Younger adults outperform older adults in concept-map performance, and older adults show no concept-map improvement¶
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q3 i3 Younger adults' maps improved from two to three dimensions across phases; older adults added no new information. → Shigen Shimojo 2025
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Shigen Shimojo 2025¶
Shigen Shimojo, Yugo Hayashi. (2025). Age-related differences in explanatory activities during collaborative learning with concept maps: experimental investigation using epistemic network analysis. Intern. J. Comput.-Support. Collab. Learn. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11412-025-09456-5
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Within-group concept-map comparison: younger adults' maps "indicating an improvement from the pretest to the posttest" (U = 170.00, p =.002, r = 0.60), moving from two to three dimensions; older adults' median 0 indicated no elaboration.
"In addition, the median score for younger adults was 2 in the pretest and 3 in the posttest, indicating an improvement from the pretest to the posttest (U = 170.00, p =.002, r = 0.60)."
Discussion¶
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Younger adults outperform older adults in concept-map performance, and older adults show no concept-map improvement |
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Younger adults outperform older adults in concept-map performance, and older adults show no concept-map improvement |
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