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Di Sun; Gang Cheng; Heng Luo – Interactive Learning Environments, 2024
Recently, researchers have proposed to leverage technology-supported data (log files) to investigate temporal and sequential patterns of interaction behaviors in learning processes. There are two major challenges to be addressed: clarifying the positioning of interaction levels and identifying the evolution of the interaction action patterns in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Computer Science, MOOCs
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Wu, Linjing; Li, Jing; Liu, Qingtang; He, Liming; Yang, Weiqing; Zhang, Yaosheng; Cheng, Yun – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2021
The measurement of knowledge contribution in collaborative knowledge building is an important research topic in computer-supported collaborative learning. The information measures of knowledge contribution based on information theory are proposed in this study, which includes two measures: amount of information and information gain. Discourse data…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Computer Assisted Instruction, Information Theory, Measurement
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Zhang, Zhe – Language Learning Journal, 2022
The concept of learner engagement has traditionally been examined in the field of education and it has been found to be associated with positive educational outcomes. While several studies in second language acquisition have looked at learner engagement with corrective feedback, there is a dearth of research investigating its relevance to…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Affective Behavior
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Liu, Zhi; Cheng, Hercy N. H.; Liu, Sanya; Sun, Jianwen – International Journal of Information and Communication Technology Education, 2017
Due to high retention rates, small private online course (SPOC) has become increasingly popular among universities. However, existing analyses of learning behavioral patterns in SPOC remain extremely lacking. This present study conducts an empirical analysis on the behavioral patterns of 12,517 undergraduates engaging in a college's SPOC platform,…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Online Courses, Undergraduate Students, Learning Processes
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Li, Jie-Yi; Shieh, Chich-Jen – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 2016
In such an era when the value is constantly restructured and information is rapidly changed, education reform should cater for new challenges. The role and function of teachers is encountering a new change. Coping with current information generation, people with high self-efficacy of selecting and mastering large amount of information and higher…
Descriptors: Goal Orientation, Learning Motivation, Faculty Development, Questionnaires
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Wei, Yuehong – English Language Teaching, 2013
In China, English classroom is the main place of English language acquisition. Therefore, how to improve English classroom teaching effectively has become the scholars' concern. This paper reports a study conducted at North China Electric Power University on the functions of western cultural nonverbal behaviors in English classroom in China.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Nonverbal Communication, Asians, English (Second Language)