14 Studies done by Heffernan without external collaborators

This is a list of the studies done with ASSISTments that did not involve any outside researchers (Basically studies done by Heffernan and his students). Heffernan has largely moved on to instead work with external researchers to test their ideas, which is why the newest paper here is from 2014.

To see the list of studies done later, when Heffernan started working with other researchers to test their ideas, go here.

To see the merged list of both together go here

By clicking on the name of the paper you will be able to see the conditions that were compared. Each page has a link at the bottom to the full-text version of the published paper.

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1. Comparing experimental conditions that give feedback with control conditions that represent "business as usual" where students don't get feedback until the next day.

   1. Does immediate feedback while doing homework improve learning.

2. Showing that ASSISTments Closes Achievement Gaps (between with lower achieving student and higher achieving students).

• 1. ASSISTments attempt to personalize learning led to better learning

3. Comparing hints versus step-by-step scaffolding questions, versus solution, versus worked examples.

• 1. Feedback during web-based homework: the role of hints

  2. What level of tutor interaction is best?

  3. Scaffolding vs. hints

  4. Is it better to give hints or let students ask?

4. Comparing worked examples to step-by-step feedback

• 1. Are worked examples an effective feedback mechanism during problem solving?

  2. A novel techniques to analyze experiments that have no posttest.

5. Comparing different videos intended for motivational benefits

• 1. Mayer's Multimedia Principles at use in K12

  2. Giving students a choice causes more learning

6. Comparing connecting with parents versus a control

• 1. Homework completion rates increased when parents were connected.

7. Comparing different instructional approaches

• 1. Comparing discovery learning with direct instruction replicating (and extending) the famous Klahr and Nigam result.

8. Comparing the Automatic Reassessment and Relearning System(ARRS) feature with other options.

• 1. Comparing Different Schedules of Spacing Schedules.

  2. Comparing ARRS with an adaptive ARRS version called PASS for Personalized Spacing Schedules

Heffernan, N. (2014)