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This approach lets the students learn and train on their own before coming to class.

This paper proposes and evaluates a teaching strategy based on a flipped classroom approach for one selected topic in a second-year programming university course, Programming II, held at the University of Bari and focused on the OOP paradigm. This requires the teacher to face several obstacles due to the necessity to explain various and deep concepts such as type, data abstraction, encapsulation and different forms of polymorphism such as overloading, coercion, sub-typing, and parameterization. Several academic institutes provide students, as the first programming course, with an understanding of Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) paradigm. In this paper we first explore the power of CmapTools and how these can support concept mapping and integration of a whole array of learning experiences, and then discuss how these tools and new ideas can lead to a New Model for Education. We are aware that new technologies have failed to deliver on the false expectation of being the solution to education's problems, however, we propose that good theory-based use of the appropriate technology can increase the benefits of using concept maps in education and lead to dramatically improved education. With the fundamental goal of fostering learning (Novak & Gowin, 1984), they have been shown to be an effective tool for -and we don't pretend to provide an exhaustive list- evaluation, displaying students' prior knowledge, summarizing what has been learned, note taking, aiding study, planning, scaffolding for understanding, consolidating educational experiences, improving affective conditions for learning, teaching critical thinking, supporting cooperation and collaboration, and organizing content (Coffey et al., 2003). Concept maps have been used in all facets of education and training. CmapTools can serve as the foundation for a new kind of integration of Internet resources and all classroom, laboratory, and field experiences, and when used with 'expert skeletal ' concept maps to scaffold learning, they provide for a New Model for Education.

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We shall seek to illustrate this through efforts that employ constructivist epistemology and constructivist cognitive psychology, together with the use of the Internet and CmapTools, a software toolkit to aid in the construction of concept maps. We believe that Ausubel's cognitive learning theory (Ausubel, 1963, 2000) provides a strong foundation on which to improve teaching and learning. There is less universal recognition that knowledge structures are built primarily through meaningful learning, and by contrast, rote learning or simply memorizing information contributes little to building a person's knowledge structure. The commitment to building a powerful knowledge structure must be the learner's commitment. ' Visual Understanding Environment.' Visual Understanding Environment.There is today almost universal agreement that every learner must construct her/his own knowledge structure, or cognitive structure, through her/his own efforts.

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' The Theory Underlying Concept Maps and How to Construct and Use Them.' The Theory Underlying Concept Maps and How to Construct and Use Them.

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' The Most Popular Mind Mapping Tool.' XMind: The Most Professional Mind Map Software.

' Ten popular concept mapping tools.' NspireD2 Learning Technology in Higher Ed.

' FreeMind - free mind mapping software' - FreeMind.

' Creating Diagrams or Concept Maps with Google Docs in Google Drive | Dutton Institute Resources Site.

Concept Mapping - Marcia Burrell and Matt Spindler, April 8, 2009.

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These maps can be stored on Google Drive for free for an unlimited amount of time, and can be exported into many different file types. This way of organizing information allows for each concept to associated with many other concepts.Ĭoncept maps can be created in Google Docs using the Drawing feature to insert shapes, lines, and text. Words are written on the 'linking line,' which specify the relationship between the concept. Concepts are outlined in boxes of some sort and associated with other concepts with linking lines. Instead of a linear state, concept maps are graphical tools that help to organize and represent knowledge. Concept Mapping is an alternative to using an outline format in academic studies.

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