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Increasing parent engagement in student learning using an ITS with automated messages.

Increasing parent engagement in student learning using an ITS with automated messages. A thesis presentation for the degree of Master of Science in Computer Science by Zachary Broderick Advisor: Neil Heffernan Reader: Carolina Ruiz March 1 st , 2011. Overview and Outline. Introduction

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Increasing parent engagement in student learning using an ITS with automated messages.

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  1. Increasing parent engagement in student learning using an ITS with automated messages. A thesis presentation for the degree of Master of Science in Computer Science by Zachary Broderick Advisor: Neil Heffernan Reader: Carolina Ruiz March 1st, 2011

  2. Overview and Outline Introduction Background ASSISTments Component Development Exploratory Study Methods Results Discussion Experiment Methods Results Discussion

  3. Introduction > Background Intuition and literature: Parental involvement in student learning is beneficial (homework too) Contingent on access to information Controlled by student Often limited to report card Direct communication with teacher costly

  4. Introduction > Background Intelligent Tutoring Systems Tutoring in software Collects detailed learning data used by teachers and students Give access to parents Possibilities Carnegie Learning, Andes, IMMEX PowerSchool, Study Island

  5. Introduction > Background ASSISTments Free, online ITS developed at WPI Teachers create virtual classroom Students complete assignments Data presented in reports

  6. Introduction > Background

  7. Component Development Parental Notification Component Teachers give parents accounts Access to reports Messages from teacher Automated Messages

  8. Component Development

  9. Component Development

  10. Exploratory Study New area of research Does the code work? Will parents be able to use the data? Will it improve engagement? What is teacher/parent feedback? What will we need to do to test it?

  11. Exploratory Study > Methods Fall Pilot Test Conducted at local middle school 2 ASSISTments (PIMSE) partner teachers 4 classes of 20 students, 8th grade math All parents invited to sign up Few logged in again after signing up

  12. Exploratory Study > Methods Spring Experiment Send messages from teachers to remind parents to log in Pre/post survey to measure engagement Student survey as well Compare server logs against Fall pilot Monitor student performance

  13. Exploratory Study > Methods

  14. Exploratory Study > Results Parents logged in more Parents felt more engaged Student performance did not improve

  15. Exploratory Study > Results

  16. Exploratory Study > Results

  17. Exploratory Study > Results

  18. Exploratory Study > Results

  19. Exploratory Study > Results

  20. Exploratory Study > Discussion Conclusion: Parents need to be reminded Need stronger intervention Automated Messages: More frequent, higher coverage Parents feel more engaged but… Need stronger experimental design to detect more reliably (noisy data) Might even detect performance gains Positive feedback

  21. Experiment > Methods

  22. Experiment > Results

  23. Experiment > Results

  24. Experiment > Results

  25. Experiment > Results

  26. Experiment > Results

  27. Experiment > Results

  28. Experiment > Results

  29. Experiment > Results

  30. Experiment > Results

  31. Experiment > Results

  32. Experiment > Results

  33. Experiment > Discussion Results indicated: Parent engagement increased Homework completion increased Performance did not increase Positive feedback or not needed Statistically: Only a few reliable results Would not stand up to correction All trended strongly in right direction High effect sizes

  34. Experiment > Discussion Results present, hard to detect Noisy, real-world data IEP’s, internet access, ELL, abscenses Small sample sizes Ceiling effect Confound between units Causal chain

  35. Experiment > Future Work More intervention Avoid spamming Text messages? Conduct in spring w/ similar units Use lower-knowledge students Only send messages when there is a problem?

  36. Acknowledgements Thanks to: Oak Middle School Christine O’Connor, Courtney Mulcahy, Kevin DeNolf, Jen Dufaul, Christ Starczewski ASSISTments Team Neil and Cristina Heffernan Developers National Science Foundation GK-12/PIMSE Grant

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