Data Mining in Educational Settings

Educational mining is an evolving trend in research capacity thatdeals with the growth of tools and techniques to discover hiddenpattern lying in the data in an educational context. Mining is helpingall the educational stakeholders working in different lines ofeducation. It is helping administrators to manage resources effectivelyand faculty to analyze students’ performance, their learning behavior,and to predict their future path. Problem definition, data gatheringand preparation, model building and evaluation, and knowledgedevelopment are the four steps typically involve in educationalmining.