A fast measure for identifying at-risk students in computer science

ICER'12 - Proceedings of the 9th Annual International Conference on International Computing Education Research

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 55-62

  Falkner, Nickolas J G ^a   Falkner, Katrina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Assessment; Engagement

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT; BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE SYSTEMS; CLASS SIZE; DROP-OUT; ELECTRONIC SUBMISSION; ENGAGEMENT; GRADE POINT AVERAGE; RISK OF FAILURE; STUDENT PERFORMANCE;

DATA WAREHOUSES; DROPS; TEACHING;

STUDENTS;

EID: 84867356018     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/2361276.2361288     Document Type: Conference Paper

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