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The Effects of Blogs versus Dialogue Journals on Open-Response Writing Scores and Attitudes of Grade Eight Science Students
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Erickson, Diane K. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Today's students have grown up surrounded by technology. They use cell phones, word processors, and the Internet with ease, talking with peers in their community and around the world through e-mails, chatrooms, instant messaging, online discussions, and weblogs ("blogs"). In the midst of this technological explosion, adolescents face a…
Descriptors: Research Needs, Web Sites, Electronic Publishing, Self Efficacy
Affective States and State Tests: Investigating How Affect and Engagement during the School Year Predict End-of-Year Learning Outcomes
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Pardos, Zachary A.; Baker, Ryan S. J. D.; San Pedro, Maria O. C. Z.; Gowda, Sujith M.; Gowda, Supreeth M. – Journal of Learning Analytics, 2014
In this paper, we investigate the correspondence between student affect and behavioural engagement in a web-based tutoring platform throughout the school year and learning outcomes at the end of the year on a high-stakes mathematics exam in a manner that is both longitudinal and fine-grained. Affect and behaviour detectors are used to estimate…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Student Behavior, Learner Engagement, Web Based Instruction