Evaluating Learning Analytics of an Online System to Improve Teacher Education Students’ Numeracy Skills Development

Evaluating Learning Analytics of an Online System to Improve Teacher Education Students’ Numeracy Skills Development
Thuan Thai, Amanda Yeung, Timothy Perkins, Kate Hartup, & Marguerite MaherSince 2015, all teacher education students in Australia are required to pass the Literacy and Numeracy Test for Initial Teacher Education (LANTITE) in order to meet accreditation requirements. The purpose of the test is to ensure that graduate teachers meet a satisfactory level of personal literacy and numeracy, roughly equivalent to the top 30% of the adult population. To support and help students prepare for this test, we created an online Literacy and Numeracy Practice System through the university’s learning management system, Blackboard. In this short communication, we will report our initial findings from evaluating the learning analytics available with this system and discuss its impact on students’ numeracy skills development.