Characterizing students' behavioral patterns in an online reading test

Hercy N.H. Cheng; Jian Wen Sun; Zhi Liu; San Ya Liu

Characterizing students' behavioral patterns in an online reading test

Hercy N.H. Cheng, Jian Wen Sun, Zhi Liu, San Ya Liu

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Abstract

Understanding students' testing behaviors may help researchers design better computer-based assessment. For this reason, this study aims at characterizing students' behavioral patterns in online reading test by k-means clustering. The clustering algorithm adopts eight indicators: reading time, answering time, the number of choosing articles, the number of choosing questions, the number of selecting options, the number of marking questions, the number of revisiting a test and the final testing scores. The result identifies five clusters of student testers: slow readers, fast readers, question markers, fast responders, and re-readers.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	ICCE 2016 - 24th International Conference on Computers in Education
Subtitle of host publication	Think Global Act Local - Main Conference Proceedings
Editors	Su Luan Wong, Alba Garcia Barrera, Hiroyuki Mitsuhara, Gautam Biswas, Jiyou Jia, Jie-Chi Yang, Michelle P. Banawan, Muhammet Demirbilek, Matthew Gaydos, Chui-Pin Lin, Jin Gon Shon, Sridhar Iyer, Agneta Gulz, Chris Holden, Greg Kessler, Ma. Mercedes T. Rodrigo, Pratim Sengupta, Peppi Taalas, Weiqin Chen, Sahana Murthy, Beaumie Kim, Xavier Ochoa, Daner Sun, Nelson Baloian, Tore Hoel, Ulrich Hoppe, Ting-Chia Hsu, Agnes Kukulska-Hulme, Hui-Chun Chu, Xiaoqing Gu, Weiqin Chen, Jun Song Huang, Ming-Fong Jan, Lung-Hsiang Wong, Chengjiu Yin
Publisher	Asia-Pacific Society for Computers in Education
Pages	651-653
Number of pages	3
ISBN (Electronic)	9789868473577
Publication status	Published - 2016
Externally published	Yes
Event	24th International Conference on Computers in Education, ICCE 2016 - Mumbai, India Duration: Nov 28 2016 → Dec 2 2016

Publication series

Name	ICCE 2016 - 24th International Conference on Computers in Education: Think Global Act Local - Main Conference Proceedings

Conference

Conference	24th International Conference on Computers in Education, ICCE 2016
Country/Territory	India
City	Mumbai
Period	11/28/16 → 12/2/16

Keywords

K-mean clustering
Online Chinese reading assessment
Testing behavioral patterns

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Information Systems
Education
Computer Science (miscellaneous)
Computer Science Applications
Hardware and Architecture

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Cheng, H. N. H., Sun, J. W., Liu, Z., & Liu, S. Y. (2016). Characterizing students' behavioral patterns in an online reading test. In S. L. Wong, A. G. Barrera, H. Mitsuhara, G. Biswas, J. Jia, J.-C. Yang, M. P. Banawan, M. Demirbilek, M. Gaydos, C.-P. Lin, J. G. Shon, S. Iyer, A. Gulz, C. Holden, G. Kessler, M. M. T. Rodrigo, P. Sengupta, P. Taalas, W. Chen, S. Murthy, B. Kim, X. Ochoa, D. Sun, N. Baloian, T. Hoel, U. Hoppe, T.-C. Hsu, A. Kukulska-Hulme, H.-C. Chu, X. Gu, W. Chen, J. S. Huang, M.-F. Jan, L.-H. Wong, ... C. Yin (Eds.), ICCE 2016 - 24th International Conference on Computers in Education: Think Global Act Local - Main Conference Proceedings (pp. 651-653). (ICCE 2016 - 24th International Conference on Computers in Education: Think Global Act Local - Main Conference Proceedings). Asia-Pacific Society for Computers in Education.

