Assessing Mathematical Problem Solving Behavior in Web-Based Environments Using Data Mining.
Moshe Leiba · 2010
Abstract. Over the years, mathematical problem solving research has focused on describing the process, as well as on understanding attributes affecting it, and assessing its outcomes. Most of the research in this field is qualitative, and this is understandable due to the fact that cognitive and meta-cognitive investigation involved in problems solving are complicated to be traced. Nowadays, when many problem solving environments are implemented using the web, innovative research methodologies may be applied for assessing problem solving behavior in large populations. The core of this research entails the development of a correspondence scheme between the logged traces of the students and the observed problem solving behavior. Furthermore, patterns of problem solving behavior and the factors influencing them are to be investigated in large population.