Mixed-type Variables Clustering for Learners’ Behavior in Flipped Classroom Implementation

Daniel Febrian Sengkey; Angelina Stevany Regina Masengi

doi:10.52549/ijeei.v11i1.4376

Mixed-type Variables Clustering for Learners’ Behavior in Flipped Classroom Implementation

Daniel Febrian Sengkey, Angelina Stevany Regina Masengi

Abstract

Numerous approaches have been developed to group learners’ behavior in an online/blended learning environment. However, most clustering analyses in this particular field only consider numeric features despite the existence of categoric features that are found important in other studies. In this study, we compare K-Means and K-Prototypes algorithms to cluster learners’ behavior in a flipped classroom implementation. From the model selection, we found that the model produced by the K-Prototypes algorithm — which included categoric features — is a better one. The statistical analysis of the clustering results of the selected K-Prototypes model shows significant differences in most of the inter-cluster comparisons, implying a good separation of the data. More importantly, we can identify the behavior in each cluster which then can be used to help learners in achieving better results in learning.

Keywords

learning behavior analysis; clustering; mixed-type variables; blended learning; flipped classroom

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