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Predicting Student Performance from Combined Data Sources

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Educational Data Mining

Part of the book series: Studies in Computational Intelligence ((SCI,volume 524))

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This chapter will explore the use of predictive modeling methods for identifying students who will benefit most from tutor interventions. This is a growing area of research and is especially useful in distance learning where tutors and students do not meet face to face. The methods discussed will include decision-tree classification, support vector machine (SVM), general unary hypotheses automaton (GUHA), Bayesian networks, and linear and logistic regression. These methods have been trialed through building and testing predictive models using data from several Open University (OU) modules. The Open University offers a good test-bed for this work, as it is one of the largest distance learning institutions in Europe. The chapter will discuss how the predictive capacity of the different sources of data changes as the course progresses. It will also highlight the importance of understanding how a student’s pattern of behavior changes during the course.

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Abbreviations

ANOVA:

Analysis of variance

CMS:

Course management system

CS:

Course signals

GUHA:

General unary hypotheses automaton

MOOC:

Massive open online course

OU:

Open university

SVM:

Support vector machine

TMA:

Tutor marked assessment

VLE:

Virtual learning environment

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Wolff, A., Zdrahal, Z., Herrmannova, D., Knoth, P. (2014). Predicting Student Performance from Combined Data Sources. In: Peña-Ayala, A. (eds) Educational Data Mining. Studies in Computational Intelligence, vol 524. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-02738-8_7

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