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Table 10 Summary of smart content usage across different clusters when system usage is split into two parts: usage during course lectures, namely regular practice, and usage during exam preparation

From: An integrated practice system for learning programming in Python: design and evaluation

Ā 

Regular Practice

Exam preparation

(a) Content usage

Cluster inactive (N=339)

Cluster exam (N=118)

Cluster regular (N=218)

Cluster inactive (N=339)

Cluster exam (N=118)

Cluster regular (N=218)

Semantic probs. /|P1|

0 (0)

0.03 (0.01)

0.24 (0.01)

0 (0)

0.32 (0.03)

0.03 (0)

Parson probs. /|P2|

0 (0)

0.04 (0.01)

0.31 (0.02)

0 (0)

0.38 (0.03)

0.03 (0.01)

Annotated Ex. /|E1|

0 (0)

0.04 (0.01)

0.28 (0.02)

0 (0)

0.28 (0.03)

0.03 (0.01)

Animated Ex. /|E2|

0 (0)

0.04 (0.01)

0.31 (0.02)

0 (0)

0.3 (0.03)

0.03 (0.01)

Practice time (minutes)

0 (0)

11.06 (5.45)

44.81 (3.78)

0 (0)

69.68 (10.12)

4.96 (0.95)

  1. |P1|, |P2|, |E1|, and |E2| indicate the number of semantic problems, Parson problems, annotated examples, and animated examples, respectively
  2. Usage is expressed as mean and standard error for the mean (in parentheses)