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ERIC Number: EJ1159690
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2017
Pages: 14
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ISSN: ISSN-0952-3987
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Counterintuitive Effects of Online Feedback in Middle School Math: Results from a Randomized Controlled Trial in ASSISTments
McGuire, Patrick; Tu, Shihfen; Logue, Mary Ellin; Mason, Craig A.; Ostrow, Korinn
Educational Media International, v54 n3 p231-244 2017
This study compared the effects of three different feedback formats provided to sixth grade mathematics students within a web-based online learning platform, ASSISTments. A sample of 196 students were randomly assigned to one of three conditions: (1) text-based feedback; (2) image-based feedback; and (3) correctness only feedback. Regardless of condition, students solved a set of problems pertaining to the division of fractions by fractions. This mathematics content was representative of challenging sixth grade mathematics Common Core State Standard (6.NS.A.1). Students randomly assigned to receive text-based feedback (Condition A) or image-based feedback (Condition B) outperformed those randomly assigned to the correctness only group (Condition C). However, these differences were not statistically significant (F(2,108) = 1.394, p = 0.25). Results of this study also demonstrated a completion-bias. Students randomly assigned to Condition B were less likely to complete the problem set than those assigned to Conditions A and C. To conclude, we discuss the counterintuitive findings observed in this study and implications related to developing and implementing feedback in online learning environments for middle school mathematics.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Middle Schools
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Language: English
Sponsor: National Science Foundation (NSF)
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