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ERIC Number: ED615302
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2016-Apr
Pages: 6
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: EISSN-
EISSN: N/A
Predicting Student Performance on Post-Requisite Skills Using Prerequisite Skill Data: An Alternative Method for Refining Prerequisite Skill Structures
Adjei, Seth A.; Botelho, Anthony F.; Heffernan, Neil T.
Grantee Submission, Paper presented at the International Conference on Learning Analytics & Knowledge Conference (LAK) (6th, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, Apr 25-29, 2016)
Prerequisite skill structures have been closely studied in past years leading to many data-intensive methods aimed at refining such structures. While many of these proposed methods have yielded success, defining and refining hierarchies of skill relationships are often difficult tasks. The relationship between skills in a graph could either be causal, therefore, a prerequisite relationship (skill A must be learned before skill B). The relationship may be noncausal, in which case the ordering of skills does not matter and may indicate that both skills are prerequisites of another skill. In this study, we propose a simple, effective method of determining the strength of pre-to-post-requisite skill relationships. We then compare our results with a teacher-level survey about the strength of the relationships of the observed skills and find that the survey results largely confirm our findings in the data-driven approach. [This paper was published in: "LAK '16: Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Learning Analytics & Knowledge," (pp. 469-473).]
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Speeches/Meeting Papers
Education Level: N/A
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: National Science Foundation (NSF); Institute of Education Sciences (ED); Office of Postsecondary Education (ED); Office of Naval Research (ONR) (DOD)
Authoring Institution: N/A
IES Funded: Yes
Grant or Contract Numbers: ACI1440753; DRL1252297; DRL1109483; DRL1316736; DGE1535428; DRL1031398; R305A120125; R305C100024