Student Success and Attempts on Auto-Graded Homework Across Multiple Cohorts in Material and Energy Balances

Abstract

and expects to earn a BS degree in 2021. She has assisted with multiple areas of research and data analysis regarding zyBooks reading participation and challenge activities. She became interested in performing research after completing a chemical engineering course that used zyBooks.

Quantifying deliberate practice using auto‐graded questions: Analyzing multiple metrics in a chemical engineering course

“…In brief, the first chemical engineering course centers on engineering problem solving based upon the conservation of mass and energy. The course is normally titled Material and Energy Balances, and many contributions to the literature focus on this course, for example [3,44,68]. Here, the analysis and modeling of multiple metrics in an online homework platform will address the research questions centered on deliberate practice and not focus on content.…”

Can I have More Problems to Practice? Student Usage and Course Success Related to Auto-graded, End-of-chapter Problems in a Material and Energy Balances Course

“…Challenge activities have unlimited number of attempts without penalty. Examples of challenge activities were included in our previous papers [28,29]. The number of end-of-chapter questions varied for each exam with 20-40% of available questions being required for homework points (Table 1).…”

“…Performing t-tests generated p values with statistically significance being considered when p < 0.05. Using t-tests is justifiable even with nonnormal distributions when n > 20 [28].…”

“…The first chemical engineering course centers on engineering problem solving based upon the conservation of mass and energy. The course is normally titled Mass and Energy Balances, and many contributions to the engineering education literature focus are available, e.g., [25][26][27][28]. The specific course of interest is secondary to the findings presented.…”

Attitudes Toward and Usage of Animations in an Interactive Textbook for Material and Energy Balances

“…Interactive textbooks can improve student learning through active learning or "learning by doing" [1][2][3][4]. The influence and familiarity of electronic devices among the "digital native" student population makes interactive learning an appealing platform for higher education students [5].…”