BKT is the most efficient knowledge tracing approach overall in simulated online mastery learning, though DKT is more efficient for AS and M problems¶

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Evidence · 2 studies · 2 causal r1 · q2
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Subclaims¶

q2 i? Across simulated conditions, BKT generally had the best efficiency (predicted correctness divided by practice opportunities), while DKT random showed the highest efficiency for AS and M problems. → eff-1 q2 i? Random gives the most training but is the least efficient condition because it administers all problems. → eff-2

Evidence¶

eff-1¶

Qiao Zhang and Christopher MacLellan “Going Online: A simulated student approach for evaluating knowledge tracing in the context of mastery learning”. 2021. In: Proceedings of The 14th International Conference on Educational Data Mining (EDM21). International Educational Data Mining Society, 331-337. https://educationaldatamining.org/edm2021/

q2 · i? · the article prints no effect size for this finding · causal · r1

Simulation results summarized in Table 1 report efficiency scores per condition and problem type (e.g., BKT random 0.10 AD, 0.17 AS, 0.15 M; DKT random 0.30 AS, 0.31 M). The authors note "BKT random has lower predictions than Streak, however the model efficiency suggests that it is more efficient."

"BKT also work well for mastery learning and generally seems to have the best efficiency of the approaches we compared (although DKT seems to be more efficient for AS and M problems)."

eff-2¶

Qiao Zhang and Christopher MacLellan “Going Online: A simulated student approach for evaluating knowledge tracing in the context of mastery learning”. 2021. In: Proceedings of The 14th International Conference on Educational Data Mining (EDM21). International Educational Data Mining Society, 331-337. https://educationaldatamining.org/edm2021/

q2 · i? · the article prints no effect size for this finding · causal · r1

Efficiency metric computed by dividing AFM+S end-of-training predictions by number of opportunities, averaged over students and KCs. Random always gives all 80 problems per type, yielding the highest prediction but lowest efficiency.

"Although Random gives the highest prediction in Figure 3 among all KCs, it is the least efficient one as it gives all the problems during training."

Discussion¶

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