Through the WordStream Glass: Revisiting Quantitative Encoding for Qualitative Learning Analytics

Created: 2026-06-18 | Tags: learning-analyticsk-12higher-edqualitative-researchedtech-platform

Huyen N. Nguyen, Kathleen Bowe, Minh-Huyen Nguyen, Kit Thompson, Caleb M. Trujillo (2026) โ€” Institution.

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Revisits WordStream (2009) as a quantitative encoding for qualitative learning analytics; demonstrates how structured coding can surface cohort-level trends while preserving individual narrative context.

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Through the WordStream Glass: Revisiting Quantitative Encoding for Qualitative Learning Analytics investigates revisits wordstream (2009) as a quantitative encoding for qualitative learning analytics; demonstrates how structured coding can surface cohort-level trends while preserving individual narrative context. This work connects to existing research on learning-analytics by demonstrating that Abstract:Data-driven learning analytics can surface trends across a student cohort over time, helping instructors improve the learning environment. WordStream, a visualization idiom for topic evolution, has been instantiated in two platforms toward this goal: the Journal Data Dashboard, for analyzin....

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Citation

APA: Huyen N. Nguyen, Kathleen Bowe, Minh-Huyen Nguyen, Kit Thompson, Caleb M. Trujillo (2026). Through the WordStream Glass: Revisiting Quantitative Encoding for Qualitative Learning Analytics. arXiv:2606.18692.