DocumentCode
2639722
Title
Patterns in student assessment of problem-solving software
Author
Kumar, Amruth N.
Author_Institution
Ramapo Coll. of New Jersey, NJ, USA
fYear
2009
fDate
18-21 Oct. 2009
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
5
Abstract
We investigated whether there were patterns in student assessment of (the usability, ability to learn from, and usefulness of) online problem-solving software tutors. We found that the correlation between the learning of students (how much they needed the software tutor, how long they worked with it, how much they learned from it) and their assessment of the tutor was weak. Further, we found that four-year college students assess the software tutor more favorably than two-year students, non-Caucasian students assess the tutor more favorably than Caucasian students, and female students assess the tutor more favorably than male students.
Keywords
computer aided instruction; problem solving; online problem-solving software tutors; student assessment; student learning; Arithmetic; Computer science; Data analysis; Demography; Educational institutions; Problem-solving; Software design; State feedback; Usability; User interfaces; Assessment of tutor; Feedback; Learning; Problem-solving software;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Frontiers in Education Conference, 2009. FIE '09. 39th IEEE
Conference_Location
San Antonio, TX
ISSN
0190-5848
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-4715-2
Electronic_ISBN
0190-5848
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/FIE.2009.5350480
Filename
5350480
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