Chile - The effectiveness of OER use in developing students’ mathematical skills: A case study of first- and second-year higher education students in Chile, ROER4D Sub-project 9

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Reference ID zaf-roer4d-rscaoersa-2016-v1
Year 2016
Country Chile
Producer(s) Research on Open Educational Resources for Development (ROER4D) - University of Cape Town
Sponsor(s) International Development Research Centre - IDRC - Funder
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Overview
Identification
Country
Chile
Title
The effectiveness of OER use in developing students’ mathematical skills: A case study of first- and second-year higher education students in Chile

Subtitle
ROER4D Sub-project 9

Study Type
Other Survey
ID Number
zaf-roer4d-rscaoersa-2016-v1
Version
Version Description
v1: Edited, anonymised dataset for public distribution

Production Date
2016
Notes
Version 1 of the dataset was deposited with DataFirst on 5 July 2016.

Overview
Abstract
This study aims to examine the effect of the use of two Open Educational Resources (OER) (a Khan Academy online tutorial and an open textbook hosted on Wikibooks) with respect to the increase of logical-mathematical outcomes of first- and second-year higher education Chilean students. It also aims to uncover teacher and student perceptions about the use of OER in order to understand how these resources are used and valued. For these purposes, quantitative and qualitative methods were used to analyse student performance data and data produced from semi-structured interviews, focus groups and a survey.

The research process was comprised of a student survey, student focus group, generation of an impact analysis database, and teacher interviews. The published dataset does not include the student survey instrument and microdata, as access to this is restricted due to ethical constraints.

Findings indicate that students in a contact-study mathematics course who used a Khan Academy online mathematics tutorial obtained better examination results than students who did not use any additional resources, or those who used the open textbook. Moreover, it was also found that teachers and students have positive perceptions about the use of Khan Academy and Wikibooks materials.

This study is Sub-project 9 of the Research on Open Educational Resources for Development (ROER4D) project, hosted by the Centre for Innovation in Learning and Teaching (CILT) at the University of Cape Town, South Africa, and Wawasan Open University, Malaysia.

Kind of Data
Sample survey data [ssd]

Units of Analysis
Units of analysis were individuals

Scope
Notes
The research collected data on students' and instructors' perceptions of the value of OER materials over traditional teaching and learning materials. This was supplemented by record data from the institution on student performance and retention rates.

Keywords
Open textbooks, Open Data, Open Educational Resources, Mathematics, Khan Academy
Coverage
Geographic Coverage
The interviews and survey data were conducted at one institution in Chile and are not representative of the country as a whole.

Geographic Unit
The lowest level of geographic aggregation of the data is individual university.

Universe
The survey covered students and instructors in the single institution involved in the study.

Producers and Sponsors
Primary Investigator(s)
NameAffiliation
Research on Open Educational Resources for Development (ROER4D) University of Cape Town
Other Producer(s)
NameAffiliationRole
Funding
NameAbbreviationRole
International Development Research Centre IDRCFunder
Metadata Production
Metadata Produced By
NameAbbreviationAffiliationRole
DataFirstUniversity of Cape TownMetadata producer
Date of Metadata Production
2016-07-15
DDI Document Version
Version 1


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