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Svihla, Vanessa; Wester, Michael J.; Linn, Marcia C. – Journal of Learning Analytics, 2015
Designing learning experiences that support the development of coherent understanding of complex scientific phenomena is challenging. We sought to identify analytics that can also guide such designs to support retention of coherent understanding. Based on prior research that distributing study of material over time supports retention, we explored…
Descriptors: Science Education, Pretests Posttests, Inquiry, Multiple Regression Analysis
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Gray, Geraldine; McGuinness, Colm; Owende, Philip; Carthy, Aiden – Journal of Learning Analytics, 2014
Increasing college participation rates, and diversity in student population, is posing a challenge to colleges in their attempts to facilitate learners achieve their full academic potential. Learning analytics is an evolving discipline with capability for educational data analysis that could enable better understanding of learning process, and…
Descriptors: Psychometrics, Data Analysis, Academic Achievement, Postsecondary Education
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Faria, Ann-Marie; Greenberg, Ariela; Meakin, John; Bichay, Krystal; Heppen, Jessica – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2014
Educators have long used test scores to make educational decisions, but only within the last decade has the availability of data been systematic (Abelman, Elmore, Even, Kenyon, & Marshall, 1999). In recent years, interest has spiked in data-driven decision making in education (Marsh, Pane, & Hamilton, 2006). With technological advances and…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Academic Achievement, Urban Schools, Correlation