Tertiary Level EFL College Students’ Opinion toward Computer-based Concept Mapping in English Writing

摘要

This study investigated tertiary level EFL university students’ attitudes toward computer based concept mappings in a six-week writing program. Based on the pretest and posttest design, twenty freshmen constructed their computer-based concept maps collaboratively. The 24-item instrument was revised from Lee's questionnaire (2010), in which the participants’ attitudes, the perceived usefulness of computer-based concept mapping were investigated, and their opinions toward collaborative concept mapping were collected on a five-point scale. Results showed that students did not have any significant attitude change toward concept mapping. However, higher rating of their perceptions toward the usefulness of computer-based concept mapping, and toward collaborative construction of concept mapping was found.