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A case study: Data mining applied to student enrollment

  • César Vialardi
  • , Jorge Chue
  • , Alfredo Barrientos
  • , Daniel Victoria
  • , Jhonny Estrella
  • , Juan Pablo Peche
  • , Álvaro Ortigosa

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10 Scopus citations

Abstract

One of the main problems faced by university students is deciding the right learning path based on available information such as courses, schedules and professors. In this context, this paper presents a recommender system based on data mining. This recommender system intends to create awareness of the difficulty and amount of workload entailed by a chosen set of courses. For the purpose of building the underlying model, this paper describes the generation of domain specific variables that are capable of representing students' past performance. The objective is to improve students' performance in general, by reducing the rate of misguided enrollment decisions.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationEducational Data Mining 2010 - 3rd International Conference on Educational Data Mining
PublisherInternational Educational Data Mining Society
Pages333-334
Number of pages2
ISBN (Print)9780615375298
StatePublished - 2010
Externally publishedYes
Event3rd International Conference on Educational Data Mining, EDM 2010 - Pittsburgh, PA, United States
Duration: 11 Jun 201013 Jun 2010

Publication series

NameEducational Data Mining 2010 - 3rd International Conference on Educational Data Mining

Conference

Conference3rd International Conference on Educational Data Mining, EDM 2010
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityPittsburgh, PA
Period11/06/1013/06/10

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