Making sense of students actions in an open-ended virtual laboratory environment

Yaakov Gal; Oriel Uzan; Robert Belford; Michael Karabinos; David Yaron

doi:10.1021/ed500531a

Making sense of students actions in an open-ended virtual laboratory environment

Yaakov Gal, Oriel Uzan, Robert Belford, Michael Karabinos, David Yaron

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Abstract

A process for analyzing log files collected from open-ended learning environments is developed and tested on a virtual lab problem involving reaction stoichiometry. The process utilizes a set of visualization tools that, by grouping student actions in a hierarchical manner, helps experts make sense of the linear list of student actions recorded in a raw log file. Such analysis of an initial set of log files is then used to develop a rule-based system that can automatically classify the problem-solving strategies being engaged in by the students. The strategies assigned by the resulting rule-based system compare well with strategy codes assigned by experts.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	610-616
Number of pages	7
Journal	Journal of Chemical Education
Volume	92
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/ed500531a
State	Published - 14 Apr 2015

Keywords

Chemical Education Research
Computer-Based Learning
First-Year Undergraduate/General
High School/Introductory Chemistry
Inquiry-Based/Discovery Learning
Internet/Web-Based Learning
Stoichiometry

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General Chemistry
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