Share Paper: Exploring Data Visualization as an Emerging Analytic Technique

  1. Min Liu, University of Texas at Austin, United States
  2. Jina Kang, Univ. of Texas at Austin, United States
  3. Pan Zilong, Univ. of Texas at Austin, United States
  4. Wenting Zou, Univ. of Texas at Austin, United States
  5. Hyeyeon Lee, Univ. of Texas at Austin, United States

Abstract: Visual analytics have emerged as a way to allow researchers to understand big data in diverse learning contexts We are interested in using visualization techniques to examine learners’ behavior patterns in an adaptive learning environment and explore the relationship between performance and behavior patterns Participants were first-year students entering into a pharmacy professional degree program As part of a large research effort, in this study we focused on high and low performing students The findings showed the visualizations confirmed some findings of the statisitical analyses and at the same time revealed the nuanced interesting findings that can be missed otherwise ...