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Wan, Hao; Beck, Joseph Barbosa – International Educational Data Mining Society, 2015
The phenomenon of wheel spinning refers to students attempting to solve problems on a particular skill, but becoming stuck due to an inability to learn the skill. Past research has found that students who do not master a skill quickly tend not to master it at all. One question is why do students wheel spin? A plausible hypothesis is that students…
Descriptors: Skill Development, Problem Solving, Knowledge Level, Learning Processes
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Pekrun, Reinhard; Elliot, Andrew J.; Maier, Markus A. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2009
The authors propose a theoretical model linking achievement goals and achievement emotions to academic performance. This model was tested in a prospective study with undergraduates (N = 213), using exam-specific assessments of both goals and emotions as predictors of exam performance in an introductory-level psychology course. The findings were…
Descriptors: Social Desirability, Academic Achievement, Student Motivation, Multiple Regression Analysis
Sheehan, Kathleen M.; And Others – 1993
This paper introduces a modification to the Rule Space diagnostic classification procedure to allow for processing of response vectors that contain missing data. Rule Space is an approach to diagnostic classification that involves characterizing examinees' performances in terms of an underlying cognitive model of generalized problem-solving…
Descriptors: Classification, Diagnostic Tests, Educational Diagnosis, Knowledge Level