Scaffolding topic decomposition in investigative learning with web resources

Abstract

Investigative learning with Web resources requires learners to find out related topics to be further investigated and decompose the topic into the related topics as sub-topics while navigating Web resources/pages to construct knowledge for learning the topic. However, finding out the related topics from Web resources/pages is not so easy for them. The purpose of this work is how to enhance an awareness of related topics during investigative learning process. This paper proposes a scaffolding method, which could promote finding out related topics from Web resources and activate the topic decomposition.