Application of Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process in Environmental Economics Education: Under the Online and Offline Blended Teaching Mode

Quan Liu,Yan Cao,Yalin Liu,Jicong Tan,Yanzheng Liu,Ying Zhu,Qian Zhang

doi:10.3390/su14042414

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Abstract

This study used fuzzy analytic hierarchy process (FAHP) to evaluate students’ performance in an environmental economics course under the mode of online and offline blended teaching (OOBT). OOBT was a new teaching mode combining traditional offline teaching with online teaching platform, which could improve students’ after-class learning efficiency and eliminate the limitations of traditional classroom teaching by using an online teaching platform. However, at present, the evaluation methods of OOBT students’ achievement have been scarce. Therefore, this article adopted FAHP to evaluate students’ performance under OOBT. The evaluated course was environmental economics. The results showed that FAHP was not completely dependent on students’ paper scores, and could evaluate students’ scores from group work, attendance, class discussions, and other aspects. The use of OOBT and FAHP led to overall improvement in students’ scores, the average score increased by 7.38, and 81.55% of students were in the middle grade. The case study showed that the integration of FAHP into OOBT could scientifically assign the weight of each evaluation index, make complex performance evaluation problems organized, and fully reflect the comprehensive quality of students. It could also understand students’ dynamics in time, and continuously optimize the course structure according to the feedback information.

Highlights

Thanks to the information age, the online and offline blended teaching mode (OOBT)was created as a new teaching mode that integrates online and offline teaching [1,2]
fuzzy analytic hierarchy process (FAHP) reduced the influence of subjective factors in the process evaluation scoring system and made the weight of each evaluation index clear
The influence of subjective factors in the process evaluation scoring system was reduced, and the weight of each evaluation index was clarified; on the other hand, the teaching effect of OOBT could be tested, and the teaching arrangement could be adjusted in time according to students’

Summary

Introduction

Thanks to the information age, the online and offline blended teaching mode (OOBT). was created as a new teaching mode that integrates online and offline teaching [1,2]. Compared with solely online teaching, OOBT has its advantages, but there still exist some issues on evaluating students’ performance. How to evaluate students’ performance under OOBT mode has become a concern of teachers and students. Most teachers found the argument scoring tool helpful in their practice, but they had some difficulties in understanding it, so the method of assessing student performance should be easy to understand. Efendi [17] proposed an optimized weighted fuzzy optimization model to evaluate students’ performance, but the model was more complicated, which might cause problems in application. Combined with the offline learning performance, the establishment of student performance evaluation system gave full play to the advantages of FAHP in the process of assessment, providing reference for building high-quality class and the construction of a scientific and reasonable OOBT performance evaluation system

Methods

Set Method

Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process

Steps of Students’ Performance Evaluation

Environmental Economics

Data Source

Result Analysis

Findings

4.4.Conclusions