ERIC Number: ED599189
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2019-Jul
Pages: 6
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Clustering Students Based on Their Prior Knowledge
Khayi, Nisrine Ait; Rus, Vasile
International Educational Data Mining Society, Paper presented at the International Conference on Educational Data Mining (EDM) (12th, Montreal, Canada, Jul 2-5, 2019)
In this paper, we applied a number of clustering algorithms on pretest data collected from 264 high-school students. Students took the pre-test at the beginning of a 5-week experiment in which they interacted with an intelligent tutoring system. The primary goal of this work is to identify clusters of students exhibiting similar knowledge patterns. In particular, we show that the DP-means clustering algorithm yields very good results using binary response data. Other clustering algorithms such as k-modes have demonstrated better results when using categorical response data. [For the full proceedings, see ED599096.]
Descriptors: High School Students, Cluster Grouping, Prior Learning, Intelligent Tutoring Systems, Student Evaluation, Computation, Science Education, Scientific Concepts, Problem Solving, Physics, Science Tests
International Educational Data Mining Society. e-mail: admin@educationaldatamining.org; Web site: http://www.educationaldatamining.org
Publication Type: Speeches/Meeting Papers; Reports - Research
Education Level: High Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
Sponsor: Institute of Education Sciences (ED)
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Force Concept Inventory
IES Funded: Yes
Grant or Contract Numbers: R305A100875
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