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Akpinar, Nil-Jana; Ramdas, Aaditya; Acar, Umut – International Educational Data Mining Society, 2020
Educational software data promises unique insights into students' study behaviors and drivers of success. While much work has been dedicated to performance prediction in massive open online courses, it is unclear if the same methods can be applied to blended courses and a deeper understanding of student strategies is often missing. We use pattern…
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, Blended Learning, Learning Analytics, Student Behavior
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Choffin, Benoît; Popineau, Fabrice; Bourda, Yolaine; Vie, Jill-Jênn – International Educational Data Mining Society, 2019
Spaced repetition is among the most studied learning strategies in the cognitive science literature. It consists in temporally distributing exposure to an information so as to improve long-term memorization. Providing students with an adaptive and personalized distributed practice schedule would benefit more than just a generic scheduler. However,…
Descriptors: Intervals, Scheduling, Repetition, Memorization
Pallrand, George J. – 1988
This investigation focuses upon the question of: (1) how naive subjects organize and represent knowledge when solving problems; (2) how previous experience of a novice is used in solving a problem; (3) what kinds of information and knowledge are sought as well as overlooked by novices when solving problems; (4) what kinds of strategies novices…
Descriptors: College Science, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education, Graduate Students
Saxton, Ruth O. – 1987
The implicit assumption behind personal writing assignments given at the beginning of a writing course is that personal essays eliminate the writing apprehension of having nothing to say. However, college freshmen find it very difficult to write about themselves and their own opinions because this writing involves abstract mental processes and…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, College English, Course Content, Expository Writing
Larsen, Janeen J. – 1987
Many classical pianists want to develop jazz piano skills because they have acquired: (1) an awareness of the importance of jazz as an art form; (2) an attraction to the sophistication and complexity of jazz music; (3) an interest in exploring contemporary music styles; and (4) a desire to become involved with a type of music which is viewed as…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Course Evaluation, Course Objectives, Educational Research