Low-performing learners concentrate in the massed-learning ('Crammers') cluster, with 6 of 7 low performers in that cluster in the main cohort¶

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q2 i? In the main cohort of 81 learners, 6 out of 7 low-performance learners (<60%) lie in the 'Crammers' cluster associated with massed learning and reduced task completion. → Peach 2019 q2 i? High performers are spread across clusters, with 9 of 13 found in the 'Early Birds' or 'On time' distributed-learning clusters. → Peach 2019 (2)

Evidence¶

Peach 2019¶

Peach, R. L., Yaliraki, S. N., Lefevre, D. and Barahona, M. (2019). Data-driven unsupervised clustering of online learner behaviour. npj Science of Learning 4:14. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41539-019-0054-0

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A posteriori observational comparison of final marks with the data-driven 6-cluster partition of 81 learners' task-completion time-series. The authors report that "6 out of 7 low-performance learners lie in the 'Crammers' cluster"; one low performer (learner 77) sat in a distributed cluster.

"Figure 5b shows that 6 out of 7 low-performance learners lie in the 'Crammers' cluster associated with massed learning and reduced task completion."

Peach 2019 (2)¶

Peach, R. L., Yaliraki, S. N., Lefevre, D. and Barahona, M. (2019). Data-driven unsupervised clustering of online learner behaviour. npj Science of Learning 4:14. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41539-019-0054-0

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Same a posteriori evaluation of the 81-learner cohort: high performers (top 15%, >70%) were mapped onto the clustering. "9 out of the 13 high-performing learners" were in distributed-learning clusters, while the rest were spread across other clusters.

"Still, 9 out of the 13 high-performing learners are found in the 'Early Birds' or 'On time' clusters characterised by a sequential approach to their learning with minimal massed learning sessions."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Cluster task-completion metrics order from Crammers (66%) through Low Engagers (80%) to On time (86%) and Early Birds (90%), with Crammers showing the longest massed sessions — related
• The methodology replicates on a second cohort of 46 learners, with only 1 of 8 low performers in the distributed-learning cluster — related
• On the OULAD page-click dataset, 6 of 7 low performers fall in the massed-learning cluster, whose grade is significantly lower than the distributed cluster (paired t-test at 5%) — related