eLmaps: An Educational Software Application Based on Principles of Cognitive Linguistics and Cognitive Science

This paper describes a new educational software application, eLmaps (efficient Learning maps). The application is part of a cognitive development educational system currently being developed by researchers at the University of Colorado Denver to increase the reading and thinking skills of high schoo...

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Published in:International journal of technology, knowledge and society knowledge and society, 2013, Vol.8 (5), p.49-64
Main Authors: Tang, Michael, Tran, Toan, Kim, Hyo-Jeong, Hund, Andrew, Knaus, Karen
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Application
Cognitive development
Cognitive linguistics
Cognitive science
College students
Colleges & universities
Critical thinking
Educational materials
Educational programs
Educational software
Engineering education
Learning
Linguistics
Mathematics
Multimedia
Principles
Science and technology
Secondary school students
Secondary schools
Skills
Software
STEM education
Students
Teaching
Technical education
Thinking skills
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Summary:This paper describes a new educational software application, eLmaps (efficient Learning maps). The application is part of a cognitive development educational system currently being developed by researchers at the University of Colorado Denver to increase the reading and thinking skills of high school and undergraduate level STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) students. The educational software consists of: 1) a set of educational materials that emphasize the process of learning through logical and coherent structures that mirror basic thinking processes; 2) a learning method with multi-media materials centered on visual learning maps and critical-thinking principles; and 3) the integration of a strong reading and writing component to reinforce the development of thinking skills. The eLmaps application involves teaching high school and undergraduate college students how to use a set of visual learning maps to construct knowledge as they read and learn from complex STEM texts. The paper further suggests that student use of the eLmaps application may prove to be an extremely powerful computer-aided educational intervention because of key cognitive linguistic and cognitive science principles inherent in design.
ISSN:1832-3669
DOI:10.18848/1832-3669/CGP/v08i05/56325