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Understanding how students’ online homework behaviors relate to their academic success is increasingly important, especially in elementary education where such research is still emerging. In this study, we examined three years of online homework data from fourth-grade students enrolled in an after-school math program. Our goal was to see whether certain behaviors—like how soon students started their homework, how many times they tried to solve problems, or whether they uploaded their written work—could help explain differences in homework completion and test performance. We used multiple regression analyses and found that some habits, such as beginning homework soon after class and regularly attending lessons, were consistently linked to better homework scores across all curriculum levels. Test performance, however, was harder to predict and showed fewer consistent patterns. These findings suggest that teaching and encouraging specific online study behaviors may help support younger students’ academic growth in digital learning environments.

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Title
Understanding Fourth-Grade Student Achievement Using Process Data from Student’s Web-Based/Online Math Homework Exercises
Author
Ilina Oksana 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Antonyan Sona 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Kosogorova, Maria 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Mirny, Anna 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Brodskaia Jenya 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Singhal Manasi 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Belakurski Pavel 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Iyer Shreya 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Ni, Brandon 1 ; Shah Ranai 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Sharma, Milind 1 ; Ludlow, Larry 2   VIAFID ORCID Logo 

 Russian School of Mathematics, Newton, MA 02459, USA; [email protected] (O.I.); [email protected] (S.A.); [email protected] (A.M.); [email protected] (J.B.); [email protected] (M.S.); 
 School of Education and Human Development, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467, USA; [email protected] 
Publication title
Volume
15
Issue
6
First page
753
Number of pages
19
Publication year
2025
Publication date
2025
Publisher
MDPI AG
Place of publication
Basel
Country of publication
Switzerland
Publication subject
e-ISSN
22277102
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
Document type
Journal Article
Publication history
 
 
Online publication date
2025-06-14
Milestone dates
2025-05-22 (Received); 2025-06-13 (Accepted)
Publication history
 
 
   First posting date
14 Jun 2025
ProQuest document ID
3223899939
Document URL
https://www.proquest.com/scholarly-journals/understanding-fourth-grade-student-achievement/docview/3223899939/se-2?accountid=208611
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© 2025 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.
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2025-06-25
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