ERIC Number: EJ1369173
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 15
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Supporting "Time Awareness" in Self-Regulated Learning: How Do Students Allocate Time during Exam Preparation?
Hsu, Chia-Yu; Horikoshi, Izumi; Li, Huiyong; Majumdar, Rwitajit; Ogata, Hiroaki
Smart Learning Environments, v10 Article 21 2023
The development of technology enables diverse learning experiences nowadays, which shows the importance of learners' self-regulated skills at the same time. Particularly, the ability to allocate time properly becomes an issue for learners since time is a resource owned by all of them. However, they tend to struggle to manage their time well due to the lack of awareness of its existence. This study, hence, aims to reveal how learners allocate their time and evaluate the effectiveness of the time allocation by examining its effects on learners' performance. We collect the learning logs of 116 seventh-graders from the online learning system implemented in a Japanese public junior high school. We look at the data in the time window of 34 days before the regular exam. Even though clustering techniques as a Learning Analytics method help identify different groups of learners, it is seldom applied to group students' learning patterns with different levels of indicators extracted from their learning process data. In this study, we adopt the method to cluster students' patterns of time allocation and find that better performance can result from the consistency of study time throughout the exam preparation period. Practical suggestions are then proposed for different roles involved in digital learning environments to facilitate students' time management. Collectively, this study is expected to make contributions to smart learning environments supporting self-regulated learning in the digital era.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 7, Independent Study, Time Factors (Learning), Time Management, Study Habits, Tests, Electronic Learning, Student Behavior, Junior High School Students
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Junior High Schools; Middle Schools; Secondary Education; Elementary Education; Grade 7
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Japan
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