| Abstract | Data mining methods and techniques are applied to educationally related data as part
of the burgeoning field known as educational data mining (EDM). Education data mining is
the name of an emerging multidisciplinary research field that applies data mining (DM) to the
field of education. Its focus is on creating tools for examining the distinctive kinds of data
that emerge from educational settings. The discipline’s main goal is to analyse educational
data and create models that will enhance learning opportunities and institutional effectiveness.
a survey of the literature on issues related to personal recommender systems in education,
student retention and attrition, and the use of data mining to examine course management
system data.
Keywords: data mining, educational data mining, academic analytics, learning analytics.
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