Predicting Student Performance by Modeling Participation in Asynchronous Discussions in University Online Introductory Mathematical Courses

Autor/inn/en	Lee, Ji-Eun; Recker, Mimi
Titel	Predicting Student Performance by Modeling Participation in Asynchronous Discussions in University Online Introductory Mathematical Courses
Quelle	In: Educational Technology Research and Development, 70 (2022) 6, S.1993-2015 (23 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Lee, Ji-Eun) ORCID (Recker, Mimi)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1042-1629
DOI	10.1007/s11423-022-10153-5
Schlagwörter	Grade Prediction; Academic Achievement; Asynchronous Communication; College Students; Introductory Courses; Mathematics Education; Electronic Learning; Learning Management Systems; Student Participation; Discussion + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schulleistung; Collegestudent; Einführungskurs; Mathematische Bildung; Schülermitarbeit; Schülermitwirkung; Studentische Mitbestimmung; Diskussion
Abstract	This study examines how student and instructor participation in online discussions impacts students' course performance. The context for the study is university introductory online mathematics/statistics courses, which typically have much higher failure rates than their face-to-face counterparts. Using text-mining techniques, we analyze online discussion data automatically collected by a Learning Management System across five years from 2869 students in 72 online courses, who collectively contributed 20,884 posts. These semi-automated techniques enable a broader and more scalable view of participation behaviors by investigating: (1) student posting and non-posting behaviors (called online speaking and listening, respectively), (2) the textual content of posts, and (3) instructors' strategies for structuring discussions. Multilevel modeling results show that online listening behaviors significantly predict students' course performance. Further, students' posts that built on other contributions or applied new knowledge have the highest predictive value in terms of course performance. Finally, the instructors' use of open-ended prompts is the only variable positively and significantly links to students' course performance. Links to theory, instructional practice, and educational data mining are discussed. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01