A logical design methodology for relational databases using the extended entity-relationship model
ACM Computing Surveys (CSUR)
A methodology for creating user views in database design
ACM Transactions on Database Systems (TODS)
Comparing representations with relational and EER models
Communications of the ACM
EER modeling aids for novice database designers
Proceedings of the 1991 Information Resources Management Association international conference on Managing information technology in a global society
International Journal of Man-Machine Studies
Tcl and the Tk toolkit
The entity-relationship model—toward a unified view of data
ACM Transactions on Database Systems (TODS) - Special issue: papers from the international conference on very large data bases: September 22–24, 1975, Framingham, MA
Some Findings on the Intuitivness of Entity-Relationship Constructs
Proceedings of the Eight International Conference on Enity-Relationship Approach to Database Design and Querying
KERMIT: A Constraint-Based Tutor for Database Modeling
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A web-based semi-automatic assessment tool for conceptual database diagram
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An Intelligent Tutoring System for Entity Relationship Modelling
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A web-based tool for entity-relationship modeling
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Entity Relationship Modelling (ERM) is a fundamental skill in database design. Though ERM concepts are simple, the modelling process itself is a complex activity. Novice ER modellers make systematic errors in their models. Current tool-based support for learning ER modelling is limited, since it concentrates on notation at the expense of methodology, and provides little or no feedback to the learner about the quality of her constructed models. A text-based virtual learning environment, based on the Multi-User Dimension paradigm, is described, in which learners undertake ER modelling tasks by interacting with objects in a virtual world. This learning environment concentrates on the methodology of ER modelling rather than its notation, and provides immediate feedback to a learner about the quality of her models. Preliminary results suggest that this learning environment is both easy to use and effective.