Development of a constructivist web-based learning system with student personalized conceptual profile

Abstract

This paper describes the use of student personalized conceptual profile, which is learning problem of the concept, in a constructivist web-based learning system. Such learning problems, which are diagnosed by basing upon a Fuzzy membership function, serve as a guideline to planning learning suggestions to individual students. Based on such learning suggestions, the constructivist web-based learning system handled the learning material in a useful, flexible and individualized way to students. The students, therefore, are provided meaningful personalized learning material, encouraged in searching conceptual knowledge, opened an opportunity in constructing the conceptual knowledge by oneself and collaboration in group learning resulting in improvement of learning achievement.