Handbook of research on collaborative learning using concept mapping

• Corporate Author: IGI Global.
• Other Authors: Torres, Patroicia Lupion., Marriott, Rita de Coassia Veiga.
• Format: Electronic
• Published: Hershey, Pa. IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), c2010.
• Subjects: Team learning approach in education > Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Concept mapping > Handbooks, manuals, etc. > Computer-aided design; Computer-assisted instruction > Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Active learning; Collaborative learning; Concept mapping; Critical teaching; Distance learning; E-learning; Information society; Online learning; Teaching pedagogy; Virtual universities
• Online Access: View fulltext via EzAccess
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xxiv, 521 p. : ill. (some col.) digital files.; Also available in print.
• Format: Mode of access: World Wide Web.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index
• ISBN: 9781599049939 (ebook)
• Access: Restricted to subscribers or individual electronic text purchasers.

Educators are now seeking new methodologies to respond to the demand for personal education and knowledge acquisition and production. Concept mapping, a powerful learning and teaching technique, provides these educators with new methods that are beginning to be implemented at all educational levels in many institutions worldwide. This handbook presents innovative educational and learning models that meet current complex educational demands, providing educators and teachers, as well as researchers, tutors, and students with a comprehensive understanding of the current research and trends of both theory and pedagogy in e-learning, involving collaborative learning and concept mapping.