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Investigating Community Of Inquiry And Cognitive Load, Emily K. Faulconer, Darryl Chamberlain, Beverly Wood Jun 2024

Investigating Community Of Inquiry And Cognitive Load, Emily K. Faulconer, Darryl Chamberlain, Beverly Wood

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This project will design and research a pilot program for infusing best practices into online discussion forums in STEM courses to reduce extraneous load, improve instructional presence, instructor social presence, student social presence, and student cognitive presence.


Community Of Inquiry And Cognitive Load In Online Stem: Transferability Plan, Emily Faulconer, Darryl Chamberlain, Beverly Wood May 2024

Community Of Inquiry And Cognitive Load In Online Stem: Transferability Plan, Emily Faulconer, Darryl Chamberlain, Beverly Wood

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This document presents evidence in support of the Community of Inquiry and Cognitive Load Framework (Supported by NSF #204430), with Guidance on translating this framework to additional contexts within the studied institution and beyond.


Using Trees To See A Forest: Leveraging Machine Learning To Classify Student Thinking, Darryl Chamberlain, Patrick Mcguinness, Emily Faulconer, Beverly Wood Feb 2024

Using Trees To See A Forest: Leveraging Machine Learning To Classify Student Thinking, Darryl Chamberlain, Patrick Mcguinness, Emily Faulconer, Beverly Wood

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ChatGPT has caught the world’s attention and has researchers considering the ways artificial intelligence can be integrated into human endeavors (Kasneci et al., 2023). This methodological poster will present a systematic method to apply a particular machine learning classification model, Decision Tree (Song & Lu, 2015), to perform and extend the scale of qualitative analysis in mathematics education research.


Guiding Undergraduate Researchers In The Virtual World: Mentoring Experiences Of Globally Distributed Students, Emily Faulconer, Brent Terwilliger, Robert Deters, Kelly George Jan 2024

Guiding Undergraduate Researchers In The Virtual World: Mentoring Experiences Of Globally Distributed Students, Emily Faulconer, Brent Terwilliger, Robert Deters, Kelly George

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The advancement of technology has led to an increase in undergraduate students pursuing degrees online. The translation of undergraduate research to the online environment is relatively new, though gaining momentum, partly due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Mentoring is a key undergraduate research support, particularly for those engaged online, as it fosters a supportive environment for online students to develop their skills and knowledge in their field of study. This study aims to explore the positive impacts of mentoring undergraduate research for fully online students. A single case study methodology was used, with interview data collected from four research mentees completing …