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Using a pre-assessment exam to construct an effective concept-based genetic program for predicting course success

  • Gary D. Boetticher
  • , Wei Ding
  • , Charles Moen
  • , Kwok Bun Vue
  • UHCL

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Abstract

There is a limit on the amount of time a faculty member may devote to each student. As a consequence, a faculty member must quickly determine which student needs more attention than others throughout a semester. One of the most demanding courses in the CS curriculum is a data structures course. This course has a tendency for high drop rates at our university. A pre-assessment exam is developed for the data structures class in order to provide feedback to both faculty and students. This exam helps students determine how well prepared they are for the course. In order to determine a student's chance of success in this course, a Genetic Program-based experiment is constructed based upon the preassessment exam. The result is a model that produces an average accuracy of 79 percent.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the Thirty-Sixth SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, SIGCSE 2005
PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery
Pages500-504
Number of pages5
ISBN (Print)1581139977, 9781581139976
DOIs
StatePublished - 2005
EventProceedings of the Thirty-Sixth SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, SIGCSE 2005 - St. Louis, MO, United States
Duration: Feb 23 2005Feb 27 2005

Publication series

NameProceedings of the Thirty-Sixth SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, SIGCSE 2005

Conference

ConferenceProceedings of the Thirty-Sixth SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, SIGCSE 2005
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySt. Louis, MO
Period2/23/052/27/05

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

  • General Engineering

Keywords

  • Academic Success Prediction
  • Classroom Management
  • Concept-based
  • Course Prediction
  • Data Structures
  • Genetic Program
  • Machine Learner
  • Pre-assessment Exam

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