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Does Self-Discipline Impact Students' Knowledge and Learning?
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International Working Group on Educational Data Mining . 2009. - Publication Year :
- 2009
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Abstract
- In this study, we are interested to see the impact of self-discipline on students' knowledge and learning. Self-discipline can influence both learning rate as well as knowledge accumulation over time. We used a Knowledge Tracing (KT) model to make inferences about students' knowledge and learning. Based on a widely used questionnaire, we measured students' level of self-discipline. When we analyzed the relation of students' self-discipline with their knowledge attributes, we found that high self-discipline students had significantly higher initial knowledge, but there is no consistent relationship of learning while using the tutor. Moreover, higher self-discipline students seemed more careful with respect to making careless mistakes. (Contains 5 figures and 5 tables.) [Additional funding was provided by the Fulbright Program. For the complete proceedings, "Proceedings of the International Conference on Educational Data Mining (EDM) (2nd, Cordoba, Spain, July 1-3, 2009)," see ED539041.]
Details
- Language :
- English
- Database :
- ERIC
- Journal :
- International Working Group on Educational Data Mining
- Publication Type :
- Report
- Accession number :
- ED539087
- Document Type :
- Reports - Research<br />Speeches/Meeting Papers