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Yildirim, Denizer; Usluel, Yasemin – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2022
This study aimed to examine the behaviour of learners across a whole system and in various courses to reveal the interrelation between learners' system interaction, age, programme features and course design. We obtained data from the system logs of 1,634 learners enrolled in distance learning programmes. We performed hierarchical clustering…
Descriptors: Interaction Process Analysis, Academic Achievement, Online Courses, Student Behavior
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Gerard, Libby F.; Linn, Marcia C. – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2016
Computer scoring of student written essays about an inquiry topic can be used to diagnose student progress both to alert teachers to struggling students and to generate automated guidance. We identify promising ways for teachers to add value to automated guidance to improve student learning. Three teachers from two schools and their 386 students…
Descriptors: Scores, Automation, Essays, Classroom Techniques
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Keuning, Trynke – Teachers College Record, 2016
Context: Collaboration within school teams is considered to be important to build the capacity school teams need to work in a data-based way. In a school characterized by a strong collaborative culture, teachers may have more access to the knowledge and skills for analyzing data, teachers have more opportunity to discuss the performance goals to…
Descriptors: Social Networks, Data, Decision Making, Teacher Collaboration
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Cho, Moon-Heum; Tobias, Scott – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2016
Online discussion is a commonly used means to promote student understanding of a topic and to facilitate social interaction among students or between students and instructor; however, its effects on student learning in online learning environments have rarely been investigated. The purpose of this study was to examine the role of online discussion…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Computer Mediated Communication, Learning Experience, Communities of Practice
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Mackatiani, Caleb Imbova – Journal of Education and Practice, 2017
This paper provides a critical appraisal of the influence of examinations oriented approaches on quality education in primary schools in Kenya. The purpose of the study was to determine effects of examination oriented teaching approaches on learning achievement among primary school pupils in Kakamega County, Kenya. It explored the assumptions…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Elementary School Students, Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods
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Madland, Colin; Richards, Griff – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2016
The study buddy is a learning strategy employed in a graduate distance course to promote informal peer reviewing of assignments before submission. This strategy promotes student-student interaction and helps break the social isolation of distance learning. Given the concern by Arum and Roksa (2011) that student-student interaction may be…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Graduate Students, Study Habits, Cooperative Learning