learn information problem solving: Effects of a whole task approach

2019 ◽  
Vol 90 ◽  
pp. 117-130 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jimmy Frerejean ◽  
Gerdo J. Velthorst ◽  
Johan L.H. van Strien ◽  
Paul A. Kirschner ◽  
Saskia Brand-Gruwel
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
Embedded Instruction ◽  
Information Problem Solving ◽  
Information Problem

Problem-Based Learning (PBL)

2021 ◽  
pp. 38-56
Author(s):  
Mahmoud Hawamdeh ◽  
Idris Adamu
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Problem Based Learning ◽  
Higher Order ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Learning Skills ◽  
Knowledge And Skills ◽  
Life Problems ◽  
Approach To Teaching

This chapter discuss how Problem-Based learning (PBL) helps to achieve this century's approach to teaching and learning for students in higher educational institutions. If adopted, this method of teaching will enable student to attain learning skills (skills, abilities, problem solving, and learning dispositions that have been identified) to acquire a lifelong habit of approaching problems with initiative and diligence and a drive to acquire the knowledge and skills needed for an effective resolution. And they will develop a systematic approach to solving real-life problems using higher-order skills.

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