ERIC Number: ED615568
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2021
Pages: 8
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Investigating SMART Models of Self-Regulation and Their Impact on Learning
Hutt, Stephen; Ocumpaugh, Jaclyn; Ma, Juliana; Andres, Alexandra L.; Bosch, Nigel; Paquette, Luc; Biswas, Gautam; Baker, Ryan S.
International Educational Data Mining Society, Paper presented at the International Conference on Educational Data Mining (EDM) (14th, Online, Jun 29-Jul 2, 2021)
Self-regulated learning (SRL) is a critical 21st -century skill. In this paper, we examine SRL through the lens of the searching, monitoring, assessing, rehearsing, and translating (SMART) schema for learning operations. We use microanalysis to measure SRL behaviors as students interact with a computer-based learning environment, Betty's Brain. We leverage interaction data, survey data, "in situ" student interviews, and supervised machine learning techniques to predict the proportion of time spent on each of the SMART schema facets, developing models with prediction accuracy ranging from "rho" = 0.19 for translating to "rho" = 0.66 for assembling. We examine key interactions between variables in our models and discuss the implications for future SRL research. Finally, we show that both ground truth and predicted values can be used to predict future learning in the system. In fact, the inferred models of SRL outperform the ground truth versions, demonstrating both their generalizability and their potential for using these models to improve adaptive scaffolding for students who are still developing SRL skills. [For the full proceedings, see ED615472.]
Descriptors: Models, Self Control, Learning Strategies, Student Behavior, Educational Environment, Simulated Environment, Artificial Intelligence, Middle School Students, Grade 6, Prediction
International Educational Data Mining Society. e-mail: admin@educationaldatamining.org; Web site: https://educationaldatamining.org/conferences/
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Speeches/Meeting Papers
Education Level: Junior High Schools; Middle Schools; Secondary Education; Elementary Education; Grade 6; Intermediate Grades
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Language: English
Sponsor: National Science Foundation (NSF), Division of Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings (DRL)
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Grant or Contract Numbers: 1561567