scholarly journals Reflections on Different Learning Analytics Indicators for Supporting Study Success

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 4 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dirk Ifenthaler ◽  
Jane Yin-Kim Yau
Keyword(s):  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Learning Analytics ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
Sociodemographic Factors ◽  
Cognitive Capacity ◽  
Study Success ◽  
Related Factors ◽  
Clickstream Data ◽  
Learning History ◽  
Learning Journey

<p class="0abstract"><span lang="EN-AU">Common factors, which are related to study success include students’ sociodemographic factors, cognitive capacity, or prior academic performance, and individual attributes as well as course related factors such as active learning and attention or environmental factors related to supportive academic and social embeddedness. In addition, there are various stages of a learner’s learning journey from the beginning when commencing learning until its completion, as well as different indicators or variables that can be examined to gauge or predict how successfully that journey can or will be at different points during that journey, or how successful learners may complete the study and thereby acquiring the intended learning outcomes. The aim of this research is to gain a deeper understanding of not only if learning analytics can support study success, but which aspects of a learner’s learning journey can benefit from the utilisation of learning analytics. We, therefore, examined different learning analytics indicators to show which aspect of the learning journey they were successfully supporting. Key indicators may include GPA, learning history, and clickstream data. Depending on the type of higher education institution, and the mode of education (face-to-face and/or distance), the chosen indicators may be different due to them having different importance in predicting the learning outcomes and study success.</span></p>

scholarly journals Understanding Learning Analytics Indicators for Predicting Study Success

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dirk Ifenthaler ◽  
Jane Yin-Kim Yau
Keyword(s):  
Learning Analytics ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
Sociodemographic Factors ◽  
Cognitive Capacity ◽  
Study Success ◽  
Related Factors ◽  
Clickstream Data ◽  
Learning History ◽  
Learning Journey ◽  
Key Indicators

Common factors, which are related to study success include students’ sociodemographic factors, cognitive capacity, or prior academic performance, and individual attributes as well as course related factors such as active learning and attention or environmental factors related to supportive academic and social embeddedness. The aim of this research is to gain a deeper understanding of not only if learning analytics can support study success, but which aspects of a learner’s learning journey can benefit from the utilisation of learning analytics. We, therefore, examined different learning analytics indicators to show which aspect of the learning journey they were successfully supporting. Key indicators may include GPA, learning history, and clickstream data. Depending on the type of higher education institution, and the mode of education (face-to-face and/or distance), the chosen indicators may be different due to them having different importance in predicting the learning out-comes and study success.

Frailty and Autonomy among the Oldest Old: Evidence from the Multicenter Prospective AgeCoDe-AgeQualiDe Study

Gerontology ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
André Hajek ◽  
Christian Brettschneider ◽  
Tina Mallon ◽  
Hanna Kaduszkiewicz ◽  
Birgitt Wiese ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Old Age ◽  
Service Use ◽  
Oldest Old ◽  
Strong Association ◽  
Total Sample ◽  
Sociodemographic Factors ◽  
Related Factors ◽  
Clinical Frailty Scale ◽  
Related Quality ◽  
Health Related

Introduction: There is a lack of studies examining the link between perceived autonomy and frailty among the oldest old. Therefore, our objective was to fill this gap. Methods: Data were used from the multicenter prospective cohort study “Needs, health service use, costs and health-related quality of life in a large sample of oldest-old primary care patients (85+)” (AgeQualiDe; follow-up [FU] wave 9; n = 510 observations in the analytical sample). The average age was 90.3 years (SD: 2.7 years). The Canadian Study of Health and Aging (CSHA) Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS) was used to assess frailty. Socioeconomic and health-related covariates were included in our regression model. The autonomy scale developed by Schwarzer was used to assess perceived autonomy in old age. Results: Adjusting for various confounders, multiple linear regressions showed that lower perceived autonomy was associated with increased levels of frailty (total sample: β = −0.13, p < 0.001; women: β = −0.14, p < 0.001; and men: β = −0.12, p < 0.001). Furthermore, lower perceived autonomy was associated with more depressive symptoms, higher cognitive impairment, and being institutionalized (except for men) in the total sample and in both sexes, but it was not significantly associated with age, sex, marital status, educational level, and social support. Conclusion: Findings indicate that frailty is associated with lower autonomy among the oldest old. More generally, while health-related factors were consistently associated with autonomy, sociodemographic factors (except for being institutionalized) were not associated with autonomy among the oldest old. We should be aware of the strong association between autonomy and physical as well as mental health in very old age.

