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DATA MINING FOR LEARNING ANALYTICS
Figure 1: Clusters of behaviour related to degree programme and
final mark %
It can be seen that for P11102, P11916 and P03657 there are examples
of students that have high levels of engagement and are achieving
high marks. It can also be seen that in P11361, P12241 and P11916 that
there are examples of students who have low levels of engagement
and have achieved low marks. This is perhaps to be expected and
is in line with the correlation co-efficients detailed in the previous
section.
However, there are a number of students on P11361 that had low
levels of engagement and have achieved high marks (Box A) and
conversely on P03657 showing high levels of engagement, whilst
achieving low marks (Box B).
It seems that there are a minority of students on particular degree
programmes who have achieved a high coursework mark but share
the attributes of those who have not and vice versa i.e. students that
have performed well on the module but have similar behaviour to
those that have not. Potential reasons for this finding are discussed
in the following section.