Adaptation with Four Dimensional Personalization Criteria Based on Felder Silverman Model

Inthepastdecades,varioussystemshavebeenproposedtoprovidestudentswithabetterlearning environmentbytakingpersonalfactorsintoaccount.Learningstyleshavebeenoneofthewidely adoptedfactorsinthepreviousstudiesasareferenceforadaptinglearningcontentororganizingthe content.However,veryfewresearchersgiveanideaofmatchinge-mediawithappropriateteaching andlearningstylesandveryfewstudiesgiveanideaofwhichappropriatecombinationsofelectronic mediaandlearningstylesaremoreeffectivethanother.Inthispaper,theauthorsaimtoprototype anAFDPC-FSsystem(AdaptationwithFourDimensionalPersonalizationCriteriabasedonFelder Silvermanmodel).Theirsystempresentsageneralframeworkforcombiningandadaptingteaching strategies,learningstylesandelectronicmediaaccordingtoFelder-Silverman’slearningstylemodel. Anexperimentwasdesignedtoexploretheeffectofadaptationtodifferentlearningstyleswhen learningmaterialswerematchedwith learning styles. Inparticular itwas set up to seewhether therearesignificantdifferencesinlearningachievementandcognitiveloadbetweentwogroups,an experimentalgroupwhostudiedwithlearningstyle-fitversionandacontrolgroupwhostudiedwith non-fitversionofthesystemwithoutadaptationtolearningstyles.Theexperimentalresultsshowed thattheproposedsystemcouldimprovethelearningachievementsofthestudents.Moreover,itwas foundthatthestudents’cognitiveloadwassignificantlydecreased.

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