Research shows that expert-crafted worked examples can have a positive effect on student performance. To investigate the potential for data-driven worked examples to achieve similar results, we generated worked examples for the Deep Thought logic tutor, and conducted an experiment to assess their impact on performance. Students who received data-driven worked examples were much more likely to c...

This paper presents the preliminary results from an experiment investigating the efficacy of cooperative learning on individual students in an introduction to information systems class. Statistical analysis of the experimental data indicates that cooperative learning did not have a positive effect on individual student learning or the efficiency with which an individual student learns. These re...

Virtual human (VH) experiences are increasingly used for training interpersonal skills such as military leadership, classroom education, and doctor-patient interviews. These diverse applications of conversational VHs have a common and unexplored thread – a significant additional population would be afforded interpersonal skills training if VHs were available to simulate either interaction partn...

Much of the economic education literature suggests that the principles of economics class size does not significantly affect student performance. However, study methods have varied in terms of the aggregation level (student or class), the measure of performance (TUCE or course letter grade), and the class size measure (e.g., students who completed both the TUCE pretest and posttest). The author...

Like many western universities, the University of Wollongong is offering degrees to an increasing number of offshore students. Our usual offshore teaching model involves intensive delivery of course material. Disadvantages of this model include the brevity of student contact with the UOW academic and delays in response to student questions and concerns regarding the subject. In this paper we di...

We conducted an experiment attempting to compare XP with a traditional approach to student software engineering projects. We tasked two groups of student teams with producing a simple room reservation system, one group following a traditional development process, the other using XP. We observed little actual difference between the products delivered by either process. However, in our opinion th...

This article applies Casual Layered Analysis (CLA) (Inayatullah, 2004) as a framework to examine factors that affect applying a student-centered learning approach in Vietnam. The Four layers of CLA help disclose weaknesses in the current traditional learning approach, causes that create the problems and hidden beliefs that keep traditional perceptions about learning permanent. The results revea...

iii Acknowledgement To God be the glory for the things He has done! Thanks to my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ for giving me the strength and fortitude to make this endeavor a reality. A very special thanks to the loves of my life—Pamela, my darling wife, and Joneya, daddy's little princess—your encouragement and support have been unwavering and I love both of you immensely. Now that this is don...

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