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Jing Chen; Bei Fang; Hao Zhang; Xia Xue – Interactive Learning Environments, 2024
High dropout rate exists universally in massive open online courses (MOOCs) due to the separation of teachers and learners in space and time. Dropout prediction using the machine learning method is an extremely important prerequisite to identify potential at-risk learners to improve learning. It has attracted much attention and there have emerged…
Descriptors: MOOCs, Potential Dropouts, Prediction, Artificial Intelligence
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Uto, Masaki; Miyazawa, Yoshimitsu; Kato, Yoshihiro; Nakajima, Koji; Kuwata, Hajime – International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education, 2020
Teaching writing strategies based on writing processes has attracted wide attention as a method for developing writing skills. The writing process can be generally defined as a sequence of subtasks, such as planning, formulation, and revision. Therefore, instructor feedback is often given based on sequence patterns of those subtasks. For such…
Descriptors: Markov Processes, Writing Processes, Writing Skills, Keyboarding (Data Entry)
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Jang, Yoonsun; Cohen, Allan S. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2020
A nonconverged Markov chain can potentially lead to invalid inferences about model parameters. The purpose of this study was to assess the effect of a nonconverged Markov chain on the estimation of parameters for mixture item response theory models using a Markov chain Monte Carlo algorithm. A simulation study was conducted to investigate the…
Descriptors: Markov Processes, Item Response Theory, Accuracy, Inferences
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Lozano, José H.; Revuelta, Javier – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2023
The present paper introduces a general multidimensional model to measure individual differences in learning within a single administration of a test. Learning is assumed to result from practicing the operations involved in solving the items. The model accounts for the possibility that the ability to learn may manifest differently for correct and…
Descriptors: Bayesian Statistics, Learning Processes, Test Items, Item Analysis
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Zhan, Peida – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2020
Timely diagnostic feedback is helpful for students and teachers, enabling them to adjust their learning and teaching plans according to a current diagnosis. Motivated by the practical concern that the simultaneity estimation strategy currently adopted by longitudinal learning diagnosis models does not provide timely diagnostic feedback, this study…
Descriptors: Markov Processes, Formative Evaluation, Evaluation Methods, Feedback (Response)
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Patel, Nirmal; Sharma, Aditya; Shah, Tirth; Lomas, Derek – Journal of Educational Data Mining, 2021
Process Analysis is an emerging approach to discover meaningful knowledge from temporal educational data. The study presented in this paper shows how we used Process Analysis methods on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) test data for modeling and predicting student test-taking behavior. Our process-oriented data exploration…
Descriptors: Learning Analytics, National Competency Tests, Evaluation Methods, Prediction
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Li, Xiaomin; Wang, Wen-Chung – Journal of Educational Measurement, 2015
The assessment of differential item functioning (DIF) is routinely conducted to ensure test fairness and validity. Although many DIF assessment methods have been developed in the context of classical test theory and item response theory, they are not applicable for cognitive diagnosis models (CDMs), as the underlying latent attributes of CDMs are…
Descriptors: Test Bias, Models, Cognitive Measurement, Evaluation Methods
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Martin-Fernandez, Manuel; Revuelta, Javier – Psicologica: International Journal of Methodology and Experimental Psychology, 2017
This study compares the performance of two estimation algorithms of new usage, the Metropolis-Hastings Robins-Monro (MHRM) and the Hamiltonian MCMC (HMC), with two consolidated algorithms in the psychometric literature, the marginal likelihood via EM algorithm (MML-EM) and the Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC), in the estimation of multidimensional…
Descriptors: Bayesian Statistics, Item Response Theory, Models, Comparative Analysis
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Lavbic, Dejan; Matek, Tadej; Zrnec, Aljaž – Interactive Learning Environments, 2017
Today's software industry requires individuals who are proficient in as many programming languages as possible. Structured query language (SQL), as an adopted standard, is no exception, as it is the most widely used query language to retrieve and manipulate data. However, the process of learning SQL turns out to be challenging. The need for a…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Information Systems, Intelligent Tutoring Systems, Computer Science Education
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Finch, Holmes; Edwards, Julianne M. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2016
Standard approaches for estimating item response theory (IRT) model parameters generally work under the assumption that the latent trait being measured by a set of items follows the normal distribution. Estimation of IRT parameters in the presence of nonnormal latent traits has been shown to generate biased person and item parameter estimates. A…
Descriptors: Item Response Theory, Computation, Nonparametric Statistics, Bayesian Statistics
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Fu, Jianbin; Zapata, Diego; Mavronikolas, Elia – ETS Research Report Series, 2014
Simulation or game-based assessments produce outcome data and process data. In this article, some statistical models that can potentially be used to analyze data from simulation or game-based assessments are introduced. Specifically, cognitive diagnostic models that can be used to estimate latent skills from outcome data so as to scale these…
Descriptors: Simulation, Evaluation Methods, Games, Data Collection
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Rusconi, Patrice; Marelli, Marco; D'Addario, Marco; Russo, Selena; Cherubini, Paolo – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2014
Evidence evaluation is a crucial process in many human activities, spanning from medical diagnosis to impression formation. The present experiments investigated which, if any, normative model best conforms to people's intuition about the value of the obtained evidence. Psychologists, epistemologists, and philosophers of science have proposed…
Descriptors: Experimental Psychology, Models, Intuition, Evidence
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Hung, Lai-Fa – Applied Psychological Measurement, 2012
Rasch used a Poisson model to analyze errors and speed in reading tests. An important property of the Poisson distribution is that the mean and variance are equal. However, in social science research, it is very common for the variance to be greater than the mean (i.e., the data are overdispersed). This study embeds the Rasch model within an…
Descriptors: Social Science Research, Markov Processes, Reading Tests, Social Sciences
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Anderson, John R. – Neuropsychologia, 2012
Multivariate pattern analysis can be combined with Hidden Markov Model algorithms to track the second-by-second thinking as people solve complex problems. Two applications of this methodology are illustrated with a data set taken from children as they interacted with an intelligent tutoring system for algebra. The first "mind reading" application…
Descriptors: Markov Processes, Intelligent Tutoring Systems, Problem Solving, Methods
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Bolfarine, Heleno; Bazan, Jorge Luis – Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics, 2010
A Bayesian inference approach using Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) is developed for the logistic positive exponent (LPE) model proposed by Samejima and for a new skewed Logistic Item Response Theory (IRT) model, named Reflection LPE model. Both models lead to asymmetric item characteristic curves (ICC) and can be appropriate because a symmetric…
Descriptors: Markov Processes, Item Response Theory, Bayesian Statistics, Monte Carlo Methods
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