Data mining for adaptive learning sequence in English language instruction

Authors:
Ya-huei Wang;Ming-Hseng Tseng;Hung-Chang Liao
Affiliations:
Department of Applied Foreign Languages, Chung-Shan Medical University, No. 110, Section 1, Jian-Koa N. Road, Taichung 402, Taiwan;Department of Applied information Sciences, Chung-Shan Medical University, No. 110, Section 1, Jian-Koa N. Road, Taichung 402, Taiwan;Department of Health Services Administration, Chung-Shan Medical University, No. 110, Section 1, Jian-Koa N. Road, Taichung 402, Taiwan
Venue:
Expert Systems with Applications: An International Journal
Year:
2009

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Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to propose an adaptive system analysis for optimizing learning sequences. The analysis employs a decision tree algorithm, based on students' profiles, to discover the most adaptive learning sequences for a particular teaching content. The profiles were created on the basis of pretesting and posttesting, and from a set of five student characteristics: gender, personality type, cognitive style, learning style, and the students' grades from the previous semester. This paper address the problem of adhering to a fixed learning sequence in the traditional method of teaching English, and recommend a rule for setting up an optimal learning sequence for facilitating students' learning processes and for maximizing their learning outcome. By using the technique proposed in this paper, teachers will be able both to lower the cost of teaching and to achieve an optimally adaptive learning sequence for students. The results show that the power of the adaptive learning sequence lies in the way it takes into account students' personal characteristics and performance; for this reason, it constitutes an important innovation in the field of Teaching English as a Second Language (TESL).