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ERIC Number: EJ747789
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2006-May
Pages: 23
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ISSN: ISSN-0020-4277
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Effects of Web-Based Support for the Construction of Competence Maps
Stoof, Angela; Martens, Rob L.; van Merrienboer, Jeroen J. G.
Instructional Science: An International Journal of Learning and Cognition, v34 n3 p189-211 May 2006
Educationalists experience difficulties with the construction of competence maps that describe final attainment levels of educational programs. Web-based support was developed with three supportive aids: A construction kit, a phenomenarium, and an information bank. Each supportive aid was expected to improve perceived process and product quality as well as learning. In a full factorial experiment, 266 educational science students constructed a competence map, whether or not supported by different combinations of the three supportive aids. The availability of the construction kit and the phenomenarium had positive effects on perceived process quality and learning. Furthermore, if there was no phenomenarium with example materials, the absence of the construction kit greatly diminished experienced support (i.e., one aspect of process quality); if a phenomenarium was present, the availability of the construction kit had relatively little effect on perceived support. In general, this study indicates that well-designed Web-based support helps to construct competence maps.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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