DOI: 10.36347/sjahss.2014.v02i03.014

Pages: 440-444

Educational data mining (EDM) is an interdisciplinary research area which is concerned with developing methods and techniques to explore big educational data. Due to the persistent growth and increasing availability of educational data, EDM facilitates data-driven decision making for enhancing learning and instruction. In the first place, this analytical study provides an introduction to EDM. Then, the researchers will look at various application areas of data mining in education, and lastly major challenges in mining big educational data are presented. The information provided in this paper enables educators to understand how big data helps them in improving the teaching and learning processes.