Adaptive v. Non-Adaptive with Multiplication and Division
This study is currently running in ASISSTments. The purpose of this study is to observe the effectiveness of an adaptive tutoring strategy in relation to a more standard problem set.
Problem Set
The students are told that this experiment is a skill builder and that they must answer 3 correct in a row to continue.
Control
Students proceed through a traditional skill builder style problem set. These problems are the same as the hard condition in the adaptive experiment.
Example Skill Builder Problem:
Experiment
Students start with a one problem pretest that determines what difficulty of problems they will receive.
Pretest:
If the student answers this problem correctly, they continue with harder problems.
If the student answers this problem incorrectly, they receive easily fluency questions.
Upon completing the fluency questions, they move on to the harder questions.
Teacher Invitation - This presentation was sent to teachers to recruit their participation.
Click here to try the problem set
Clicking on the link above will allow you to experience this study from the student's perspective. You will be randomly assigned to any of the above cases. Follow the link multiple times or refresh the preview page to experience each case.
La, S., Li, K.,McMahon, N.,Zagorski, J. (In Preparation) Adaptive vs. Non-Adaptive