使用数据驱动分析和生态系统理论来识别中学学生中学缺勤的风险和保护因素
Knoo Lee1, Barbara J McMorris2, Chih-Lin Chi3
1Sinclair School of Nursing - University of Missouri, S235 School of Nursing, Columbia, MO 65201, USA.
Journal of school psychology
|May 30, 2023
概括
使用机器学习研究了慢性缺勤,定义为极端的学生缺勤,使用机器学习. 该研究确定了学生直接环境中的18个风险和保护因素,突出了微系统和中系统对上学时间的影响的重要性.
科学领域:
- 教育心理学教育心理学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 数据科学数据科学数据科学
背景情况:
- 慢性缺勤严重影响学生的成绩.
- 之前的研究往往缺乏基于理论和数据的综合方法.
- 了解缺勤的生态决定因素对于有效的干预至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 在理论框架内应用数据驱动的机器学习技术,以确定与慢性缺勤相关的关键变量.
- 调查影响学生出勤的风险和保护因素.
- 探索与学校缺勤最相关的生态层次 (微系统,中系统,外系统,宏系统).
主要方法:
- 在大型学生级数据集上利用机器学习 (N=121,005).
- 根据"儿童和青少年在学校" (KiTeS) 理论框架进行分析.
- 确定并分析了18个不同的风险和保护变量.
主要成果:
- 确定了与慢性缺勤相关的18个显著的风险和保护变量.
- 所有识别的变量都是微系统或半系统的特征.
- 调查结果强调了缺勤率决定因素与学生直接环境的接近.
结论:
- 学校缺勤与学生直接社会环境 (微系统和中系统) 内的因素密切相关.
- 这些发现支持将重点放在内部生态系统上,以解决慢性缺勤问题.
- 讨论了对未来研究和卫生基础设施发展的影响.
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