%0 Conference Paper %1 10.1007/978-3-031-16290-9_1 %A Akhuseyinoglu, Kamil %A Milicevic, Aleksandra Klasnja %A Brusilovsky, Peter %B Educating for a New Future: Making Sense of Technology-Enhanced Learning Adoption %C Cham %D 2022 %E Hilliger, Isabel %E Muñoz-Merino, Pedro J. %E De Laet, Tinne %E Ortega-Arranz, Alejandro %E Farrell, Tracie %I Springer International Publishing %K myown social-comparison user-control %P 1--15 %T Who are My Peers? Learner-Controlled Social Comparison in a Programming Course %X Studies of technology-enhanced learning (TEL) environments indicated that learner behavior could be affected (positively or negatively) by presenting information about their peer groups, such as peer in-system performance or course grades. Researchers explained these findings by the social comparison theory, competition, or by categorizing them as an impact of gamification features. Although the choice of individual peers is explored considerably in recent TEL research, the effect of learner control on peer-group selection received little attention. This paper attempts to extend prior work on learner-controlled social comparison by studying a novel fine-grained peer group selection interface in a TEL environment for learning Python programming. To achieve this goal, we analyzed system usage logs and questionnaire responses collected from multiple rounds of classroom studies. By observing student actions in selecting and refining their peer comparison cohort, we understand better whom the student perceives as their peers and how this perception changes during the course. We also explored the connection between their peer group choices and their engagement with learning content. Finally, we attempted to associate student choices in peer selection with several dimensions of individual differences. %@ 978-3-031-16290-9

@inproceedings{10.1007/978-3-031-16290-9_1, abstract = {Studies of technology-enhanced learning (TEL) environments indicated that learner behavior could be affected (positively or negatively) by presenting information about their peer groups, such as peer in-system performance or course grades. Researchers explained these findings by the social comparison theory, competition, or by categorizing them as an impact of gamification features. Although the choice of individual peers is explored considerably in recent TEL research, the effect of learner control on peer-group selection received little attention. This paper attempts to extend prior work on learner-controlled social comparison by studying a novel fine-grained peer group selection interface in a TEL environment for learning Python programming. To achieve this goal, we analyzed system usage logs and questionnaire responses collected from multiple rounds of classroom studies. By observing student actions in selecting and refining their peer comparison cohort, we understand better whom the student perceives as their peers and how this perception changes during the course. We also explored the connection between their peer group choices and their engagement with learning content. Finally, we attempted to associate student choices in peer selection with several dimensions of individual differences.}, added-at = {2022-09-13T20:21:24.000+0200}, address = {Cham}, author = {Akhuseyinoglu, Kamil and Milicevic, Aleksandra Klasnja and Brusilovsky, Peter}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2cffe0bbc7bf1dc885f62fce6f8ff32f3/brusilovsky}, booktitle = {Educating for a New Future: Making Sense of Technology-Enhanced Learning Adoption}, description = {Who are My Peers? Learner-Controlled Social Comparison in a Programming Course | SpringerLink}, editor = {Hilliger, Isabel and Mu{\~{n}}oz-Merino, Pedro J. and De Laet, Tinne and Ortega-Arranz, Alejandro and Farrell, Tracie}, interhash = {a72fc52d0b9c4517839c7693abf8e8fa}, intrahash = {cffe0bbc7bf1dc885f62fce6f8ff32f3}, isbn = {978-3-031-16290-9}, keywords = {myown social-comparison user-control}, pages = {1--15}, publisher = {Springer International Publishing}, timestamp = {2022-09-13T20:21:24.000+0200}, title = {Who are My Peers? Learner-Controlled Social Comparison in a Programming Course}, year = 2022 }