This research explores the use of eXplainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) in Educational Data Mining (EDM) to improve the performance and explainability of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) models predicting at-risk students. Explainable predictions provide students and educators with more insight into at-risk indicators and…

The main goal of learning analytics and early detection systems is to extract knowledge from student data to understand students' trends of activities towards success and risk and design intervention methods to improve learning performance and experience. However, many factors contribute to the challenge of designing and building effective…

The importance of retention rate for higher education institutions has encouraged data analysts to present various methods to predict at-risk students. Their objective is to provide timely information that may enable educators to channel the most effective remedial treatments towards precisely targeted students in an efficient manner. The present…