The Proceedings of the Information Systems Education Conference 2007: §3332    Home    Papers/Indices    prev (§3325)    Next (§3333)
Sat, Nov 3, 10:30 - 10:55, Stoops Ferry     Paper (refereed)
Recommended Citation: Yew, B.  An Interactive Decision Support Application for Grade Performance Analysis.  In The Proceedings of the Information Systems Education Conference 2007, v 24 (Pittsburgh): §3332. ISSN: 1542-7382.
CDpic

An Interactive Decision Support Application for Grade Performance Analysis

thumb
Refereed13 pages
Bee Yew    [a1] [a2]
Management Department
Fayetteville State University    [u1] [u2]
Fayetteville, North Carolina, USA    [c1] [c2]

This paper presents a functional application that meets the needs of both the instructor and students in a class setting. For the instructor, the focus of this interactive application is on the management of class learning assessment. This interactive spreadsheet application is independent of grading scale for course items, and is based on course item weights, and weighted scored percentages. A demonstration of a grade performance analysis for a Database Management System course reflects class achievement of instructional goals under equitable learning achievement option plans. For a self-regulated student learner who seeks to improve class performance, this application facilitates the action of making adjustments in learning strategies. This application bridges the concept of a self-regulated learner with learning outcomes through its tracking, “what-if” and “goal-seeking” capabilities. The goal-seeking feature in this application allows students to know the required minimum grade achievement for a specific course item to maintain or improve current grade standing in class. A survey of this application revealed perceived usefulness of this application in areas of decision support and increased understanding of learning criteria used by instructor to assess class performance.

Keywords: equitable learning achievement option, self-regulated learner, class learning assessment, interactive spreadsheet application

Read this refereed paper in Adobe Portable Document (PDF) format. (13 pages, 559 K bytes)
Preview this refereed paper in Plain Text (TXT) format. (45 K bytes)

CDpic
Comments and corrections to
webmaster@isedj.org