Author: Joseph D. Novak
Alternate names: Joseph Donald Novak
Born: 1932
Bio: Joseph Donald Novak (born 1932) is an American educator, and Professor Emeritus at the Cornell University, and Senior Research Scientist at the Florida Institute for Human & Machine Cognition. He is known for his development of concept mapping in the 1970s.

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