There has been some work done in a variety of places that look at indicators
of students who may be struggling so that early interventions can be taken
to help them and keep them on the course.
It is a long time since I have seen any of this work, and cannot remember
the details, but it went something like handing in several bits of work
late, not borrowing (relevant) material from the library, not attending
lectures / seminars etc.
The point was that it was the combination of indicators that was useful. A
student handing one piece of course work in late, or just on one course is
typically in a very different situation to one who does that over several
courses / modules or whatever. There is therefore a need to aggregate the
data across both modules and time.
I have a very vague recollection of the University of Kent having written a
program to do this some time in the 1990s so I don't know if they still use
it, or who you would need to talk to.
There is a JISCmail list Improving Student Learning ([log in to unmask]) I
think that they might be able to provide you with some useful ideas. It is
an open list, so you can join or I can post the question if you like.
regards
Tom Franklin
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