Courses with higher average time-on-task exhibit greater variability in their weekly workload evolution¶
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q3 i3 Course Workload Range correlates with Course Average time-on-task at r=0.88 and Course Time-on-Task SD at r=0.86. → Paul V. Sargent 2026
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Paul V. Sargent 2026¶
Paul V. Sargent, Isabel Hilliger, Jorge A. Baier. (2026). Beyond Time on Task: A Novel Analytical Framework for Assessing Student Workload and Its Relationship with Learning. Journal of Learning Analytics, 13(1), 110–129. https://doi.org/10.18608/jla.2026.8725
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Course-level Spearman correlations between WTS dispersion metrics and course average time-on-task across 14 courses. "Course Workload Range" correlated at "r=0.88" and Course Time-on-Task SD at r=0.86; slope sums also correlated strongly (0.82, 0.75).
"Notably, we found a strong positive correlation between Course time-on-task SD, which represents the variability between weekly average time-on-task, and Course Average time-on-task ( r=0.86 ). Similarly, Course Workload Range—as the difference between the highest and lowest Weekly Average Workload—exhibited an even stronger correlation with Course Average time-on-task (r=0.88,p<0.001)."
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Related Claims¶
- Workload variability and slope metrics correlate strongly with perceived course difficulty — related
- Self-reported weekly time-on-task is positively correlated with LMS-based time-on-task and activity measures in engineering courses — related
- Workload peaks and slope variability correlate with perceived learning attainment, with LMS dynamics showing no significant correlations — related
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Courses with higher average time-on-task exhibit greater variability in their weekly workload evolution |
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Courses with higher average time-on-task exhibit greater variability in their weekly workload evolution |
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