Abbreviation	Implication
EPS	Expanded polystyrene
ELS	Expanded polystyrene particles in lightweight soil
H-D	Hardin–Drnevich model
G	Dynamic shear modulus (MPa)
G max	Maximum dynamic shear modulus (MPa)
ACO i	Achievement degree of each teaching objective
Variables	Implication
P	Confining pressure (kPa)
I	Moment of inertia of the sample (kg·m2)
m	Mass (kg)
d	Outside diameter (m)
I 0	Moment of inertia of the resonant column system (kg·m2)
V s	Shear wave velocity (m/s)
f	Resonance frequency obtained from the resonant column test (Hz)
H	Specimen’s height (m)
β	Torsional vibration frequency equation’s eigenvalue
ρ	Density of the specimen (t/m3)
a E	EPS particle content (%)
γ	Dynamic shear strain (%)
G-γ	Dynamic shear modulus and dynamic shear-strain relationship
a,b	Empirical constants
τ	Dynamic shear stress (kPa)
D	Damage variable
γ0,m0	Parameters of Weibull distribution function
γr	Reference shear strain (%)
R 2	Correlation coefficient
xi	Dynamic shear modulus measured from the resonant column test (MPa)
${\overline{x}}_i$	Average value of the dynamic shear modulus measured from the test (MPa)
x	Dynamic shear modulus obtained from the model calculations (MPa)
A1, t1, y0, g, φ	Model parameters
T	Curing age (d)
V	Resonance output voltage (Volts)
$S_i^j$	Average score of the jth assessment method for the ith teaching objective on a percentage scale
a j	Proportion of the jth assessment method
$b_i^j$	Support weight of the jth assessment method for the ith teaching objective.
n	Total number of assessment methods