Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/51720
Title: Enhancing Learning Outcomes with 'Big Data' from Pedagogy for Conceptual Thinking with Meaning Equivalence Reusable Learning Objects (MERLO) and Interactive Concept Discovery (INCOD)
Contributor(s): Etkind, Masha (author); Prodromou, Theodosia  (author)orcid ; Shafrir, Uri (author)
Publication Date: 2021
Early Online Version: 2021-10-05
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-76841-6_6
Handle Link: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/51720
Abstract: 

Learning outcomes of traditional pedagogy focus on memory of facts, problem-solving procedures, and multiple-choice or true/false questions. Pedagogy for conceptual thinking focuses on higher-order thinking skills, exploration of equivalence of meaning among ideas, and relationships between issues that denote commonality of meaning across representations. MERLO learning assessments capture these important aspects of conceptual thinking. In this chapter, we will look at how MERLO generates big data that can be used to assist teaching. 'Big data' for each student in large undergraduate class, include scores of MERLO CIFD weekly quizzes, mid-term tests, and final exams in individual courses. This data shows details of the evolution of deep understanding of each concept in the course, from weekly formative MERLO quizzes that reveal individual students' conceptual strengths and weakness. This allows the instructor to suggest individual corrective measures with Interactive Concept Discovery (InCoD) in the course digital Knowledge Repository (KR), that are conducted and discussed by individual students with their peers, and enhance learning outcomes.

Publication Type: Book Chapter
Source of Publication: Big Data in Education: Pedagogy and Research, v.13, p. 125-139
Publisher: Springer
Place of Publication: Cham, Switzerland
ISBN: 9783030768416
9783030768409
9783030768430
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: 390102 Curriculum and pedagogy theory and development
390402 Education assessment and evaluation
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: 160102 Higher education
HERDC Category Description: B1 Chapter in a Scholarly Book
WorldCat record: http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1247667220
Series Name: Policy Implications of Research in Education
Series Number : 13
Editor: Editor(s): Theodosia Prodromou
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School of Education

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