Development and Implementation of a Computer Model for Student Management: Phases I and II.

Abstract

This report describes the results of the first two phases of a study to develop and evaluate models of student progress on a technical training course being offered in a computer managed instructional environment at Lowry Air Force Base, Colorado. Several categories of models were developed in Phase I. The categories were defined by model type and by the type of variables used as predictors. In Phase II, the models were evaluated using data collected on 368 students in an inventory management course. The evaluation consisted of parameter estimation and derivation of goodness of fit statistics. The results indicated that by using the performance information on the initial blocks of the course, more precise predictions of course completion time can be made than when only preassessment data are used. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1978
Accession Number
ADA057930

Entities

People

  • David Kaskowitz
  • Patrick Suppes

Organizations

  • Stanford University

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Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Databases
  • Education
  • Educational Technology
  • Equations
  • Human Resources
  • Information Science
  • Instructors
  • Literature Surveys
  • Mathematical Models
  • Motivation
  • Psychology
  • Regression Analysis
  • Standards
  • Statistics
  • Students
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Trainees

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  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Instructional Design and Training Evaluation.
  • Nuclear Civil Defense.