The texted-based cognitive tools’ “ease of use” help the pre-service teachers mastered the tool faster, which may promote learning and constructing better arguments than the concept map tools 

Mastering Cognitive Tools

However, the text-based cognitive tool had a significantly higher score on “ease of use” than a cognitive tool 

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Pre-service teachers reported that they prefer and are more willing to collaborate and use concept maps over text-based cognitive tools because concept mapping is capable of presenting their thought process

Pre-service Teachers’ Preferences

Su, G., &amp; Long, T. (2021). Is the text-based cognitive tool more effective than the concept map on improving the pre-service teachers’ argumentation skills? Thinking Skills and Creativity, 41, 100862. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsc.2021.100862 

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