دورية أكاديمية
A Complete Smockery: Daily Online Testing Did Not Boost College Performance
| العنوان: | A Complete Smockery: Daily Online Testing Did Not Boost College Performance |
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| اللغة: | English |
| المؤلفون: | Robinson, Daniel H. (ORCID |
| المصدر: | Educational Psychology Review. Sep 2021 33(3):1213-1220. |
| الإتاحة: | Springer. Available from: Springer Nature. One New York Plaza, Suite 4600, New York, NY 10004. Tel: 800-777-4643; Tel: 212-460-1500; Fax: 212-460-1700; e-mail: customerservice@springernature.com; Web site: https://link.springer.comTest/ |
| تمت مراجعته من قبل الزملاء: | Y |
| Page Count: | 8 |
| تاريخ النشر: | 2021 |
| نوع الوثيقة: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Education Level: | Higher Education Postsecondary Education |
| الواصفات: | Computer Assisted Testing Academic Achievement Student Evaluation College Students Online Courses Validity Bias |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10648-020-09588-0 |
| تدمد: | 1040-726X |
| مستخلص: | In an article published in an open-access journal, (Pennebaker et al. "PLoS One," 8(11), e79774, 2013) reported that an innovative computer-based system that included daily online testing resulted in better student performance in other concurrent courses and a reduction in achievement gaps between lower and upper middle-class students. This article has had high impact, not only in terms of citations, but it also launched a multimillion-dollar university project and numerous synchronous massive online courses (SMOCs). In this study, I present a closer look at the data used in the Pennebaker et al. study. As in many cases of false claims, threats to internal validity were not adequately addressed. Student performance increases in other courses can be explained entirely by selection bias, whereas achievement gap reductions may be explained by differential attrition. It is hoped that the findings reported in this paper will inform future decisions regarding SMOC courses. More importantly, our field needs watchdogs who expose such unsupported extravagant claims--especially those appearing in pay-to-publish journals. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2021 |
| رقم الانضمام: | EJ1310155 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | ERIC |
| تدمد: | 1040-726X |
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| DOI: | 10.1007/s10648-020-09588-0 |