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Student Usage and Behavioral Pa4erns with Online Interac9ve Textbook Materials Alex Edgcomb 1,3 , Daniel de Haas 3 , Roman Lysecky 2,3 , Frank Vahid 1,3 1 Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering, University of California, Riverside (USA) 2 Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Univ. of Arizona 3 zyBooks, Los Gatos, California 1 Copyright © 2015 Daniel de Haas, Alex Edgcomb, and Frank Vahid, UC Riverside.
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StudentUsageandBehavioralPa4ernswithOnlineInterac9veTextbookMaterials
AlexEdgcomb1,3,DanieldeHaas3,RomanLysecky2,3,FrankVahid1,31Dept.ofComputerScienceandEngineering,UniversityofCalifornia,Riverside(USA)
2Dept.ofElectricalandComputerEngineering,Univ.ofArizona3zyBooks,LosGatos,California
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Interac9vetextbook–Lesstext
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Interac9vetextbook–Simulators
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Interac9vetextbook–Anima9ons
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Interac9vetextbook–Learningques9ons
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Research:Onlinetextbookvs.zyBook[1]
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Students randomly assigned zyBook/textbook Improvement score = post-test minus pre-test
Improvem
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UCR,C++,Fall2013,128students
2014 Best Paper Award
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[1]Edgcomb,A.,F.Vahid.Effec9venessofOnlineTextbooksvs.Interac9veWeb-Na9veContent,ProceedingsofASEEAnnualConference,2014.
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Research:SwitchingfromtextbooktozyBook(nootherchange)
2,000students,3universi9es,4classes[2]
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14% Le4ergrade(4.0scale)
14% Exams
8% Projects
2015 Best Paper Award[2]Edgcomb,A.,F.Vahid,R.Lysecky,A.Knoesen,R.Amirtharajah,andM.L.Dorf.StudentPerformanceImprovementusingInterac9veTextbooks:AThree-UniversityCross-SemesterAnalysis,ProceedingsofASEEAnnualConference,2015.
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Studentusage/behaviorpa4erns?• Goodstudybehavior?
– Howokendostudentsusethebooks?– Howmuch9meperstudysession?– Howis9mespent?
• 581studentsacrosstworesearchuniversi9es– 282inintrotocomputerscience(CS1)
• Includedinterac9vehomework– 299inintrotodiscretemath(DM1)
• Assigned-readingcomple9on:90%interac9ve• Acquisi9on:99.8%interac9vevs.70%tradi9onal[3]
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Howokendostudentsusethebook?
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Howmuch9meperstudysession?(withinterac9vehomeworks)
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Howmuch9meperstudysession?(withoutinterac9vehomeworks)
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Howis9mespent?
• Categories:Ac9vi9es,orreading(text/figures)– Readingincludes9meawayfromcomputer
• CS1:31%ac9vi9es/69%reading– Ac9vi9esincludedhomework
• DM1:17%ac9vi9es/83%reading
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• 99.8%acquisi9on• 90%readingcomple9on• 4.5accesses/week• 20mins/access• Futurework:Improveusagepa4erns,measureimpactofeachinterac9veelementtype(ex:anima9on)comparedtoasta9celement(ex:mul9-partfigure)
Conclusion
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Ques9ons?
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