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Samei, Borhan; Olney, Andrew M.; Kelly, Sean; Nystrand, Martin; D'Mello, Sidney; Blanchard, Nathan; Graesser, Art – International Educational Data Mining Society, 2015
It has previously been shown that the effective use of dialogic instruction has a positive impact on student achievement. In this study, we investigate whether linguistic features used to classify properties of classroom discourse generalize across different subpopulations. Results showed that the machine learned models perform equally well when…
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, Discourse Analysis, Dialogs (Language), Instruction
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Runhaar, Hens; Dieperink, Carel; Driessen, Peter – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2006
Purpose: The paper seeks to propose the basic competencies of environmental social scientists regarding policy analysis for sustainable development. The ultimate goal is to contribute to an improvement of educational programmes in higher education by suggesting a toolbox that should be integrated in the curriculum. Design/methodology/approach:…
Descriptors: Environmental Influences, Social Scientists, Social Theories, Public Policy