@inproceedings{92665cb5e5174e09bf88a9604489070b,
title = "The rise of the super experiment",
abstract = "Traditional experimental paradigms have focused on executing experiments in a lab setting and eventually moving successful findings to larger experiments in the field. However, data from field experiments can also be used to inform new lab experiments. Now, with the advent of large student populations using internet-based learning software, online experiments can serve as a third setting for experimental data collection. In this paper, we introduce the Super Experiment Framework (SEF), which describes how internet-scale experiments can inform and be informed by classroom and lab experiments. We apply the framework to a research project implementing learning games for mathematics that is collecting hundreds of thousands of data trials weekly. We show that the framework allows findings from the lab-scale, classroom-scale and internet-scale experiments to inform each other in a rapid complementary feedback loop.",
keywords = "EScience, Experiment design, Internet scale",
author = "Stamper, {John C.} and Derek Lomas and Dixie Ching and Steve Ritter and Koedinger, {Kenneth R.} and Jonathan Steinhart",
year = "2012",
month = jan,
day = "1",
language = "English",
series = "Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Educational Data Mining, EDM 2012",
publisher = "www.educationaldatamining.org",
editor = "Kalina Yacef and Zaiane, {Osmar R.} and Arnon Hershkovitz and Michael Yudelson",
booktitle = "Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Educational Data Mining, EDM 2012",
note = "5th International Conference on Educational Data Mining, EDM 2012 ; Conference date: 19-06-2012 Through 21-06-2012",
}