Review on Student Profile in Educational Research
Feng Pang, Kaili Lu, Weijiang Gu · 2020
This study reviewed recently published scientific literature on the use of student profile (SP) in educational research. After systematically searching online bibliographic databases, 23 relevant papers were located and included in the study. The results indicate that (1) SP construction was mainly based on the theory about learning theories, particularly social constructivism; (2) SP analysis was mainly about learning style, academic achievement, learning motivation, learning anxiety, etc.; (3) The E-learning platforms that used to collect data can be divided into two groups: adaptive learning styles and intelligent learning styles; (4) The computing mechanism includes Bayesian networks, decision trees, etc. As SP is still at its early developing stage, it has some research limitations: not only lack of studies in investigating all cognitive aspects, but also lack of factors that considered in constructing an overall student profile. SP would be employed extensively in education field in the near future if it can address the challenges mentioned above.