The present Interactive Qualifying Project (IQP) performed at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute used the ASSISTments educational software platform to develop high school mathematics problems and tutoring as well as design and perform a randomized study to determine whether students learn better when they are exposed to video tutoring compared to receiving the same tutoring via static text. While most results were statistically insignificant, the trend exists that students who were struggling to understand a topic did benefit more from viewing the video tutoring. From this study we may suggest that video tutoring will benefit students who are struggling with a concept, and text tutoring is more efficient and beneficial to be used as a re-learning tool.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Froehlich, Brian Robert
• Labrie, Jonathan Paul
• Guarino, Peter Michael

Subject

• Learning
• Computing
• Community

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-050714-150501

Parola chiave

• Mathematics--Study and teaching
• Teaching
• Education, Secondary
• Computer-assisted instruction

Advisor

• Heffernan, Cristina Lindquist
• Heffernan, Neil

Year

• 2014

Date created

• 2014-05-07

luogo

• Worcester

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright