Early Prediction of Course Grades: Models and Feature Selection

3 Dec 2018  ·  Hengxuan Li, Collin F. Lynch, Tiffany Barnes ·

In this paper, we compare predictive models for students' final performance in a blended course using a set of generic features collected from the first six weeks of class. These features were extracted from students' online homework submission logs as well as other online actions. We compare the effectiveness of 5 different ML algorithms (SVMs, Support Vector Regression, Decision Tree, Naive Bayes and K-Nearest Neighbor). We found that SVMs outperform other models and improve when compared to the baseline. This study demonstrates feasible implementations for predictive models that rely on common data from blended courses that can be used to monitor students' progress and to tailor instruction.

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