Abstract
The preferred way people apply in learning is known as learning style. Adapting different learning strategies to different learning styles yields a better learning outcome. In this paper, we describe a novel rule-based approach to detect the students’ learning styles (sequential/global) by analyzing their navigation patterns in the prerequisite structure. In order to evaluate the accuracy of the proposed approach, a case study in dance education was conducted, 32 students were asked to learn 10 dances by browsing the prerequisite structure in a dance education system. Students’ browsing histories are recorded and analyzed so that their learning styles are extracted. The result shows that our approach is optimistic.
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The work described in this paper was fully supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 61402205), Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education (Grant No. 20113227110021), and a Research Fund granted by Jiangsu University (Grant No. 1281170027).
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Yang, Y., Leung, H., Liu, Z., Zhan, Y., Zeng, L. (2015). Sequential-Global Learning Style Detection Based on Users’ Navigation Patterns in the Prerequisite Structure. In: Cheung, S., Kwok, Lf., Yang, H., Fong, J., Kwan, R. (eds) Hybrid Learning: Innovation in Educational Practices. ICHL 2015. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 9167. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-20621-9_23
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