标题：Investigating Task Understanding in Online Repositories Equipped with Topic Map Indexes : Implications for Improving Self-Regulatory Processes in Graduate Learners
期刊名称：Revue internationale des technologies en pédagogie universitaire
印刷版ISSN：1708-7570
出版年度：2008
卷号：5
期号：03
出版社：Conférence des recteurs et principaux des universités du Québec [CREPUQ]
摘要：Theories of cognitive information retrieval can work in concert with those of educational psychology to better formalize self-regulatory processes, such as task understanding, in online learning. Results from a prior statistical exploration of 38 graduate learners using a topic map (ISO 13250) index to browse an online repository of instructorannotated essays in order to complete an ill-structured essay task indicate improved performance and task understanding. This follow-up study analyzes the inductive content of interviews and computer-based user traces for a theoretical sample of 12 of these 38 learners, showing how the semantic nature of the topic map enabled them to pursue distinct paths to browse essays according to individual task understanding and information need.
