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MATH MODEL OF THE PREDICTION OF UNIVERSITY STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC SUCCESS
Universidad Autonoma de Sinaloa (MEXICO)
About this paper:
Appears in: INTED2011 Proceedings
Publication year: 2011
Pages: 3006-3010
ISBN: 978-84-614-7423-3
ISSN: 2340-1079
Conference name: 5th International Technology, Education and Development Conference
Dates: 7-9 March, 2011
Location: Valencia, Spain
Abstract:
In Mexico, there are very few investigations about students and the conditions in which their education path occur during their years at the university level.

However, there are numerous doubts when we try to answer the following questions: why are they studying? How did they get in? What is their academic performance?

The following research examines the educational paths of all graduates from the Computer Science Faculty in Mazatlan (Universidad Autonoma de Sinaloa) with the help of their overall performance and analyzing qualitative and quantitative factors such as their age, sex, high school general average, level of stress and learning styles.

We would like this study to both guide us in choosing students who would like to study in Computer Science as well as be a fair tool of prediction for the academic performance of our students. Moreover, we use mathematical methods to compare numerous variables which affect the academic performance and we build a model to determine the probability of success.
Keywords:
Math Model, Higher Education, Academic Success, Computer Science.