Effective Metaheuristic Assignment to Improve Equivalence in Small Experimental Pedagogical Groups
Effective Metaheuristic Assignment to Improve Equivalence in Small Experimental Pedagogical Groups
Author(s): Diego Roldán, Víctor Aguilar, Francisco Roldán, Manuel VillavicencioSubject(s): Education, Methodology and research technology
Published by: Vytauto Didžiojo Universitetas
Keywords: Effective Meta-Heuristic Assignment; learning measurement; small treatment and control groups; group equivalence;
Summary/Abstract: We propose a new metaheuristic algorithm to find “good” solutions for the assignment of small treatment-control groups, minimising the random resource. Using simulated cases, we achieved 100% groups with equivalence levels equal to or higher than those generated with the simple random assignment, complete random assignment and block random assignment designs. In addition, as a secondary objective to test the new algorithm, we found that short outof-class essays implied that treatment group marks were 14% higher than in the control group.
Journal: Pedagogika
- Issue Year: 135/2019
- Issue No: 3
- Page Range: 5-29
- Page Count: 15
- Language: English
