Abstract:

Although it has become very common to use World Wide Web-based information in many educational settings, there has been little research on how to better search and organize Web-based information. This paper discusses the shortcomings of Web search engines and Web browsers as learning environments and describes an alternative Web search environment that combines a concept mapping and a data mining technique to address their drawbacks.

Keywords: concept map; data mining; inquiry learning; visualization; World Wide Web

Document Type: Research article

DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2729.2004.00070.x