This paper descr ibes a suite of computer-based learning programmes (CB L), called Mind Tools, that help to record, structure and analyse information and manage learning. Mind Tools can be used in a variety of educational and business settings with any subject mater ial. It achieves this by supporting a "cognitive process model" that encourages mental activities such as categorization, structuring, association, synthesis, reflection and planning. The Mind Tools suite compr ises three programs: B rainstorm; CreativeMind; and Action Planner. Their application to undergraduate medical education is discussed in this paper with an emphasis on problem-based learning.
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Ray Mooney (1999) studied this question.