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Bahargam, Sanaz; Erdos, Dóra; Bestavros, Azer; Terzi, Evimaria – International Educational Data Mining Society, 2015
Whether teaching in a classroom or a Massive Online Open Course it is crucial to present the material in a way that benefits the audience as a whole. We identify two important tasks to solve towards this objective; (1) group students so that they can maximally benefit from peer interaction and (2) find an optimal schedule of the educational…
Descriptors: Grouping (Instructional Purposes), Scheduling, Time Factors (Learning), Individualized Instruction
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Yau, Jane Y.-K.; Joy, Mike; Dickert, Stephan – Educational Technology & Society, 2010
We report the results of a diary study to determine whether a diary approach could be used as a successful way of retrieving a) the user's learning contexts, b) which learning contexts are significant for consideration within an m-learning application, and c) which learning materials are appropriate for which learning situation. Analyses of data…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Technology, Data Analysis, Student Characteristics
Walker, Karen – Education Partnerships, Inc., 2006
To use a block schedule or a traditional schedule? Which structure will produce the best and highest achievement rates for students? The research is mixed on this due to numerous variables such as: (1) socioeconomic levels; (2) academic levels; (3) length of time a given schedule has been in operation; (4) strategies being used in the classrooms;…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Block Scheduling, Scheduling, School Schedules