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Analysis of Task Difficulty Sequences in a Simulation-Based POE Environment
Task difficulty (TD) reflects students’ subjective judgement on the complexity of a task. We examine the task difficulty sequence data of 236 undergraduate students in a simulation-based Predict-Observe-Explain environment. The findings suggest that if students perceive the TDs as easy or hard, it m...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7334165/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-52237-7_34 |
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author | Nawaz, Sadia Srivastava, Namrata Yu, Ji Hyun Baker, Ryan S. Kennedy, Gregor Bailey, James |
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description | Task difficulty (TD) reflects students’ subjective judgement on the complexity of a task. We examine the task difficulty sequence data of 236 undergraduate students in a simulation-based Predict-Observe-Explain environment. The findings suggest that if students perceive the TDs as easy or hard, it may lead to poorer learning outcomes, while the medium or moderate TDs may result in better learning outcomes. In terms of TD transitions, difficulty level hard followed by a hard may lead to poorer learning outcomes. By contrast, difficulty level medium followed by a medium may lead to better learning outcomes. Understanding how task difficulties manifest over time and how they impact students’ learning outcomes is useful, especially when designing for real-time educational interventions, where the difficulty of the tasks could be optimised for students. It can also help in designing and sequencing the tasks for the development of effective teaching strategies that can maximize students’ learning. |
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spelling | pubmed-73341652020-07-06 Analysis of Task Difficulty Sequences in a Simulation-Based POE Environment Nawaz, Sadia Srivastava, Namrata Yu, Ji Hyun Baker, Ryan S. Kennedy, Gregor Bailey, James Artificial Intelligence in Education Article Task difficulty (TD) reflects students’ subjective judgement on the complexity of a task. We examine the task difficulty sequence data of 236 undergraduate students in a simulation-based Predict-Observe-Explain environment. The findings suggest that if students perceive the TDs as easy or hard, it may lead to poorer learning outcomes, while the medium or moderate TDs may result in better learning outcomes. In terms of TD transitions, difficulty level hard followed by a hard may lead to poorer learning outcomes. By contrast, difficulty level medium followed by a medium may lead to better learning outcomes. Understanding how task difficulties manifest over time and how they impact students’ learning outcomes is useful, especially when designing for real-time educational interventions, where the difficulty of the tasks could be optimised for students. It can also help in designing and sequencing the tasks for the development of effective teaching strategies that can maximize students’ learning. 2020-06-09 /pmc/articles/PMC7334165/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-52237-7_34 Text en © Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020 This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic. |
spellingShingle | Article Nawaz, Sadia Srivastava, Namrata Yu, Ji Hyun Baker, Ryan S. Kennedy, Gregor Bailey, James Analysis of Task Difficulty Sequences in a Simulation-Based POE Environment |
title | Analysis of Task Difficulty Sequences in a Simulation-Based POE Environment |
title_full | Analysis of Task Difficulty Sequences in a Simulation-Based POE Environment |
title_fullStr | Analysis of Task Difficulty Sequences in a Simulation-Based POE Environment |
title_full_unstemmed | Analysis of Task Difficulty Sequences in a Simulation-Based POE Environment |
title_short | Analysis of Task Difficulty Sequences in a Simulation-Based POE Environment |
title_sort | analysis of task difficulty sequences in a simulation-based poe environment |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7334165/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-52237-7_34 |
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