ERIC Number: EJ1275949
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2021-Jan
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Detecting Students' Flow States and Their Construct through Electroencephalogram: Reflective Flow Experiences, Balance of Challenge and Skill, and Sense of Control
Wu, Shu-Fen; Lu, Yu-Ling; Lien, Chi-Jui
Journal of Educational Computing Research, v58 n8 p1515-1540 Jan 2021
Previous studies measured flow states using students' self-reported experiences, resulting in issues regarding nonobjective and nonreal-time data. Thus, this study used an electroencephalogram (EEG) to measure the EEG-detected real-time flow states (EEG-Fs) of 30 students from the 4th and 5th grades. Their EEG measurements, self-reported reflective flow experiences (SR-Fs), grade levels (GLs), balance of challenge and skill (BCS), and sense of control, represented by their overall test performance (OA-tp) and momentary test performance (MOM-tp), were analyzed to establish their EEG-F's construct. Based on the results of a chi-square test, the EEG-F correlates significantly with SR-F, BCS, OA-tp, and MOM-tp. A J48 decision tree analysis and logistic regression further revealed that in-flow experiences (in-EEG-F) were detected when students had high SR-Fs, where the BCS contributed to flow states. In particular, students with a low-challenge/high-skill BCS demonstrated an in-EEG-F state upon having a high OA-tp. For high-challenge/high-skill, the in-EEG-F state was determined through their MOM-tp. Through the EEG and flow state construct, this study revealed a whole-part association between students' momentary and overall reflective flow experiences and identified viable paths for inducing students' EEG-Fs, which can contribute to future e-learning development when integrated with a brain-computer interface for e-learning or e-evaluation systems.
Descriptors: Brain Hemisphere Functions, Diagnostic Tests, Student Attitudes, Grade 4, Grade 5, Elementary School Students, Electronic Learning, Evaluation Methods, Attention Control, Self Efficacy, Learner Engagement, Tests, Achievement Tests, Mathematics Tests, Foreign Countries, International Assessment, Likert Scales, Decision Making, Cognitive Processes
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Grade 4; Intermediate Grades; Grade 5; Middle Schools; Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Taiwan
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study
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