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User experience with educational technology in African slums
Gunnar Stefansson, Anna Helga Jonsdottir
This paper describes a project developed in co-operation with two dozen community libraries and schools in various slums and low-income regions in Kenya. The project was started in…
Mathematics and incentives in the slums
Gunnar Stefansson, Jamie Lentin, Anna Helga Jonsdottir +2
In response to COVID-19, a new project was started to allow students to solve computerised math drills outside of school. In 9 months it has gone from zero to one thousand students…
Learning and evaluation without access to schools during COVID-19
Gunnar Stefansson, Anna Helga Jonsdottir
The tutor-web drilling system is designed for learning so there are typically no limits on the number of attempts at improving performance. This system is used at multiple schools…
Identifying rote learning and the supporting effects of hints in drills
Gunnar Stefansson, Anna Helga Jonsdottir, Thorarinn Jonmundsson +2
Whenever students use any drilling system the question arises how much of their learning is meaningful learning vs memorisation through repetition or rote learning. Although both t…
The effect of the number of distractors and the "None of the above" - "All of the above" options in multiple choice questions
Anna Helga Jonsdottir, Thorarinn Jonmundsson, Inga Huld Armann +2
Multiple choice questions (MCQs) are commonly used for assessment in higher education. With increased use of on-line examination it is likely that the usage of MCQs will be even mo…
Using an Online Learning Environment to Teach an Undergraduate Statistics Course: the tutor-web
Anna Helga Jonsdottir, Gunnar Stefansson
A learning environment, the tutor-web (http://tutor-web.net), has been developed and used for educational research. The system is accessible and free to use for anyone having acces…
A mobile web for enhancing statistics and mathematics education
Jamie Lentin, Anna H. Jonsdottir, David Stern +2
A freely available educational application (a mobile website) is presented. This provides access to educational material and drilling on selected topics within mathematics and stat…
Design and analysis of experiments linking on-line drilling methods to improvements in knowledge
Anna Helga Jonsdottir, Gunnar Stefansson
An on-line drilling system, the tutor-web, has been developed and used for teaching mathematics and statistics. The system was used in a basic course in calculus including 182 stud…
Enhanced Learning with Web-Assisted Education
Anna Helga Jonsdottir, Gunnar Stefansson
An educational system, the tutor-web (http://tutor-web.net), has been developed and used for educational research. The system is accessible and free to use for anyone having access…