Indonesian Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Vol 34, No 1: April 2024

Evaluating various machine learning methods for predicting students' math performance in the 2019 TIMSS

Abdelamine Elouafi (Ibn Tofail University)
Ilyas Tammouch (Ibn Tofail University)
Souad Eddarouich (Regional Educational Center)
Raja Touahni (Ibn Tofail University)



Article Info

Publish Date
01 Apr 2024

Abstract

The growth of a country strongly depends on the quality of its educational system. All over the world, the education sectors are experiencing a fundamental evolution of their mode of operation. The greatest challenge for education today is the low success rate of learners and the abandonment of education in institutions at a premature age. Early prediction of student failure can help administrators provide timely guidance and supervision to enhance student success and retention. We propose a performance prediction model based on students' social and academic integration using several classification algorithms. This study involves a comparative analysis of five algorithms: logistics regression, k-nearest neighbors (K-NN), support vector machine (SVM), decision tree, and random forest. They were applied to a set of data from TIMSS 2019 in Morocco, to determine their effectiveness in predicting student performance using prediction models such as logistics regression, KNN, SVM, decision-tree, and random forest, decision-makers can make data-driven decisions to enhance educational strategies and improve outcomes in mathematics education.

Copyrights © 2024