Characterizing students' behavioral patterns in an online reading test. / Cheng, Hercy N.H.; Sun, Jian Wen; Liu, Zhi et al.
ICCE 2016 - 24th International Conference on Computers in Education: Think Global Act Local - Main Conference Proceedings. ed. / Su Luan Wong; Alba Garcia Barrera; Hiroyuki Mitsuhara; Gautam Biswas; Jiyou Jia; Jie-Chi Yang; Michelle P. Banawan; Muhammet Demirbilek; Matthew Gaydos; Chui-Pin Lin; Jin Gon Shon; Sridhar Iyer; Agneta Gulz; Chris Holden; Greg Kessler; Ma. Mercedes T. Rodrigo; Pratim Sengupta; Peppi Taalas; Weiqin Chen; Sahana Murthy; Beaumie Kim; Xavier Ochoa; Daner Sun; Nelson Baloian; Tore Hoel; Ulrich Hoppe; Ting-Chia Hsu; Agnes Kukulska-Hulme; Hui-Chun Chu; Xiaoqing Gu; Weiqin Chen; Jun Song Huang; Ming-Fong Jan; Lung-Hsiang Wong; Chengjiu Yin. Asia-Pacific Society for Computers in Education, 2016. p. 651-653 (ICCE 2016 - 24th International Conference on Computers in Education: Think Global Act Local - Main Conference Proceedings).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Cheng, HNH, Sun, JW, Liu, Z & Liu, SY 2016, Characterizing students' behavioral patterns in an online reading test. in SL Wong, AG Barrera, H Mitsuhara, G Biswas, J Jia, J-C Yang, MP Banawan, M Demirbilek, M Gaydos, C-P Lin, JG Shon, S Iyer, A Gulz, C Holden, G Kessler, MMT Rodrigo, P Sengupta, P Taalas, W Chen, S Murthy, B Kim, X Ochoa, D Sun, N Baloian, T Hoel, U Hoppe, T-C Hsu, A Kukulska-Hulme, H-C Chu, X Gu, W Chen, JS Huang, M-F Jan, L-H Wong & C Yin (eds), ICCE 2016 - 24th International Conference on Computers in Education: Think Global Act Local - Main Conference Proceedings. ICCE 2016 - 24th International Conference on Computers in Education: Think Global Act Local - Main Conference Proceedings, Asia-Pacific Society for Computers in Education, pp. 651-653, 24th International Conference on Computers in Education, ICCE 2016, Mumbai, India, 11/28/16.

Cheng HNH, Sun JW, Liu Z, Liu SY. Characterizing students' behavioral patterns in an online reading test. In Wong SL, Barrera AG, Mitsuhara H, Biswas G, Jia J, Yang JC, Banawan MP, Demirbilek M, Gaydos M, Lin CP, Shon JG, Iyer S, Gulz A, Holden C, Kessler G, Rodrigo MMT, Sengupta P, Taalas P, Chen W, Murthy S, Kim B, Ochoa X, Sun D, Baloian N, Hoel T, Hoppe U, Hsu TC, Kukulska-Hulme A, Chu HC, Gu X, Chen W, Huang JS, Jan MF, Wong LH, Yin C, editors, ICCE 2016 - 24th International Conference on Computers in Education: Think Global Act Local - Main Conference Proceedings. Asia-Pacific Society for Computers in Education. 2016. p. 651-653. (ICCE 2016 - 24th International Conference on Computers in Education: Think Global Act Local - Main Conference Proceedings).

Cheng, Hercy N.H. ; Sun, Jian Wen ; Liu, Zhi et al. / Characterizing students' behavioral patterns in an online reading test. ICCE 2016 - 24th International Conference on Computers in Education: Think Global Act Local - Main Conference Proceedings. editor / Su Luan Wong ; Alba Garcia Barrera ; Hiroyuki Mitsuhara ; Gautam Biswas ; Jiyou Jia ; Jie-Chi Yang ; Michelle P. Banawan ; Muhammet Demirbilek ; Matthew Gaydos ; Chui-Pin Lin ; Jin Gon Shon ; Sridhar Iyer ; Agneta Gulz ; Chris Holden ; Greg Kessler ; Ma. Mercedes T. Rodrigo ; Pratim Sengupta ; Peppi Taalas ; Weiqin Chen ; Sahana Murthy ; Beaumie Kim ; Xavier Ochoa ; Daner Sun ; Nelson Baloian ; Tore Hoel ; Ulrich Hoppe ; Ting-Chia Hsu ; Agnes Kukulska-Hulme ; Hui-Chun Chu ; Xiaoqing Gu ; Weiqin Chen ; Jun Song Huang ; Ming-Fong Jan ; Lung-Hsiang Wong ; Chengjiu Yin. Asia-Pacific Society for Computers in Education, 2016. pp. 651-653 (ICCE 2016 - 24th International Conference on Computers in Education: Think Global Act Local - Main Conference Proceedings).

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