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A Learning Analytics Approach for Student Performance Assessment


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1 Department of Computer Science, Helwan University, Cairo, Egypt
 

Due to the increasing interest in big data especially in the educational field and online education has led to a conflict in terms of performance indicators of the student. In this paper we discuss the methodology of assessing the student performance in terms of the success indicators revealing a number of indicators that is recommended to indicate success of the final academic achievement.

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Big Data, Student Success, Performance Indicators.
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Authors

Mohamed H. Haggag
Department of Computer Science, Helwan University, Cairo, Egypt
Mahmood Abdel Latif
Department of Computer Science, Helwan University, Cairo, Egypt
Deena Mostafa Helal
Department of Computer Science, Helwan University, Cairo, Egypt

Abstract


Due to the increasing interest in big data especially in the educational field and online education has led to a conflict in terms of performance indicators of the student. In this paper we discuss the methodology of assessing the student performance in terms of the success indicators revealing a number of indicators that is recommended to indicate success of the final academic achievement.

Keywords


Big Data, Student Success, Performance Indicators.

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