data mining, knowledge discovery, educational data processing

Utilization of information and communication technologies in educational processes generates large amount of data as a side effect. Educational data may contain many interesting information and potential knowledge about students and their learning habits. However, such knowledge is hidden and their extraction is not trivial. Knowledge discovery from databases (also known as Data Mining) is a methodology for extraction of non-trivial, previously unknown, and potentially useful knowledge from data. In this paper, we discuss possibilities for applications of data mining in educational process.