Table 8 Entity descriptions

1

S

Student

Students enrolled in the course Object-Oriented Programming “CSPB219”

2

Ge

Gender

There is either a male or female student in the class

3

I

Instructor

The university instructor who taught the course

4

C

College

College of the student: Information Technology (IT), Business (BE),

Science (SC), Engineering (EN), etc.

5

M

Major

There is a large range of majors, including Biochemistry, Information

Security, Statistics, etc.

6

Cu

Course

During their degree program, students took different courses to fulfill the requirements

7

G

Grade

Each student receives a final grade for each course. Grade range is [0–1]

8

Cp

Checkpoints

There can be several types of checkpoints in a course, such as homework, quizzes, projects, midterms, finals, etc.

9

H

HS_GPA

High school GPA

10

A

Age

Age of student when CSPB219 course was taken

11

Sp

Sponsor

A sponsor is an entity that provides financial support to students during their studies

12

R

Residency

Residency indicates whether a student stays in a hostel or not. As the campus is located in Al Ain, students from Al Ain do not have access to hostels.

Hostels are available to students who live outside of Al Ain

13

Z

Citizenship

Students from the UAE are considered citizens, while those from other countries are considered non-citizens

14

As

Academic_Standing

A student’s academic standing refers to their current status.

They either have a good academic standing or they are on probation