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Learning Pathways and Students Performance: A Dynamic Complex System.

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¹Sección de Estudios de Posgrado e Investigación, Escuela Superior de Medicina, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Mexico City 11340, Mexico.

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Student learning pathways, modeled as networks, exhibit fractal and exponential patterns. Deep learning accurately predicts student success (94% accuracy) by analyzing these complex learning pathways, demonstrating equifinality.

Keywords:

complex network deep learning learning pathways learning performance

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Area of Science:

Educational Technology
Complex Systems Science
Network Science

Background:

Student learning pathways are often analyzed using network models derived from log data.
Previous research indicated fractal properties in successful students' networks and exponential patterns in those who failed.
Understanding learning pathway dynamics is crucial for improving educational outcomes.

Purpose of the Study:

To provide empirical evidence for emergence, non-additivity, and equifinality in student learning pathways.
To classify learning pathways based on student performance in a blended course.
To utilize deep learning for predicting learning outcomes from pathway structures.

Main Methods:

Student-LMS interaction logs were used to construct learning pathway networks.
A fractal-based method was employed to extract relevant learning activities (nodes) sequentially.
Deep learning networks were applied to classify these sequences and predict student performance (passed/failed).

Main Results:

The fractal method effectively reduced the number of relevant nodes in learning pathways.
Deep learning models achieved high predictive accuracy for learning performance: 94% accuracy, 97% AUC, and 88% Matthews correlation.
The study successfully modeled equifinality within complex learning systems using deep learning.

Conclusions:

Student learning pathways exhibit complex system properties like emergence and equifinality.
Deep learning networks are effective tools for analyzing and predicting learning outcomes from complex pathway data.
The findings highlight the potential of network analysis and deep learning in educational research and practice.