Data Analytics and Decision-Making in Education: Towards the Educational Data Scientist as a Key Actor in Schools and Higher Education Institutions

The authors of this book chapter illustrate how traditional data analyses are becoming gradually substituted by more sophisticated forms of analytics. They provide a classification for recent movements (such as learning analytics, academic analytics and educational data mining). This resource is useful for anyone interested in understanding growing trends in data analytics in education.

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Book chapter
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Full Copyright - All rights reserved
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All
Language
English
Topics
Data Analysis
Keywords
data analytics
Authors
Agasisti, T.
Bowers, A.J.
Copyright Holder
Edward Elgar Publishing Limited
Publisher/Source
Edward Elgar Publishing Limited
ISBN
9781785369063
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