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Chapter 8
Handbook of Research on Collaborative Learning Using Concept Mapping
This is a term drawing strongly on the concept of cognitive flexibility. It puts emphasis on a bird’s eye overview of the material and suggests a multifaceted picture of the learning process.
Published in Chapter:
Collaborative Learning: Leveraging Concept Mapping and Cognitive Flexibility Theory
Chaka Chaka (Walter Sisulu University, South Africa)
Copyright: © 2010 |Pages: 19
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59904-992-2.ch008
Abstract
This chapter explores the interface between collaborative learning (CL), concept mapping (CMing) and cognitive flexibility theory (CFT). The major argument of the chapter is that concept maps (CMs) are versatile and multi-purpose tools with cross-disciplinary applications. In view of this, the chapter reports on 15 research studies to serve a dual purpose: to support its argument and to demonstrate the link between CL and CMing on the one hand, and between CMing/CL and CFT on the other hand. The focal points of the chapter are: CMs as tools for supporting and facilitating CL; CMs as assessment tools in CL environments; CMs as drivers for collaborative curricular initiatives; CMs as higher-order thinking and problem solving tools; and CL/CMs and CFT.
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