Joshua Beemer|Kelly M. Spoon|Juanjuan Fan|Jeanne Stronach|James P. Frazee|Andrew J. Bohonak|Richard A. Levine
Assessing Instructional Modalities: Individualized Treatment Effects for Personalized Learning
San Diego State University|San Diego State University|San Diego State University|San Diego State University|San Diego State University|San Diego State University|San Diego State University
estimating efficacy different instructional modalities techniques interventions challenging teaching style covaries instructor typical student takes course introduce individualized treatment effect ite analyses personalized medicine means quantify individual student performance different instructional modalities intervention strategies despite fact student may experience one treatment ite presented within ensemble machine learning approach evaluate student performance identify factors indicative student success estimate persistence key element use priori student information institutional records methods motivated illustrated comparison online standard facetoface offerings upper division applied statistics course curriculum bottleneck san diego state university ite allows us characterize students benefit either online traditional offerings find students online class performed least well traditional lecture class common final exam discuss general implications analytics framework assessing pedagogical innovations intervention strategies identifying characterizing atrisk students optimizing individualized student learning environment