Build date: May 01, 2026 Quarto version: 1.9.37 Colophon
This book was written in Quarto and rendered to HTML and PDF. All analyses were conducted in R. The source code is available at the book’s GitHub repository.
About the Authors
Wei Wang is a PhD student in Learning, Design, and Technology at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. His research focuses on generative AI in education, educational data science, and evaluation methods. Website: https://wwang93.github.io/Vino-Wang-Website/
Mete Akcaoglu is Professor of Instructional Technology and Chair of the Department of Learning, Teaching, and Human Development at Georgia Southern University. His research examines game-based learning, interest development, computational thinking, and online pedagogy, with a methodological focus on computational approaches to educational data. Website: https://meteakcaoglu.com/
Joshua M. Rosenberg is Haslam Family Professor and Associate Professor of STEM Education at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. His research focuses on learning analytics, educational data science, and open, reproducible research in education. Website: https://joshuamrosenberg.com/
Shaun Kellogg is Senior Director of the Office of Research and Promising Practices at the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction. His work focuses on evidence-based decision-making, research-practice partnerships, and the use of data to improve educational outcomes. Website: https://www.dpi.nc.gov/blog/2025/09/17/how-ncdpis-office-research-promising-practices-turns-evidence-action
The R session information below documents the computational environment used to produce this edition, including the R version, platform, and all packages loaded during rendering.
R version 4.4.3 (2025-02-28 ucrt)
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Running under: Windows 11 x64 (build 26200)
Matrix products: default
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