Digital data use differs by teaching subject: STEM teachers report lower use than languages/arts/humanities and vocational teachers, and vocational teachers report the highest use¶
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q3 i? Post hoc comparisons with Bonferroni correction show STEM teachers reported significantly lower digital data use than languages/arts/humanities teachers and than vocational teachers. → Michos 2025
q3 i? Vocational teachers reported significantly higher digital data use than languages/arts/humanities teachers. → Michos 2025
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Michos 2025¶
Michos, K., Schmitz, M.-L., & Petko, D. (2025). Learning Analytics in Schools: Is Digital Data Use Influenced by Teacher-Level or School-Level Factors? Journal of Learning Analytics, 12(3), 87–101. https://doi.org/10.18608/jla.2025.8567
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Post hoc comparisons following the multilevel regression in the same survey (N = 2,247). Descriptively, "teachers in languages, arts, humanities, and social sciences tend to report higher skill and use of digital data" than STEM teachers, while vocational and multiple-subject teachers reported the highest levels.
"Post hoc analysis with Bonferroni correction showed a significant difference in digital data use between teachers who teach languages, arts, and humanities subjects and those who teach STEM subjects (z = 4.49, p < =.001). Moreover, significant differences were found between teachers in vocational schools and teachers who teach languages, arts, and humanities (z = 2.82, p =.048) or STEM subjects (z =5.57, p < =.001)"
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Related Claims¶
- Alpha of knowledge tests is higher for language and mathematics than for science and social sciences/humanities — related
- Arts and humanities is the most frequent subject domain in peer assessment research, with natural sciences, education, and health and welfare next — related
- Subject domain moderates the adaptive teaching effect: benefits in languages, none in STEM or humanities — related
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Digital data use differs by teaching subject: STEM teachers report lower use than languages/arts/humanities and vocational teachers, and vocational teachers report the highest use |
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Digital data use differs by teaching subject: STEM teachers report lower use than languages/arts/humanities and vocational teachers, and vocational teachers report the highest use |
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