Impact of Question Difficulty on Engagement and Learning

PAPOUŠEK, Jan, Vít STANISLAV and Radek PELÁNEK. Impact of Question Difficulty on Engagement and Learning. Online. In Alessandro Micarelli, John Stamper, Kitty Panourgia. Intelligent Tutoring Systems: 13th International Conference. Zagreb, Croatia: Springer International Publishing, 2016. p. 267-272. ISBN 978-3-319-39582-1. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-39583-8_28. [citováno 2024-04-24]

Basic information

• Original name: Impact of Question Difficulty on Engagement and Learning
• Authors: PAPOUŠEK, Jan (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Vít STANISLAV (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Radek PELÁNEK (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution)
• Edition: Zagreb, Croatia, Intelligent Tutoring Systems: 13th International Conference, p. 267-272, 6 pp. 2016.
• Publisher: Springer International Publishing

Other information

• Original language: English
• Type of outcome: Proceedings paper
• Field of Study: 10201 Computer sciences, information science, bioinformatics
• Confidentiality degree: is not subject to a state or trade secret
• Publication form: electronic version available online
• WWW: URL
• Impact factor: Impact factor: 0.402 in 2005
• RIV identification code: RIV/00216224:14330/16:00090426
• Organization unit: Faculty of Informatics
• ISBN: 978-3-319-39582-1
• ISSN: 0302-9743
• Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-39583-8_28
• UT WoS: 000389805000028
• Keywords in English: evaluation; engagement; learning curves; optimal difficulty
• Tags: core_A, firank_A
• Tags: International impact, Reviewed

Abstract

We study the impact of question difficulty on learners’ engagement and learning using an experiment with an open online educational system for adaptive practice of geography. The experiment shows that easy questions are better for short term engagement, whereas difficult questions are better for long term engagement and learning. These results stress the necessity of careful formalization of goals and optimization criteria of open online education systems. We also present disaggregation of overall results into specific contexts of practice.

Links

• MUNI/A/0935/2015, interní kód MU: Name: Zapojení studentů Fakulty informatiky do mezinárodní vědecké komunity (Acronym: SKOMU)

Investor: Masaryk University, Category A

• MUNI/A/0945/2015, interní kód MU: Name: Rozsáhlé výpočetní systémy: modely, aplikace a verifikace V.

Investor: Masaryk University, Category A