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Learn how to create personalized e-materials based on students' intelligence types to enhance learning effectiveness. Research conducted in Istria, Croatia, shows significant improvements in results. Discover the EduPsy system for individualized learning materials and testing intelligence online.
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Janko Žufić Department of pre-school and primary school teaching University Juraj Dobrila, Pula Damir Kalpić Department of applied computing Faculty of electrical engineering and computing University of Zagreb Adapting e-learning materials to students' intelligence type Žufić - Kalpić - DAAD - 12th Workshop Opatija 2 - 9 September 2012
Introduction • How to adapt e-material to be equally effective for each student?Students differ in: foreknowledge learning style intelligence... Žufić - Kalpić - DAAD - 12th Workshop Opatija 2 - 9 September 2012
The adaptability of e-materials • Students will learn most effectively if the e-material is adapted to suit them. • Criterium for adjustment: intelligence • The most frequent models / theories of intelligence structures are : • Multiple Intelligences (Gardner, 1983.) • The Triarchic Model (Stenberg, 2003.) • Structure of Intellect Model (Guilford 1967.) • The Tree-Stratum Theory (Carroll, 1993.) • Two-factor' theory of intelligence (Spearman, 1927.) • For almost every model / theory there are developed numerous tests of intelligence Žufić - Kalpić - DAAD - 12th Workshop Opatija 2 - 9 September 2012
Research • Students of eighth grade in 10 elementary schools in Istria - Croatia (> 500 students) • Intelligence of students tested • The division of students into four groupsWith the strongest verbal factor - VerbFactor with the strongest non-verbal -NoVerbWith the strongest mathematical-logical factor - MLControl group consisted of three previous - Cont Žufić - Kalpić - DAAD - 12th Workshop Opatija 2 - 9 September 2012
Creating 3 e-materials – one each for every group of students - based on guidelines from the literature Žufić - Kalpić - DAAD - 12th Workshop Opatija 2 - 9 September 2012
Creating 3 e-materials Development of e-material for the 4th (control) group: the above guidelines do not apply Žufić - Kalpić - DAAD - 12th Workshop Opatija 2 - 9 September 2012
Results • 19.34% better results verb groups • 14.16% better results NoVerb groups • 19.94% better results ML groups from the control group (the significance levelP=0.05) Žufić - Kalpić - DAAD - 12th Workshop Opatija 2 - 9 September 2012
Development of EduPsy • In adaptive hypermedia EduPsy system, there are functionality tests of intelligence developed individually for each student (optional) • E-materials are created for each individual student, based on the tests of intelligence results, learning styles and other elements Žufić - Kalpić - DAAD - 12th Workshop Opatija 2 - 9 September 2012
Testing the intelligence on the computer Žufić - Kalpić - DAAD - 12th Workshop Opatija 2 - 9 September 2012
Entry of learning materials into the EduPsy System • The teacher of the course does not have to possess advanced IT knowledge. • Teacher spends extra time to prepare materials Žufić - Kalpić - DAAD - 12th Workshop Opatija 2 - 9 September 2012
The structure of the teaching units Name of the modul Button to create a new paragraph Editor Button to create the questions on a passage (new window) Paragraph: Enter / edit text Prioritization section Highlight terms… Enter keywords Insert audio, video, pictures or other files Space for student’s questions Insert a link to the Internet, other sources of interesting games, Chat Entry materials for learning in the system EduPsy Žufić - Kalpić - DAAD - 12th Workshop Opatija 2 - 9 September 2012
Data storage in MS ACCESS Name of the particles The content of the particles Date of material Teachers ID priority of occurrence Žufić - Kalpić - DAAD - 12th Workshop Opatija 2 - 9 September 2012
Design of e-materials • The application pulls the known parameters of student’s: • Intelligence • Learning style • Combination of text and background color • How many times the student had to go through the teaching material • Success of self-testing • Priorities of reccurenies… and displays material adapted to each student using about 15 CSS files (Cascading Style Sheets) with DIV containers and attributes Žufić - Kalpić - DAAD - 12th Workshop Opatija 2 - 9 September 2012
Division of the screen Žufić - Kalpić - DAAD - 12th Workshop Opatija 2 - 9 September 2012
Division of the screen Žufić - Kalpić - DAAD - 12th Workshop Opatija 2 - 9 September 2012
Principles of design of e-materials Žufić - Kalpić - DAAD - 12th Workshop Opatija 2 - 9 September 2012
"Mathematical-logical" materials Asking questions (Socratic method) Hierarchical Table of contents links to additional materials Communication You are here Self-tests Žufić - Kalpić - DAAD - 12th Workshop Opatija 2 - 9 September 2012
Principles of e-material’s design Žufić - Kalpić - DAAD - 12th Workshop Opatija 2 - 9 September 2012
“NonVerbal" materials Videos Animations and games
Principles of e-material’s design Žufić - Kalpić - DAAD - 12th Workshop Opatija 2 - 9 September 2012
“Verbal" materials Audio contents Žufić - Kalpić - DAAD - 12th Workshop Opatija 2 - 9 September 2012
Verbal e-materials recording audio content Feedback, wrong Feedback, correct Feedback Feedback recommendations to continue or not Žufić - Kalpić - DAAD - 12th Workshop Opatija 2 - 9 September 2012
Results • Tests of the 1st year Teaching Education students at the Juraj Dobrila University at Pula, indicate 11-17% better performance of the students who learned with adaptable e-materials than the results of the control group Žufić - Kalpić - DAAD - 12th Workshop Opatija 2 - 9 September 2012
Conclusion • Teacher utilizes extra time to prepare teaching materials • Learning efficiency is better Žufić - Kalpić - DAAD - 12th Workshop Opatija 2 - 9 September 2012
Questions? Comments? Žufić - Kalpić - DAAD - 12th Workshop Opatija 2 - 9 September 2012