Model-based Learning Analytics for Fostering Students’ Higher-order Thinking Skills

Project overview

Students need instructional scaffolding to develop higher order thinking skills (HOTS). The project will propose pedagogical-psychological models and learning analytics infrastructure for supporting teachers to scaffold development of students’ HOTS using model-based analysis of students’ traces. The project follows design-based research methodology involving teachers in two intervention contexts.

In the first phase the focus is on instructional methods in mathematics to validate the models. In the second phase integrated science education in outdoor learning settings will be included. In the final stages, we aim for large-scale field evaluation involving 1000+ students to evaluate the impact of pedagogies and model-based learning analytics technologies on the development of students’ HOTS.

Based on a national level digital learning resource infrastructure and together different stakeholders, the project will spearhead widespread adoption of model-based LA technology in Estonia.

Project links

• ETIS project info (in Estonian): https://www.etis.ee
• ETIS project info (in English): https://www.etis.ee