A generalized longitudinal mixture IRT model for measuring differential growth in learning environments |
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Authors: | Damazo T Kadengye Eva Ceulemans Wim Van den Noortgate |
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Institution: | 1. Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences and ITEC–iMinds, University of Leuven–Kulak, Kortrijk, Belgium 2. Centre for Methodology of Educational Research, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium 3. Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, KU Leuven–Kulak, Etienne Sabbelaan 53, 8500, Kortrijk, Belgium
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Abstract: | This article describes a generalized longitudinal mixture item response theory (IRT) model that allows for detecting latent group differences in item response data obtained from electronic learning (e-learning) environments or other learning environments that result in large numbers of items. The described model can be viewed as a combination of a longitudinal Rasch model, a mixture Rasch model, and a random-item IRT model, and it includes some features of the explanatory IRT modeling framework. The model assumes the possible presence of latent classes in item response patterns, due to initial person-level differences before learning takes place, to latent class-specific learning trajectories, or to a combination of both. Moreover, it allows for differential item functioning over the classes. A Bayesian model estimation procedure is described, and the results of a simulation study are presented that indicate that the parameters are recovered well, particularly for conditions with large item sample sizes. The model is also illustrated with an empirical sample data set from a Web-based e-learning environment. |
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