Complex network analysis of teaching practices

作者：Goh Woon Peng^*; Kwek Dennis; Hogan David; Cheong Siew Ann

来源：EPJ Data Science, 2014, 3(1): 36.

DOI：10.1140/epjds/s13688-014-0034-9

• complex networks
• functional analysis
• teaching practices
• pedagogy theory

The application of functional analysis to infer networks in large datasets is potentially helpful to experimenters in various fields. In this paper, we develop a technique to construct networks of statistically significant transitions between variable pairs from a high-dimensional and multiscale dataset of teaching practices observed in Grade 5 and Grade 9 Mathematics classes obtained by the National Institute of Education in Singapore. From the Minimum Spanning Trees (MST) and Planar Maximally Filtered Graphs (PMFG) of the transition networks, we establish that teaching knowledge as truth and teacher-dominated talking serve as hubs for teaching practices in Singapore. These practices reflect a transmissionist model of teaching and learning. We also identify complex teacher-student-teacher-student interaction sequences of teaching practices that are over-represented in the data.

• 出版日期2014-12
• 单位南阳理工学院