An exploration study on student online learning behavior patterns

The study investigated the characteristic differences among student learning behavior patterns in an online learning situation. Sixty students participated in the work and undertook four months online learning in an e-learning system. The two-stage cluster analysis was designed to explore the identification and classification of student learning behavior patterns. The results found three distinct patterns: Active Participants, Enthusiastic Participants, and Lower Participants. In addition, we found that the preliminary influences of the learning activities and the parent-child learning interaction in online learning situations might be the factors which affect studentpsilas behavior. Finally, this study found no significant difference of learning performance among the various student behavior patterns.