Abstract
Objective: Academic institutions worldwide are continually trying to improve their curricula to address the needs of industry and government. Many technology curricula emerged to satisfy well recognized IT standards and critical components. Colleges and universities are now inclined to include IT certification in their curricula. Moreover, this study aims to develop a model that will predict outcomes based performance of the IT students in their Cisco Certification Program. Method: The data sets used in this field are the forms of the 3rd year BSIT students enrolled in the Cisco Routing and Switching Certification Program from S.Y 2016-2017. Findings: There were 165 datasets with five variables Pre-Test, Quizzes, Hands-on Skills Exam, Final Exam, and Remarks. The Data Mining process predicts the performance of the students in the certification program, individually, the J48 Algorithm derived from a C4.5 decision tree model. The results revealed that Quizzes had the highest instances of achieving a passing mark and became the first split between the (Finals<=79.67) and (Finals> 79.67) in predicting student Performance in the CISCO Certificate Program. Moreover, it showed the decision tree model Quizzes has the highest factor that students will get Passed, Failed, or Conditional marks. Application/Improvements: In order to obtain more precise results, we can employ other reputable data mining techniques and prediction algorithms or a combination of both to assess and guide student performance in future studies. Keywords: Academic Performance, Certification, Data Mining, J48 Algorithm, CCNA
Highlights
IntroductionEducation should align the “how” and “what” of finding out by themselves and the creation of work that awaits them after they leave school[1]
Education should align the “how” and “what” of finding out by themselves and the creation of work that awaits them after they leave school[1]. In keeping with this trend, academic institutions worldwide are continually trying to improve their curricula to address the needs of industry and government, which resulted in the emergence of IT standards and critical components
The collected datasets of this work are from the previous ratings of the Leyte Normal University 3rd year BSIT registered students in the CCNA Routing and Switching (Introduction to Networks) Certification Program from S.Y 2016-2017
Summary
Education should align the “how” and “what” of finding out by themselves and the creation of work that awaits them after they leave school[1]. In keeping with this trend, academic institutions worldwide are continually trying to improve their curricula to address the needs of industry and government, which resulted in the emergence of IT standards and critical components. Colleges and universities are inclined to include IT certification in their curriculums This new trend drives academic institutions worldwide to face the challenge of developing a course of study that produces graduates with strong foundations in Information Technology and strengthens the skills that make them readily employable.
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