Individual learning pattern related to intention - with a biological model of knowledge construction

In an e-learning system, it is difficult to grasp the learner's condition for learning. In the face-to-face learning environment, we tend to notice if there is something unusual about learners and help them out of difficulties. In addition, we often cannot keep learners from dropping out of the e-learning course. This suggests a requirement for a research study specially focused on how to predict the learner's condition with the learning log data in the e-learning system. Therefore, we drew up a learning model with biological knowledge from the latest molecular biology and brain science. In this paper, results from our learning model were verified by comparison with real learning log data in an e-learning system. Our model suggests that there is a learning type with high intention who prefers to learn in a short term in order to construct his/her knowledge. Then we examined the data related to intention, and it correlated closely with the learning period of one exercise.