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A META-ANALYSIS OF EDUCATIONAL DATA MINING ON IMPROVEMENTS IN LEARNING OUTCOMES.

A meta-synthesis study was conducted of 60 research studies on educational data mining (EDM) and their impacts on and outcomes for improving learning outcomes. After an overview, an examination of these outcomes is provided (Romero, Ventura, Espejo, & Hervás, 2008; Romero, et al., 2011). Then, a rev...

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Published in:College Student Journal Vol. 47; no. 2; pp. 326 - 334
Main Authors: ALSHAMMARI, IQBAL A., ALDHAFIRI, MOHAMMED D., AL-SHAMMARI, ZAID
Format: Article
Published: Project Innovation Austin LLC Summer2013
Subjects:
Educational outcomes
Meta-analysis
Data mining
Academic achievement
Educational forecasting
Computers in education
Learning ability
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
Summary:A meta-synthesis study was conducted of 60 research studies on educational data mining (EDM) and their impacts on and outcomes for improving learning outcomes. After an overview, an examination of these outcomes is provided (Romero, Ventura, Espejo, & Hervás, 2008; Romero, et al., 2011). Then, a review of other EDM-related research published after 2008 (88 studies) was completed. Thirty-nine of those studies also offered an overview of EDM's impact on learning outcomes. In addition, 12 of the 39 studies investigated the efficacy of EDM for learning outcomes. EDM characteristics (i.e., tools, techniques, models, procedures, measures, and results) were examined in each of the 12 studies. Ninety-four of the total 148 studies showed positive results for EDM. Directions for future research are discussed.