Education stakeholders in times of the Covid-19 pandemic require a broad empirical base to recover from the crisis and to strengthen the resilience of education systems in the future. National assessments of students learning outcomes are potentially useful sources of education data during the COVID-19 pandemic, playing a pivotal role in monitoring school systems and improving education...
The study of gender differences in mathematics attainment has exponentially increased over time as closing the gap between boys and girls is a priority for both research and policy. Mathematics has in fact been listed by the European Commission as one of the ‘key competences’ necessary to all for personal fulfilment and development. Nonetheless, there are still several countries around the...
In this talk, we first briefly discuss the definitions of Educational Data Mining and Learning Analytics, providing an overview of the most used statistical methods in both fields, as well as a synopsis of their differences and similarities. The possible aims of the different methods, aimed at uncovering hidden patterns in educational data, are stressed pointing to the possible services...
