Research Article

Integrating LA and EDM for Improving Students Success in Higher Education Using FCN Algorithm

Table 1

Comparison of existing methods of educational data mining and data analytics.

Author nameTechniquesProposed methodComparative methodsProblems

Göppert, A. et al. [20]Artificial neural networkDynamic interconnected based assembly systems for student performance predictionANNNeed to use a greedy approach for better results
Greedy heuristic approaches
Chango et al. [21]Data diffusion-based approachMulti-mode data fusion based student academic prediction modelJRIP REPTREENeed to extract semantic level features
PART
Nage
Random tree
J48
Mubarak et al. [22]Combination of CNN and LSTMA deep learning-based analytic modelCNN-based LSTMMisclassification issues in complex data
DNN (deep neural network)
SVM (support vector machine)
Logistic regression (LR)
Fotso et al. [23]Deep neural networkDeep learning-based model for learner performance predictionRNNFor more effective results, need to work on more features
LSTM
GRU (gated recurrent unit)
Al Nagi et al. [24]SVMMachine learning-based model for student performance predictionDecision treePoor feature extraction results
ANNSVM (support vector machine)
DTANN (artificial neural network)
KNNKNN (K-nearest neighbour)
Random forest
Raga et al. [25]A deep neural network-based systemBlended learning-based DNN approach for student performance predictionDataset-based comparisonLimited information
Brahim (2022) [26]Random-forestMachine learning-based model for student performance predictionSVM (support vector machine)Poor feature extraction results; more advanced machine learning algorithms are needed for feature extraction
SVMDecision tree
Naïve Bayes,ANN (artificial neural networks)
Logistic regressionNaïve Bayes
MLPKNN (K-nearest neighbor)
Logistic regression
Afzaal et al. [27]Logistic regressionMachine learning-based approach, a dashboard that provides data-driven feedback for assessment of students outcomesLogistic regressionThe dashboard that provides feedback and recommendations does not provide evidence about improved student knowledge about course contents; the sample size is small
KNN (k nearest neighbors)KNN (k nearest neighbors)
SVMSVM
Random-forestRandom forest
MLPMLP
BayesNetBayesNet