Challenges in learning UML: From the perspective of diagrammatic representation and reasoning

• Main Authors: SHEN, Z., TAN, S., SIAU, Keng
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2018
• Subjects: UML; Diagrammatic Representation; Diagrammatic Reasoning; Learning Challenges; Concept Mapping; Databases and Information Systems; Instructional Media Design
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/9370; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sis_research/article/10370/viewcontent/Challenges_in_Learning_Unified_Modeling_Language__From_the_Perspective_of_Diagrammatic_Representation_and_Reasoning.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Unified modeling language (UML) is widely taught in the information systems (IS) curriculum. To understand UML in IS education, this paper reports on an empirical study that taps into students’ learning of UML. The study uses a concept-mapping technique to identify the challenges in learning UML not...