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Real-time and open online course resources of MOOCs have attracted a large number of learners in recent years. However, many new questions were emerging about the high dropout rate of learners. For MOOCs platform, predicting the learning…

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Reading assessments are essential for enhancing students' comprehension, yet many EdTech applications focus mainly on outcome-based metrics, providing limited insights into student behavior and cognition. This study investigates the use of…

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In this study, we investigate the combination of indicators, including performance, behavioral engagement, and emotional engagement, to identify students experiencing difficulties. We analyzed data from two primary sources: digital traces…

The birth of massive open online courses (MOOCs) has had an undeniable effect on how teaching is being delivered. It seems that traditional in class teaching is becoming less popular with the young generation, the generation that wants to…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2020-12-03 Sepinoud Azimi , Carmen-Gabriela Popa , Tatjana Cucić

Formal software testing education is important for building efficient QA professionals. Various aspects of quality assurance approaches are usually covered in courses for training software testing students. Automated Test Tools is one of…

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The increasing popularity of e-learning has created demand for improving online education through techniques such as predictive analytics and content recommendations. In this paper, we study learner outcome predictions, i.e., predictions of…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-01-24 Yuwei Tu , Weiyu Chen , Christopher G. Brinton

The past decade has seen a growth in the development and deployment of educational technologies for assisting college-going students in choosing majors, selecting courses and acquiring feedback based on past academic performance. Grade…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2018-01-18 Zhiyun Ren , Xia Ning , Huzefa Rangwala

Teaching and Learning process of an educational institution needs to be monitored and effectively analysed for enhancement. Teaching and Learning is a vital element for an educational institution. It is also one of the criteria set by…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2017-06-13 Ms. Ganesan Kavitha , Dr. Lawrance Raj

Early-warning models built from Learning Management System (LMS) logs aim to predict end-of-course outcomes early enough to enable timely learner support. However, reported "early" performance is often inflated by temporal leakage. This…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-05-26 Ngoc Luyen Le , Marie-Hélène Abel , Bertrand Laforge

Sustained effort is essential for realizing the benefits of intelligent tutoring systems (ITS), yet many learners disengage or underuse available practice time. We introduce engagement forecasting as a supervised prediction task based on…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-05-14 Eric S. Qiu , Danielle R. Thomas , Boyuan Guo , Vincent Aleven , Conrad Borchers

Student performance prediction - where a machine forecasts the future performance of students as they interact with online coursework - is a challenging problem. Reliable early-stage predictions of a student's future performance could be…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2018-04-23 Byung-Hak Kim , Ethan Vizitei , Varun Ganapathi

Now-a-days the amount of data stored in educational database increasing rapidly. These databases contain hidden information for improvement of students' performance. Educational data mining is used to study the data available in the…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2012-03-20 Surjeet Kumar Yadav , Saurabh Pal

Evaluating teachers' skills is crucial for enhancing education quality and student outcomes. Teacher discourse, significantly influencing student performance, is a key component. However, coding this discourse can be laborious. This study…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2024-12-20 Samuel Falcon , Jaime Leon

Analyzing and evaluating students' progress in any learning environment is stressful and time consuming if done using traditional analysis methods. This is further exasperated by the increasing number of students due to the shift of focus…

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It has long been recognized that academic success is a result of both cognitive and non-cognitive dimensions acting together. Consequently, any intelligent learning platform designed to improve learning outcomes (LOs) must provide…

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We propose a novel approach to leveraging pre-trained language models (LMs) for early forecasting of academic trajectories in STEM students using high-dimensional longitudinal experiential data. This data, which captures students'…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-03-31 Ahatsham Hayat , Bilal Khan , Mohammad Rashedul Hasan

Data-driven decision making is serving and transforming education. We approached the problem of predicting students' performance by using multiple data sources which came from online courses, including one we created. Experimental results…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2021-09-17 Mélina Verger , Hugo Jair Escalante

In educational technology and learning sciences, there are multiple uses for a predictive model of whether a student will perform a task correctly or not. For example, an intelligent tutoring system may use such a model to estimate whether…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2015-01-13 April Galyardt , Ilya Goldin

The main objective of higher education is to provide quality education to students. One way to achieve highest level of quality in higher education system is by discovering knowledge for prediction regarding enrolment of students in a…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2012-03-19 Surjeet Kumar Yadav , Brijesh Bharadwaj , Saurabh Pal

Learner satisfaction is a critical quality signal in massive open online courses (MOOCs), directly influencing retention, engagement, and platform reputation. Most existing methods infer satisfaction \emph{post hoc} from end-of-course…

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