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SYSTEM’S TESTING RESULTSThe operation of the developed system has beentested in four learning courses of different types (bothengineering and social sciences) in Vidzeme UniversityCollege and in two institutes of Riga TechnicalUniversity. Seventy-four students were involved in thetesting process. After testing students were asked tocomplete a questionnaire.Each questionnaire had fifteen questions, seven ofthem were devoted to the evaluation of system’sperformance, and eight questions were related to theused approach based on concept maps. As a result,sixty-three questionnaires have been processed. Let usconsider some important questions and students’answers.Whether do you understand essence of conceptmaps?Students could choose one of five answers:A. Yes and I like this idea;B. Yes, but I do not like this idea;C. No, I do not understand sense of conceptmaps;D. No, I do not understand how concept mapsare developed at all;E. Other answer.Figure 3 shows that the majority of studentsunderstood essence of concept maps, as well as theypositively evaluated the offered idea of knowledgeassessment.the same learning course taught by the same teacher,everyone perceives and interprets the informationdifferently. Moreover, the same concept can have anumber of interpretations and can be related withdifferent concepts in different contexts.QuantityAnswersA B CFigure 4. Distribution of students’ answers.Whether it was difficult for you to fill conceptmaps?Students could choose one of the following answers:A. Very difficult;B. Difficult;C. Easy;D. Very easy.The majority of students as it is shown on Figure 5 haddifficulties when filling concept maps. They explainedthis fact by the complexity of the offered maps and thelimited functionality of the system’s prototype.QuantityQuantityA B C DAnswersA B C D EAnswersFigure 5. Distribution of students’ answers.Figure 3. Distribution of students’ answers.How do you think, whether it is possible to createunambiguous concept maps for a learning course?The offered answers were the following:A. Yes;B. No;C. Other answer.The majority of students (see Figure 4) answeredthat it is not possible because even if all learners studyWhether the filling of concept maps has helpedyou to understand teaching material better?The offered answers were the following:A. Yes;B. No;C. Other answer.Figure 6 displays their distribution. The analysis ofanswers revealed that concept maps activate thinkingand help to arrange the mastered concepts.Annual Proceedings of Vidzeme University College “ICTE in Regional Development”, 20064