Child development and family mental health in war and military violence: The Palestinian experience

2008 ◽  
Vol 32 (4) ◽  
pp. 310-321 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samir Qouta ◽  
Raija-Leena Punamäki ◽  
Eyad El Sarraj
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Psychological Distress ◽  
Child Development ◽  
Peer Relations ◽  
Cognitive Capacity ◽  
Palestinian Authority ◽  
Related Factors ◽  
Developmental Issues ◽  
Governmental Organization ◽  
Military Violence

The article reviews developmental research among Palestinians living in Gaza. The aims are, first, to analyze how exposure to traumatic events associates with children's mental health and their cognitive, emotional and social development. Second, we aimed to model familial and symbolic processes that can either harm or protect the mental health of children. Third, we wanted to learn who the resilient children are in conditions of war and military violence. The reviewed research has been conducted in the context of a Palestinian non-governmental organization, the Gaza Community Mental Health Programme, during the political upheavals involving hopes for peace and intensive war and violence: the First Intifada (1987—1993), the Palestinian Authority rule (1994— ) and the Second Al Aqsa Intifada (2001— ). The results show that life threat, violence and losses form a risk for increased psychological distress. There are, however, a myriad of child, family and society related factors and psycho-socio-physiological processes that protect child development and mental health. They include, e.g. loving and wisely guiding parenting, children's flexible and high cognitive capacity, flexible and multiple coping strategies and narrative and symbolic nocturnal dreaming, as well as social support and good peer relations. Different models explain psychological distress and positive resources, including child resilience. Exposure to trauma is crucial in predicting distress, while familial and developmental issues are important in building resilience. Children's conscious and unconscious cognitive-emotional processes are crucial for underlying mental health and knowledge about them is important in tailoring evidence-based preventive interventions among war victims.

ENGLISH-MAJORED STUDENTS’ PERSPECTIVES ON THE FACTORS BOOSTING LEARNER AUTONOMY DEVELOPMENT

2020 ◽  
Vol 65 (12) ◽  
pp. 37-45
Author(s):  
Thao Tran Quoc ◽  
Dai Vo Quoc
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
Learner Autonomy ◽  
Ho Chi Minh City ◽  
Parental Factors ◽  
Related Factors ◽  
Autonomy Development ◽  
Major Factors

This paper presents the findings of a qualitative study exploring students’ perspectives on the factors boosting learner autonomy (LA) development. This study involved 393 English-majored students from a Ho Chi Minh City based higher education institution in answering open-ended questionnaires. The content analysis approach was used to analyze the qualitative data. The findings revealed that three major factors, viz. teacher-related factors, school-related factors and parental factors were believed to positively affect students’ LA emergence. However, research participants reckoned that teacher-related factors had a major role in boosting students’ LA development while school-related factors and parental factors played contributing roles in shaping students’ LA.

scholarly journals Improving student achievement with smart sheets Media in islamic cultural history lesson at the Elevent grade students of mtsn tarusan

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 154-163
Author(s):  
Sasmini Sasmini
Keyword(s):  
Student Achievement ◽  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Cultural History ◽  
School Library ◽  
Class Action ◽  
Learning History ◽  
History Of ◽  
Kurt Lewin ◽  
Cooperative Methods ◽  
Improving Student Achievement

To be able to learn something well, we need to hear, see, ask questions about it, and discuss it with others. Not only that, teachers need to "do", which describe something in their own way, showing for example, tried to practice skills and tasks that require p What Knowledge they have earned. Problems to be studied in this research are: a) How improve learning outcomes Islamic cultural history through smart method in class XI sheets MTsN Tarusan in July 2016? b) The steps made in improving the learning outcomes of students of Islamic cultural history? This research is a Class Action Research (PTK), as for the steps to be performed in this PTK model developed by Kurt Lewin as mentioned in Dikdasmen (2003: 18) that the stages or so-called cycle (round) consists of four components which cover : (A) planning, (b) action / acting, (c) observation, (d) reflection. Based on The results of learning activities that have been conducted during the study, and based on all the discussion and analysis that has been done can be summed up as follows: Learning with smart method sheets in Islamic cultural history lesson positively in improving student achievement that is marked by a mastery learning students in learning, namely (97.29%). Application of the method school library media on learning history of Islam have a positive effect, which can increase students' motivation is indicated by an average of 8 0 and from interviews stating that students are interested and interested deng a n cooperative methods Learning the history of Islamic culture so that they become motivated to learn.

scholarly journals Prenatal origins of suicide mortality: A prospective cohort study in the United States

2022 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Pablo Vidal-Ribas ◽  
Theemeshni Govender ◽  
Rajeshwari Sundaram ◽  
Roy H. Perlis ◽  
Stephen E. Gilman
Keyword(s):  
Pregnancy Complications ◽  
Parental Education ◽  
The United States ◽  
Sociodemographic Factors ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Suicide Mortality ◽  
Related Factors ◽  
Parental Occupation ◽  
Smoking During Pregnancy ◽  
Neonatal Complications

