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Table 9 Summary of smart content usage and student performance across groups with different practice styles

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

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Cluster inactive (N = 339)

Cluster mix (N = 296)

Cluster animations (N = 25)

Cluster problems (N=15)

(a) Content usage

Mean (SE)

Mean (SE)

Mean (SE)

Mean (SE)

ā€ƒSemantic probs.

0 (0)

11.9 (0.56)

2 (0.74)

7 (2.52)

ā€ƒParson probs.

0 (0)

11.59 (0.56)

2.6 (0.79)

0.4 (0.34)

ā€ƒAnnotated ex.

0 (0)

20.61 (0.96)

1.72 (0.54)

0.87 (0.73)

ā€ƒAnimated ex.

0 (0)

14.3 (0.71)

11.2 (2.02)

0.4 (0.4)

(b) Performance measure

ā€ƒPretest score

0.17 (0.01)

0.22 (0.01)

0.2 (0.05)

0.18 (0.06)

ā€ƒLearning gain

0.46 (0.02)

0.57 (0.02)

0.37 (0.06)

0.47 (0.08)

ā€ƒExercise points

4110.74 (97.49)

5369.01 (61.14)

5045.88 (220.11)

5162.8 (328.61)

ā€ƒExercise efficiency

āˆ’ 0.21 (0.04)

0.28 (0.03)

0.12 (0.1)

0.19 (0.15)

ā€ƒExam points

76.05 (1)

83.49 (0.83)

75.64 (4.36)

80.93 (4.19)

Practice time (minutes)

0 (0)

60.91 (5.12)

12.39 (3.13)

15.34 (6.54)