Students from both BiSc and LL ED took the ELLI post survey and we now await the raw data to start the analysis. Visually, we see the spider diagrams as before/after and for students who spent the first term working on weekly reflections and action plans, we see a difference. Below are two examples between control group and treatment group.
Control Treatment
Now it will be interesting to look for correlations between learning dimensions and course outcomes as well as general success through the next semester.
Students in LL ED then spent some time writing a Final Reflection on the changes they saw in their ELLI diagrams and then reflecting on the course and their general college experience.
Course reflections:
1) Overwhelmingly, students reported a very positive experience with the paired course design.
2) They enjoyed participating in the research study.
3) They would recommend the course to new students
4) They were mixed on the effectiveness of the adaptive learning technology (LearnSmart)
5) They saw positive changes academically and personally (lifelong learning attributes) as a result of the course as well as positive changes in attitudes towards school.
6) They reported specific changes in these areas:
Note-taking
Time MgmT/organization
Understanding myself as a learner
Study techniques
reading/comprehension
being an active learner
I still have to analyze the ELLI reflections and report on the data analysis so far…
Data Analysis Begins
We looked at 3 semesters of data for BiSc and found a strong correlation between SAT critical reading and exam averages. Using this correlation and the regression equation, we compared predicted exam averages for the LL ED students to actual scores and found something unexpected – that students with the lower set of SAT CR scores (in LL ED) actually did better than predicted and the students with higher SAT CR (in the LLED class) scored lower… We have our thoughts on this, and are exploring further…
Now the fun starts!!! Figuring out what it all means – for now and in the future…