The Moray House School of Education
Research - Themes & Projects

Researcher

Dr Tom Conlon (Curriculum Research & Development, School of Education) University of Edinburgh

Keywords

Critical thinking; concept mapping; knowledge representation, learning

Abstract

Critical thinking can be understood as a set of skills and dispositions that can be learned and deployed in a wide range of domains. This project investigates some ways in which critical thinking can be supported by technological tools that enable learners to express, discuss and refine their understanding.

Publications

Conlon, Tom (2001). A Cognitive Tool for Classification Learning. Int J. Continuing Engineering Education and Lifelong Learning, pp189-201. Vol 11, No 3.
Conlon, Tom (2001). Supporting Mrs Jones, the Concept Mapper. Proceedings of PEG2001, Tempere, Finland.
Conlon, Tom and Simpson, Mary (2003). Silicon Valley versus Silicon Glen: the impact of computers upon teaching and learning: a comparative study. British Journal of Educational Technology, Vol 34, No 2.
Conlon, Tom (2003). Why Conception is better than Inspiration. Proceedings of PEG2003, the Eleventh International PEG Conference on Powerful ICT Tools for Learning and Teaching, St Petersburg, Russia
Conlon, Tom (2002). Information Mapping as Support for Learning and Teaching. Computer Education, issue 106.
Conlon, Tom (2004). "Please argue, I could be wrong": a Reasonable Fallible Analyser for Concept Maps. Accepted for Ed-Media 2004, Lugano, Switzerland.

Funder /amount

Internally funded