Supporting teachers in adaptive educational systems through predictive models: A proof of concept

Expert Systems with Applications

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 621-625

  Gaudioso, Elena ^a   Montero, Miguel ^b   Hernandez Del Olmo, Felix ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE EDUCACIÓN A DISTANCIA   (Spain)

^b IES Tomás Navarro Tomás ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

Adaptive educational systems; Descriptive models; Machine learning; Predictive models

Indexed keywords

COURSE MATERIAL; DESCRIPTIVE MODEL; EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMS; LEARNING PROCESS; MACHINE-LEARNING; PREDICTIVE MODELING; PREDICTIVE MODELS; PROOF OF CONCEPT;

LEARNING SYSTEMS; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

EDUCATION COMPUTING;

EID: 81855197001     PISSN: 09574174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2011.07.052     Document Type: Article

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