An evaluation model of curriculum teaching base on complex network theory

TLDR: An exhaustive topological analysis of the teaching evaluation network of “VC++ program design” course, focusing on the statistical characterization of degree and closeness centrality is presented.

Abstract: Under the perspectives of network science and modern educational science, the complex network model is a better tool for teaching evaluation then the context of traditional evaluation methods, whose potential mainly unexplored yet. In this work, we propose a new method to construct teaching evaluation network model based on complex network theory. Furthermore, the proposed method is evaluated on the “VC++ program design” course. We present an exhaustive topological analysis of the teaching evaluation network of “VC++ program design” course, focusing on the statistical characterization of degree and closeness centrality. The results demonstrate that the vast majority of students received similar learning outcomes, while there is a small received excellent learning outcomes. These results are the same as the practical situation. We believe that the newly assembled model, which is a weight complex network, can provide valuable hints of teaching evaluation.