Sarraf, M., & Atkins, M., & Welter, J., & Adibi, Y., & Sambamurthy, N., & Fogg, L. (2023, June), Student Earnestness in Online Circuit Analysis Textbook When Answer Is Available  Paper presented at 2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Baltimore , Maryland. 10.18260/1-2--44290

\bibitem{asee_peer_44290}
  Sarraf, M., \& Atkins, M., \& Welter, J., \& Adibi, Y., \& Sambamurthy, N., \& Fogg, L. (2023, June), \emph{Student Earnestness in Online Circuit Analysis Textbook When Answer Is Available}
  Paper presented at 2023 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Baltimore , Maryland.
  10.18260/1-2--44290

Mohsen Sarraf, Mark Atkins, Jenny Welter, Yasaman Adibi, Nikitha Sambamurthy, and Lauren Fogg.  "Student Earnestness in Online Circuit Analysis Textbook When Answer Is Available".  2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Baltimore , Maryland, 2023, June.  ASEE Conferences, 2023.  https://peer.asee.org/44290 Internet.  03 May, 2024

\bibitem{asee_peer_44290}
  Mohsen Sarraf, Mark Atkins, Jenny Welter, Yasaman Adibi, Nikitha Sambamurthy, and Lauren Fogg.
  "Student Earnestness in Online Circuit Analysis Textbook When Answer Is Available".
  \emph{2023 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Baltimore , Maryland, 2023, June}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2023.
  https://peer.asee.org/44290 Internet.  03 May, 2024

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TY  - CPAPER
AB  - Engineering courses increasingly use online learning materials, especially in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the growth in online classes. Online textbooks often have interactive components such as different types of quiz questions which may allow students to reveal the answer when stuck. These interactive components attempt to engage students in the reading material and course content.
But how do students actually engage when question answers are available with a click? Do students attempt to answer the question before revealing the answer? Or do students skip attempting the question and jump immediately to reveal the answer?
This paper aims to quantify the "earnestness" of student behavior in an online, interactive circuit analysis textbook over a period of one year. We measure student earnestness by looking at the percentage of students revealing answers prior to making a solution attempt. Thus, earnestness can indicate student engagement with the learning material.
We investigate how student earnestness correlates with length of time in the course (as defined by progression through chapters), length of time in a chapter (as defined by progression through the sections in a chapter), class size, question difficulty, number of questions in the exercise, and length of the textbook section or assignment.
The results show better student performance and/or more earnestness on questions with certain parameters. We compare the results to earlier investigations in similar interactive computer science books. Through this research, we aim to improve our understanding of how students engage with interactive learning materials, and what factors correlate with differing levels of student engagement, to inform more effective future development of interactive textbooks.
AU  - Mohsen Sarraf
AU  - Mark Atkins
AU  - Jenny Welter
AU  - Yasaman Adibi
AU  - Nikitha Sambamurthy
AU  - Lauren Fogg
CY  - Baltimore , Maryland
DA  - 2023/06/25
PB  - ASEE Conferences
TI  - Student Earnestness in Online Circuit Analysis Textbook When Answer Is Available
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DO  - 10.18260/1-2--44290
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