Taylor Martin
ABSTRACT
A working understanding of fractions is critical to student success in high school and college math. Therefore, an understanding of the learning pathways that lead students to this working understanding is important for educators to provide optimal learning environments for their students. We propose the use of microgenetic analysis techniques including data mining and visualizations to inform our understanding of the process by which students learn fractions in an online game environment. These techniques help identify important variables and classification algorithms to group students by their learning trajectories.
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Index Terms
- Nanogenetic learning analytics: illuminating student learning pathways in an online fraction game
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