April 2012 Volume 15 Number 2 - Educational Technology & Society

Results
Hypothesis “A”: Mood prediction
Figure 5. Experimental Procedure
Figure 6. Screen capture from TC3 performance assessment
We posed the following hypothesis: “student state variables, student action variables (e.g., behaviors) and student
performance are predictors of student mood variables”. We analyzed specific student state and behavior variables
with respect to the three mood variables: pleasure, arousal and dominance.
Final pleasure measurements were positively correlated with self-assessed first aid knowledge, Pearson’s r(124) =
.177, p = .049; TC3 interest level, Pearson’s r(124) = .178, p = .048; initial pleasure, Pearson’s r(124) = .272, p =
.002; initial arousal, Pearson’s r(124) = .194, p = .031; initial dominance, Pearson’s r(124) = .266, p = .003; final
dominance, Pearson’s r(124) = .541, p < .001; control selection rate, Pearson’s r(124) = -.182, p = .043; and
performance, Pearson’s r(124) = .177, p = .012.
Final arousal measurements were positively correlated with initial pleasure, Pearson’s r(124) = .352, p < .001; and
initial arousal, Pearson’s r(124) = .507, p < .001.
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