Browsing by Author "Sonnert, Gerhard"
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Computational Thinking and Assignment Resubmission Predict Persistence in a Computer Science MOOC
Chen, Chen; Sonnert, Gerhard; Sadler, Philip; Malan, David (Wiley, 2020-02-27)Massive open online course (MOOC) studies have shown that precourse skills (such as precomputational thinking) and course engagement measures (such as making multiple submission attempts with assignments when the initial ... -
E-Readers Are More Effective than Paper for Some with Dyslexia
Schneps, Matthew H.; Thomson, Jenny M.; Chen, Chen; Sonnert, Gerhard; Pomplun, Marc (Public Library of Science, 2013)E-readers are fast rivaling print as a dominant method for reading. Because they offer accessibility options that are impossible in print, they are potentially beneficial for those with impairments, such as dyslexia. Yet, ... -
The effect of first high school science teacher's gender and gender matching on students' science identity in college
Chen, Chen; Sonnert, Gerhard; Sadler, Philip (Wiley, 2019-11-12)To encourage the formation of science identity among girls, many scholars and practitioners have suggested to assign samegender science teachers to students so that the teachers can serve as gender role models. However, ... -
Foreseeing the Endgame: Who Are the Students Who Take the Final Exam at the Beginning of a MOOC?
Chen, Chen; Sonnert, Gerhard; Sadler, Philip; Malan, David (Informa UK Limited, 2020-01-06)Massive open online courses (MOOCs) show highly irregular participation behaviour among users. In this study, using data from Computer Science 50x of HarvardX, we investigated one extreme, yet common strategy to foresee ... -
Going Over the Cliff: MOOC Dropout Behavior at Chapter Transition
Chen, Chen; Sonnert, Gerhard; Sadler, Philip; Sasselov, Dimitar; Fredericks, Colin; Malan, David (Informa UK Limited, 2020-01-02)Participants’ engagement in massive online open courses (MOOCs) is highly irregular and self-directed. It is well known in the field of television media that substantial parts of the audience tend to drop out at major ... -
The Grand Wake for Harvard Indifference: How Harvard and Radcliffe Students Aided Young Refugees from the Nazis
Sonnert, Gerhard; Holton, Gerald (Harvard Magazine, 2006) -
The Impact of High School Life Science Teachers’ Subject Matter Knowledge and Knowledge of Student Misconceptions on Students’ Learning
Chen, Chen; Sonnert, Gerhard; Sadler, Philip; Sunbury, Susan (American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB), 2020-03)One of the foundational assumptions in education is that greater teacher knowledge contributes to greater gains in student knowledge, but empirical evidence in support of this assumption is scarce. Using a U.S. sample of ... -
The impact of student misconceptions on student persistence in a MOOC
Chen, Chen; Sonnert, Gerhard; Sadler, Philip; Sasselov, Dimitar; Fredericks, Colin (Wiley, 2019-12-18)Massive Online Open Courses (MOOCs) provide opportunities to learn a vast range of subjects. Because MOOCs are open to anyone with computer access and rarely have prerequisite requirements, the range of student backgrounds ... -
Shorter Lines Facilitate Reading in Those Who Struggle
Schneps, Matthew H.; Thomson, Jenny M.; Sonnert, Gerhard; Pomplun, Marc; Chen, Chen; Heffner-Wong, Amanda (Public Library of Science, 2013)People with dyslexia, who ordinarily struggle to read, sometimes remark that reading is easier when e-readers are used. Here, we used eye tracking to observe high school students with dyslexia as they read using these ... -
What Happened to the Children Who Fled Nazi Persecution
Sonnert, Gerhard; Holton, Gerald (Palgrave Macmillan US, 2006)