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Predictive Analytics Approach to Improve and Sustain College Students’ Non-Cognitive Skills and Their Educational Outcome

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  • John C. Yi

    (Department of Decision and System Sciences, Haub School of Business, Saint Joseph’s University, Philadelphia, PA 19131, USA)

  • Christina D. Kang-Yi

    (Center for Mental Health Policy and Services Research, Department of Psychiatry, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19131, USA)

  • Flavia Burton

    (Department of Decision and System Sciences, Haub School of Business, Saint Joseph’s University, Philadelphia, PA 19131, USA)

  • H. David Chen

    (Department of Decision and System Sciences, Haub School of Business, Saint Joseph’s University, Philadelphia, PA 19131, USA)

Abstract

The application of predictive analytics in higher education has increasingly gained acceptance and interest over the years. In this study, a predictive model is developed to map students’ non-cognitive skills against their class performance. Our predictive analytics model identified the non-cognitive skills that predicted new students’ class performance based on the dataset collected early in the semester. Based on the predictive analytics results, tailored teaching to improve students’ non-cognitive skills was offered in a required class designed for undergraduate business students. The improvement in the average final semester grade for students in the tailored-taught classes based on our predicted analytics approach was 9%, which was higher than that of the class grade taught without the approach. The study finding also demonstrates a long-term, sustainable positive effect to the students with the predictive analytics approach.

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  • John C. Yi & Christina D. Kang-Yi & Flavia Burton & H. David Chen, 2018. "Predictive Analytics Approach to Improve and Sustain College Students’ Non-Cognitive Skills and Their Educational Outcome," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 10(11), pages 1-14, November.
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