A Critical Review of Data Mining for Education: What has been done, what has been learnt and what remains to be seen

Authors : Ilias PAPADOGIANNIS, Vassilis POULOPOULOS, Manolis WALLACE

Pages : 353-372

Doi:10.24331/ijere.755047

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Publication Date : 2020-10-01

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :This article provides a thorough review of educational data mining insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(EDM); in the period 2015-2019. Going beyond earlier review works, in this article we examine previous research from a variety of aspects, including the examined data, the algorithms used, the type of conclusions drawn, the educational level/setting of application and the actual exploitation of the results in the educational setting. Our findings indicate that tertiary education dominates the EDM domain, while minimal focus has been given to secondary education and almost none to primary education. Our finding, and suggestion, is that by focusing EDM on earlier education level the field can have a more profound impact on education and on society as a whole
Keywords : Educational data mining, student performance, secondary education