AbstractMost suicide research focuses on acute precipitants and is conducted in high-risk populations. Yet, vulnerability to suicide is likely established years prior to its occurrence. In this study, we aimed to investigate the risk of suicide mortality conferred by prenatal sociodemographic and pregnancy-related factors. Offspring of participants (N = 49,853) of the Collaborative Perinatal Project, a U.S. population-based cohort of pregnancies enrolled between 1959 and 1966, were linked to the U.S. National Death Index to determine their vital status by the end 2016. We examined associations between sociodemographic factors during pregnancy, pregnancy complications, labor and delivery complications, and neonatal complications with suicide death coded according to ICD-9/10 criteria. By the end of 2016, 3,555 participants had died. Of these, 288 (214 males, 74 females) died by suicide (incidence rate = 15.6 per 100,000 person-years, 95% Confidence Interval [CI] = 13.9–17.5). In adjusted models, male sex (Hazard Ratio [HR] = 2.98, CI: 2.26–3.93), White race (HR = 2.14, CI = 1.63–2.83), low parental education (HR = 2.23, CI = 1.38–3.62), manual parental occupation (HR = 1.38, CI = 1.05–1.82), being a younger sibling (HR = 1.52, CI = 1.10–2.11), higher rates of pregnancy complications (HR = 2.36, CI = 1.08–5.16), and smoking during pregnancy (HR = 1,28, CI = 0.99–1.66) were independently associated with suicide risk, whereas birth and neonatal complications were not. Consistent with the developmental origins of psychiatric disorders, vulnerability to suicide mortality is established early in development. Both sociodemographic and pregnancy factors play a role in this risk, which underscores the importance of considering life course approaches to suicide prevention, possibly including provision of high-quality prenatal care, and alleviating the socioeconomic burdens of mothers and families.

scholarly journals An Instructor Learning Analytics Implementation Model

2017 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Holly McKee
Keyword(s):  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Learning Analytics ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Research Problem ◽  
Self Reflection ◽  
Implementation Model ◽  
Design And Development Research ◽  
Pedagogical Intent ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Support Students

With the widespread use of learning analytics tools, there is a need to explore how these technologies can be used to enhance teaching and learning. Little research has been conducted on what human processes are necessary to facilitate meaningful adoption of learning analytics. The research problem is that there is a lack of evidence-based guidance on how instructors can effectively implement learning analytics to support students with the purpose of improving learning outcomes. The goal was to develop and validate a model to guide instructors in the implementation of learning analytics tools. Using design and development research methods, an implementation model was constructed and validated internally. Themes emerged falling into the categories of adoption and caution with six themes falling under adoption including: LA as evidence, reaching out, frequency, early identification/intervention, self-reflection, and align LA with pedagogical intent and three themes falling under the category of caution including: skepticism, fear of overdependence, and question of usefulness.  The model should enhance instructors’ use of learning analytics by enabling them to better take advantage of available technologies to support teaching and learning in online and blended learning environments. Researchers can further validate the model by studying its usability (i.e., usefulness, effectiveness, efficiency, and learnability), as well as, how instructors’ use of this model to implement learning analytics in their courses affects retention, persistence, and performance.

scholarly journals Leipzig’s Social Hypertext Reader SHRIMP and the “Introduction to American Studies”

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sebastian M. Herrmann
Keyword(s):  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Learning Analytics ◽  
American Studies ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Medium Of Instruction ◽  
Age Changes ◽  
Learning Platform ◽  
Bachelor Of Arts ◽  
Main Medium ◽  
E Learning

This article describes the ideas behind and the experiences with the experimental e-learning platform SHRIMP. Developed and deployed at American Studies Leipzig, the platform is used for the introductory Literature and Culture I seminar in the American Studies Bachelor of Arts program, and it serves as the main medium of instruction for around 80 students per year. It breaks up the linear form of the original seminar reader and instead offers students a hypertext of interconnected, short segments, enriched with social media and gamification elements, as well as a learning analytics component that invites students to take control of their own study and learning experience. It is driven by a dual assumption about digitization: that the digital age changes how students interact with text, and that digital textuality offers rich affordances beyond linear reading. Both can be harnessed to improve learning outcomes.

scholarly journals Pengaruh Metode Pembelajaran dan Kreativitas Terhadap Hasil Belajar Siswa di SMA 7 PSKD Depok

2014 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 37
Author(s):  
Victor Andreas Jusup
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Conventional Method ◽  
Experimental Test ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Learning Outcome ◽  
Instructional Methodology ◽  
Learning History ◽  
History Learning ◽  
The Impact

Abstract The purpose of this study was to determine the impact of the task of learning methods, and its relation to the creativity of the students to the history learning outcomes at SMA 7 PSKD Depok. The research method used was experimental. test instruments are also used to measure the learning outcomes of history, and questionnaires used to measure the creativity of students in learning history. A total of 32 participants will be randomly selected. Data analysis will be performed by using two way variance analysis. The findings of the study will be demonstrate: 1) a higher student’s history learning outcome of those who were taught by Recitation instructional methodology compared to those who were taught by conventional method. 2) There is an interaction effect between instructional methodology and student’s creativity level on history learning outcome. 3) History learning outcome of students who has higher creativity level and were taught by Recitation method are higher than those with the same level of creativity but were taught by conventional method. 4) History learning outcome of students who has lower creativity level and were taught by Recitation methodology are not below those with the same creativity level but were taught by conventional method. Keywords : history learning outcome, history instructional methodology, student’s creativity level.

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