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Table 4 Top ten most frequent response sequences among students who received different scores on the G8 item and their frequency and proportion within each score group

From: Using process data to understand problem-solving strategies and processes for drag-and-drop items in a large-scale mathematics assessment

Score

Response Action Sequence

Freq

Pct

0 (n = 6121)

Add_s1_t1; Add_s2_t2; Add_s3_t3; Add_s4_t4

432

7.1%

Add_s3_t1; Add_s2_t2; Add_s1_t3; Add_s4_t4

231

3.8%

Add_s4_t1; Add_s1_t2; Add_s2_t3; Add_s3_t4

231

3.8%

Add_s4_t1; Add_s2_t2; Add_s1_t3; Add_s3_t4

140

2.3%

Add_s2_t1; Add_s1_t2; Add_s3_t3; Add_s4_t4

59

1.0%

Add_s4_t4; Add_s3_t1; Add_s2_t2; Add_s1_t3

49

0.8%

Add_s4_t1; Add_s3_t2; Add_s1_t3; Add_s2_t4

44

0.7%

Add_s1_t1; Add_s3_t2; Add_s2_t3; Add_s4_t4

41

0.7%

Add_s2_t1; Add_s3_t2; Add_s1_t3; Add_s4_t4

39

0.6%

Add_s1_t1; Add_s3_t2; Add_s4_t3; Add_s2_t4

32

0.5%

1 (n = 23,383)

Add_s3_t1; Add_s1_t2; Add_s2_t3; Add_s4_t4

8219

35.1%

Add_s4_t4; Add_s3_t1; Add_s1_t2; Add_s2_t3

1509

6.5%

Add_s3_t1; Add_s2_t3; Add_s1_t2; Add_s4_t4

476

2.0%

Add_s4_t4; Add_s2_t3; Add_s1_t2; Add_s3_t1

326

1.4%

Add_s2_t3; Add_s4_t4; Add_s1_t2; Add_s3_t1

228

1.0%

Add_s3_t1; Add_s1_t2; Add_s4_t4; Add_s2_t3

168

0.7%

Add_s4_t4; Add_s3_t1; Add_s2_t3; Add_s1_t2

124

0.5%

Add_s1_t2; Add_s2_t3; Add_s3_t1; Add_s4_t4

105

0.4%

Add_s1_t1; Rem_s1_t1; Add_s3_t1; Add_s1_t2; Add_s2_t3; Add_s4_t4

89

0.4%

Add_s3_t1; Add_s1_t2; Add_s2_t3; Add_s4_t4; Clear Answer; Add_s3_t1; Add_s1_t2; Add_s2_t3; Add_s4_t4

83

0.4%

  1. Add_s1_t2 represents dragging source 1 into target 2; Rem_s1_t1 represents removing source 1 from target 1 back to its original location; Move_s1_t2 represents moving source 1 from a previous target to target 2