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Adaptively Adding Cards to a Flashcard Deck Improves Learning Compared to Adaptively Dropping Cards Regardless of Cognitive Ability
Adaptive Instructional Systems: 4th International Conference, AIS 2022, Held as Part of the 24th HCI International Conference, HCII 2022, Vol.13332, pp.87-103
Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Adaptive Instructional Systems: 4th International Conference (AIS 2022) (Virtual, 06/26/2022–07/01/2022)
01/01/2022
Web of Science ID: WOS:000886235500007
Abstract
Flashcards are a popular study tool, however learner decisions can lower their effectiveness. One such decision is whether or not to drop a concept from study. Using objective mastery criteria that adaptively determine when to add or drop an item from study based on performance may improve learning outcomes in flashcard-based tasks. The effectiveness of adaptive flashcard-based learning may also vary based on the cognitive ability of the learner. The current study examined the impact of adaptive mastery instructional strategies on learning butterfly species and whether or not the impact of adaptive mastery varies by cognitive ability. Three learning conditions were compared: a No Add/Drop group (all items remain in the deck throughout study), a Mastery Drop group (start with all items, then drop after an item ismastered), and a Mastery Add group (start with three items, add items once mastered). A pre-post-transfer test design was used both immediately after training and one week later. Participants also completed the symmetry span task and a change detection task to evaluate cognitive ability. Results show the worst overall immediate pre-post learning gains in the Mastery Drop condition compared to the Mastery Add and No Add/Drop conditions which showed similar learning gains. This pattern went away when looking at delayed pre-post learning gains. Cognitive ability did not have any impact on learning performance, suggesting that similar strategies work equally well across all levels of cognitive ability. These results suggest adaptively adding cards is better than dropping them, though if there are no time constraints, leaving all concepts in the deck leads to the best overall learning in the short term.
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- Title
- Adaptively Adding Cards to a Flashcard Deck Improves Learning Compared to Adaptively Dropping Cards Regardless of Cognitive Ability
- Publication Details
- Adaptive Instructional Systems: 4th International Conference, AIS 2022, Held as Part of the 24th HCI International Conference, HCII 2022, Vol.13332, pp.87-103
- Resource Type
- Conference proceeding
- Conference
- Adaptive Instructional Systems: 4th International Conference (AIS 2022) (Virtual, 06/26/2022–07/01/2022)
- Contributors
- R A Sottilare (Editor)J Schwarz (Editor)
- Publisher
- Springer Nature
- Series
- Lecture Notes in Computer Science
- Copyright
- © The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
- Identifiers
- WOS:000886235500007; 99380179023606600
- Academic Unit
- Psychology; Usha Kundu, MD College of Health
- Language
- English