Classification via clustering for predicting final marks based on student participation in forums

Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Educational Data Mining, EDM 2012

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Lopez M I ^a   Luna, J M ^a   Romero, C ^a   Ventura, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Classification; Classification via clustering; Forums; Prediction; Social networks analysis

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); DATA MINING; FORECASTING; STUDENTS;

CLASSIFICATION ALGORITHM; CLUSTERING APPROACH; EXPECTATION-MAXIMISATION; FORUMS; SOCIAL NETWORKS ANALYSIS; STUDENT PARTICIPATION; UNIVERSITY COURSE; UNIVERSITY STUDENTS;

CLUSTERING ALGORITHMS;

EID: 85084012504     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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