Feedback in computer-based concept mapping tools: A short review

Abstract

Feedback is a core aspect of all the known psychological perspectives about cognition and learning and it has been an important aspect in machinemediated education since the days of Sydney Pressey’s teaching machines. This article reviews four computer-based concept mapping tools, that claim to provide feedback to the learners, w.r.t three research questions: (a) what type of feedback does the software use?; (b) does the feedback provided adheres to a specific model found in the literature and if so which one?; (c) are there any controlled experiments or in-class studies that give account of the efficiency of the feedback provided by the software?