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Showing 1 to 20 of 27 for “"Learner Characteristics"”.
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Personalized Learning for Art Major Students Based on Learner Characteristics
… the existing research gaps concerning learner characteristics in the realm of personalized learning in Chinese higher art education, this study initially analyzed prevailing patterns in personalized learning research and its current implementation in higher education through an …
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The interplay of collaborative technology with learner characteristics: Conceptual and empirical examinations
… we have identified several inputs (CT and learner characteristics), processes (task-related and socio-emotional communication activities) and outputs (learning performance and socio-related outcomes) relevant to the use of CTs in learning groups. Based on several theoretical lenses …
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Improving user modeling via the integration of learner characteristics and learner behaviors
… surveyed to identify useful variables for learner modeling in order to identify the subset of variables that proved to be useful in modeling individual learners as they interacted with a computer-based learning environment. The research study first critically assessed the contextual …
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An evaluation of item response theory for detecting differential item functioning of examinees' responses to the seventh grade mathematics MEAP test investigating learner characteristics /
… difference in observed responses and unobserved characteristics such as ability. Statistical techniques were developed to detect differential item functioning (DIF) between two groups. This study measured DIF between gender and race which used the Mantel-Haenszel test statistic and the three …
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America and China: Cultural differences in online learning motivation
… differences between American and Korean online learners were identified. This study was to identify whether American and Chinese online learners' motivation differed and what were the learner characteristics that affected the motivation of online learners. This study was conducted in May-June, …
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Examining adult basic education in Indiana
… population of a single state to compare learner characteristics and pass rates for two different High School Equivalency (HSE) exams. In 2014 Indiana switched from the GED test to the TASC test. Using quantitative methods, descriptive and outcome data for all students receiving federally …
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Simplification du questionnaire MBTI par apprentissage automatique en vue de faciliter l'adaptabilité des logiciels de formation en ligne
… developed in research laboratories focus on learner characteristics such as age and psychological type in order to appropriately assist users according to their needs. Two methods exist to identify the learner's psychological type. In the first method, the psychological type of the learners …
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Language Socialization of Chinese Children in the American Midwest: Learning to Write in American Preschool, Chinese Sunday School, and at Home
… individuality is valued and the desirable learner characteristics are imaginative, creative and expressive of their ideas, initiating interaction with the teacher and peers, and active in exploring the material environment. At home, parents’ beliefs and practices about English writing and …
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Strategies for digital inclusion: towards a framework for embracing student diversity and sustaining engagement with blended learning.
… teaching methods in the classroom to improve learner outcomes and to address the diversity of learners by designing teaching and learning activities to complement different learner characteristics. Learners have been categorised by learning styles and demographics such as gender, age, …
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Perspectives on differentiation in practice : an interpretive study from teaching Japanese as a second language in Western Australian secondary schools
… teaching to cater for the myriad range of learners apparent in classrooms. Differentiation authors suggest how teachers may differentiate classroom elements of ' content', 'process'. 'product' and 'learning environment' and design curriculum in response to student needs and address learner …
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Investigation of the Effects of an Autostereographic Virtual Environment on Recall in Participants of Differing Levels of Field Dependence
… as multidimensional cues, user interaction, and learner characteristics. This study has examined the relationship between two evaluative factors: the presence of stereographic depth cues and field dependence, a learner characteristic associated with performance on visual tasks. Adult learners …
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Using collaborative filtering based recommendations to promote the social nature of online learning
… the learning environment, as well as individual learner characteristics (e.g. student approach to learning) may play key roles in a course activity recommendation system and should be considered in future designs.
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Self-Directed Learning of Experienced Adult Online Learners Enrolled in FutureLearn MOOCs
… the learning experience of informal, adult learners engaged in FutureLearn courses. The conceptual framework consists of five learning components: individual & social learning, context, technology and media elements, organising learning, and learner characteristics. These five learning …
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Online Multimedia Learning: Predicting Learner Media Selections in the Visual and Verbal Domains
… tendencies through the prediction of learner selection of online, multimedia learning options based on the characteristics of cognitive ability, spatial ability, cognitive style, and learning preference. These characteristics were used to predict the selection of text only, labeled …
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The relationship between texting and language development amongst intermediate phase learners in uThungulu District
… language development amongst Intermediate Phase learners. The study, which used the quantitative approach, sought to determine the influence of learner characteristics on texting language, determine if learners use texting language in the written forms of English, determine if learners are able …
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Individualized selection of learning objects
… of learning object metadata enable learners in a web-based educational system ubiquitous access to multiple learning resources. It is becoming more necessary and possible to provide individualized help with selecting learning materials to make the most suitable choice among many …
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Embodied Pedagogical Agents: From Visual Impact to Pedagogical Implications
… contexts with respect to ‘static visual characteristics’, i.e. underlying visual characteristics. On the basis of theoretical considerations as well as several empirical studies, it is argued that users’ visual and aesthetic experience of embodied pedagogical characters (EPCs) is too …
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Estimating the reliability and validity of concept mapping as a tool to assess prior knowledge
… instructional design process is an assessment of learner characteristics such as prior knowledge. Although this step is important for the instructional design process, Reiss and Morley (1993) found that only about half of the practicing instructional technologists they surveyed always performed …
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Coping with computers
… active, collaborative learning among distance learners.Study participants, all graduate students enrolled in degree programs, included 13 studio students and 24 off site students. One professor and two graduate assistants delivered course and Web site instruction. In this descriptive study, …
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Exploring Cultural Competence in the Lived Experience of Instructional Designers
… differences these participants noticed in learner characteristics and expectations can be loosely separated into the following four categories: (a) technological infrastructure and familiarity, (b) general cultural and social expectations, (c) teaching and learning expectations, and (d) …
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