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Download full textLi, Yuntao; Fu, Chengzhen; Zhang, Yan – International Educational Data Mining Society, 2017
Since MOOC is suffering high dropout rate, researchers try to explore the reasons and mitigate it. Focusing on this task, we employ a composite model to infer behaviors of learners in the coming weeks based on his/her history log of learning activities, including interaction with video lectures, participation in discussion forum, and performance…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Mass Instruction, Student Behavior, Learning Activities
Zavarella, Carol A.; Ignash, Jan M. – Journal of Developmental Education, 2009
Studies of students enrolled in computer-based instruction have yielded mixed results, with some reporting a high dropout rate. Tis article describes a quantitative study examining the probability of students' withdrawal from a computer- versus lecture-based developmental math course based on learning style, reasons for selecting the instructional…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Education Courses, Dropout Rate, Developmental Studies Programs
Direct linkBrecht, H. David – Journal of Information Technology Education: Innovations in Practice, 2012
This study empirically examines the instructional value of online video lectures--videos that a course's instructor prepares to supplement classroom or online-broadcast lectures. The study examines data from a classroom course, where the videos have a slower, more step-by-step lecture style than the classroom lectures; student use of videos is…
Descriptors: Instructional Materials, Instructional Material Evaluation, Video Technology, Multimedia Instruction
Henderson, Karen L.; Henderson, David L. – 1990
A research study conducted at Sam Houston State University (Texas) compared the final grades of students who chose the lecture method of instruction with the final grades of students who chose the self-paced method of instruction in introductory algebra classes. All students were required to take seven tests plus a comprehensive final examination.…
Descriptors: Algebra, College Instruction, College Students, Comparative Analysis
Raines, Roy H. – 1974
The effectiveness of a basic college mathematics course consisting of lecture-discussion classroom procedures and homework assignments from a traditional text was compared to the effectiveness of a course designed to combat low grade achievement and a high dropout rate by allowing for individual differences. The revised course consisted of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Mathematics, Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis
Taylor, Virginia – 1977
A study was performed to examine the attitudes of adult students toward a new mode of instruction (individualized instruction including modularized self-paced units) and to determine course effectiveness in terms of completion rates and final examination results. The subjects were sixty-five adult students who were enrolled in two calculus classes…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Students, Calculus, Dropout Rate
