Prediction of Student Learning Styles using Data Mining Techniques

Subject Areas : Data Mining

Esther Khakata ¹ , Vincent Omwenga ² , Simon Msanjila ³

1 - Strathmore University
2 - Strathmore University
3 - Mzumbe University

Received: 2020-03-18 Accepted : 2020-05-03 Published : 2020-05-01

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