Data Mining
Transcript: Helps effectively allocate resources like tutoring. A Balance is Needed Data Mining programs are in there infancy and may be difficult for the average teacher to understand. Benefits What's Your Take? How Does Data Mining Help? Despite this only 75% of students graduate on time (Snyder, 2010, p. 3). The Federal Government Spends about 170 Billion Dollars on Public Education (Snyder, 2010, p. 537). Data Mining TreeNet BlackBoard MARS CART Dogan, B., & Camurcu, A. (2010). Visual clustering of multidimensional educational data from an intelligent tutoring system. Computer Applications In Engineering Education, 18(2), 375-382 Snyder, T. D., Dillow, S. A., & National Center for Education Statistics, (. (2011). Digest of Education Statistics, 2010. NCES 2011-015. National Center For Education Statistics, . Preidys, S., & Sakalauskas, L. (2010). ANALYSIS OF STUDENTS' STUDY ACTIVITIES IN VIRTUAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS USING DATA MINING METHODS. Technological & Economic Development Of Economy, 16(1), 94-108. Educational Data Mining and Learning Analytics. Classroom Aid. (n.d.). Connecting dots for digital learning and teaching. http://classroom-aid.com/2012/10/17/educational-data-mining-and-learning-analytics/ Teachers already gather data from students all the time everyday. Except there is too much information for one person to analyze Data Mining Software organizes the data and allows teachers to easily access and use it to plan accordingly Also helps identify advanced learners to be challenged further http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/VSHF2WQ References Statistics It's an app that allows teachers and administrations to be more effective A New Way to Teach There needs to be a system that helps allocate funding more efficiently Data Mining Programs http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/VRLPT3L Allows a teacher to plan with the specific need and strengths of each child Now what do you know? What it is? Currently