Using learning decomposition and bootstrapping with randomization to compare the impact of different educational interventions on learning

EDM'09 - Educational Data Mining 2009: 2nd International Conference on Educational Data Mining

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 51-60

  Feng, Mingyu ^a   Beck, Joseph E ^a   Heffernan, Neil T ^a  

^a Worcester Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES; DELAYED FEEDBACK; EDUCATIONAL DATA MINING; EDUCATIONAL INTERVENTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INSTRUCTIONAL INTERVENTIONS; INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGY; LOGISTIC REGRESSIONS; MAIN EFFECT; STUDENT LEARNING;

LOGISTICS; SCAFFOLDS; STUDENTS;

DATA MINING;

EID: 77958153363     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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