Web-based learning systems with adaptive capabilities to personalize content are becoming nowadays a trend in order to offer interactive learning materials to cope with a wide diversity of students attending online education. Learners' interaction and study practice (quizzing, reading, exams) can be analyzed in order to get some insights into the…

The 11th International Conference on Educational Data Mining (EDM 2018) is held under the auspices of the International Educational Data Mining Society at the Templeton Landing in Buffalo, New York. This year's EDM conference was highly competitive, with 145 long and short paper submissions. Of these, 23 were accepted as full papers and 37…

A better use of tests as part of the teaching process rather than merely as grade awarding device. (Editor)

In many objective-based curriculum management systems, students' curricular activities are carefully directed by their own performance through extensive pretesting. When implementing such programs, however, there are often only rough criteria for appropriate leveling of students, necessitating extensive retesting. This paper outlines a model for…

The nature and purpose of criterion-referenced testing is discussed in light of test design procedures. It is seen that the uses to which test results are put are the chief determiners of the appropriate measurement model. A distinction is made between cut-off scores, criterion scores, and mastery scores. The value of certain test construction…

The design and operational characteristics of an individualized course development model are detailed in this second volume composed of appendixes to EM 010 418 (see also Part One of the Final Report, EM 010 484). The volume contains an index to technical reports and papers, an index for product tree, course outlines, a list of original terminal…

Instruction can be systematically designed using the procedures, or model, set forth in this handbook. Steps are given for writing, selecting, and organizing behavioral objectives and for identifying their levels. Test construction, testing, and grading are explained. Flowcharts illustrate how to determine required competencies and actual entering…

Several studies conducted in the experimental multimedia leadership management course developed by Westinghouse Learning Corporation for the United States Naval Academy are reported in this part of the final report (part two appears under EM 010 418 and EM 010 419). The research was designed to evaluate the effects of major variations in…

Procedures, guidelines, and decision-making processes for a multimedia course development project in leadership, psychology, and management for the United States Naval Academy are summarized in this Final Report (see EM 010 484 for Part One of the report). The report describes aspects of project management design, covers course content definition,…

The 7th International Conference on Education Data Mining held on July 4th-7th, 2014, at the Institute of Education, London, UK is the leading international forum for high-quality research that mines large data sets in order to answer educational research questions that shed light on the learning process. These data sets may come from the traces…