Abstract Knowledge maps have been widely used in knowledge elicitation and
representation to evaluate and guide students' learning. To effectively evaluate maps …

There are more than 15 million college students in the US alone. Academic advising for
courses and scholarships is typically performed by human advisors, bringing an immense …

This study was undertaken with the goal of developing a Concept Map Knowledge
Management System (CMKMS) for use as a tool in observing change in a student's …

A study was conducted to quantify the effectiveness of concept maps in learning physics in
engineering degrees. The following research question was posed: What was the difference …

Formative assessment can encourage an instructor to improve learning achievements in a
lecture class. The goal of formative assessment in a classroom situation is monitoring …

It is widely accepted that concept maps are a meaningful learning tool. Even so, the use of
concept mapping as a meaningful learning tool is probably less common than the use of …

Adaptive systems refer to autonomous interactive systems that adjust their behavior and
functionality to environmental changes. In e-learning context, adaptive e-learning systems …

In higher education, most assessments or examinations comprise either multiple-choice
items or open-ended questions such as modified essay questions (MEQs). Online concept …

Concept maps are node-link diagrams that represent verbal information. Serving as an
alternative medium to written text, they typically have nodes labeled with noun phrases to …

This paper describes an investigation into the validity of an automatic assessment method of
the learner-build concept map by comparing it with two well-known manual methods. We …