How does learning analytics contribute to prevent students' dropout in higher education: a systematic literature review

CF de Oliveira, SR Sobral, MJ Ferreira… - Big Data and Cognitive …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Retention and dropout of higher education students is a subject that must be analysed
carefully. Learning analytics can be used to help prevent failure cases. The purpose of this …

On the use of soft computing methods in educational data mining and learning analytics research: A review of years 2010–2018

A Charitopoulos, M Rangoussi… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Springer
The aim of this paper is to survey recent research publications that use Soft Computing
methods to answer education-related problems based on the analysis of educational data …

Educational data mining to predict students' academic performance: A survey study

S Batool, J Rashid, MW Nisar, J Kim, HY Kwon… - Education and …, 2023 - Springer
Educational data mining is an emerging interdisciplinary research area involving both
education and informatics. It has become an imperative research area due to many …

Survey of state-of-the-art mixed data clustering algorithms

A Ahmad, SS Khan - Ieee Access, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Mixed data comprises both numeric and categorical features, and mixed datasets occur
frequently in many domains, such as health, finance, and marketing. Clustering is often …

Knowledge discovery for higher education student retention based on data mining: Machine learning algorithms and case study in Chile

CA Palacios, JA Reyes-Suárez, LA Bearzotti, V Leiva… - Entropy, 2021 - mdpi.com
Data mining is employed to extract useful information and to detect patterns from often large
data sets, closely related to knowledge discovery in databases and data science. In this …

A comparative study on student performance prediction using machine learning

Y Chen, L Zhai - Education and Information Technologies, 2023 - Springer
Accompanied with the development of storage and processing capacity of modern
technology, educational data increases sharply. It is difficult for educational researchers to …

[HTML][HTML] Uplift Modeling for preventing student dropout in higher education

D Olaya, J Vásquez, S Maldonado, J Miranda… - Decision support …, 2020 - Elsevier
Uplift modeling is an approach for estimating the incremental effect of an action or treatment
at the individual level. It has gained attention in the marketing and analytics communities …

Educational big data: Predictions, applications and challenges

X Bai, F Zhang, J Li, T Guo, A Aziz, A **, F **a - Big Data Research, 2021 - Elsevier
Educational big data is becoming a strategic educational asset, exceptionally significant in
advancing educational reform. The term educational big data stems from the rapidly growing …

Trajectory of university dropout: Investigating the cumulative effect of academic vulnerability and proximity to family support

EM Sosu, P Pheunpha - Frontiers in Education, 2019 - frontiersin.org
University dropout is a major policy concern around the world because of its consequences
for the individual, institutions and society. In this study, we offer new evidence by examining …

Data mining and machine learning retention models in higher education

T Cardona, EA Cudney, R Hoerl… - Journal of College …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
This study presents a systematic review of the literature on the predicting student retention in
higher education through machine learning algorithms based on measures such as dropout …