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Burkholder, Eric; Walsh, Cole; Holmes, N. G. – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2020
Physics education research (PER) has long used concept inventories to investigate student learning over time and to compare performance across various student subpopulations. PER has traditionally used normalized gain to explore these questions but has begun to use established methods from other fields, including Cohen's "d," multiple…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Education, Educational Research, Science Tests
Yikai Lu; Teresa M. Ober; Cheng Liu; Ying Cheng – Grantee Submission, 2022
Machine learning methods for predictive analytics have great potential for uncovering trends in educational data. However, simple linear models still appear to be most widely used, in part, because of their interpretability. This study aims to address the issues of interpretability of complex machine learning classifiers by conducting feature…
Descriptors: Prediction, Statistics Education, Data Analysis, Learning Analytics
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Caldwell, Amanda; Hawe, Eleanor – Assessment Matters, 2016
Assessment can be powerful when teachers are able to analyse, interpret and use information in ways that enhance their teaching and programmes, and students' learning. A qualitative approach was used to investigate how teachers of Years 4-8 students analyse, interpret and use information gained from administration of the Progressive Achievement…
Descriptors: Data Use, Data Interpretation, Data Analysis, Achievement Tests
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Suleman, Qaiser; Hussain, Ishtiaq – Journal of Education and Practice, 2016
The purpose of the research paper was to investigate the effect of eclectic learning approach on the academic achievement and retention of students in English at elementary level. A sample of forty students of 8th grade randomly selected from Government Boys High School Khurram District Karak was used. It was an experimental study and that's why…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Academic Achievement, School Holding Power, Pretests Posttests
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Popham, W. James – Educational Leadership, 2009
Despite repeated calls for educators to get more instructional mileage out of the assessment data they have at hand, two deterrents typically stand in the way of most educators' effective use of test data. First, there's a missing "realization", and second, there's a missing "skill". Educators who possess both this realization and this skill will…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Data Analysis, Data Collection, Student Evaluation
North Central Regional Educational Lab., Naperville, IL. – 2002
This 20-minute videotape features 2 schools that have maintained a school culture based on using myriad data sources and processes to fuel their school-improvement activities. In the video the voices of teachers and administrators in each school articulate the ways they have used data to improve student achievement. They highlight numerous data…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Data Analysis, Data Collection