Apparatus and method for adaptively determining presentation pattern of teaching materials for each learner
First Claim
1. An information processing apparatus, comprising:
- a memory having a first memory area for storing a plurality of teaching material elements including text, video and/or audio data, and having a second memory area for storing teaching material presentation patterns;
first processor means for providing a questionnaire to a user and analyzing an answer to said questionnaire to determine a trait of said user related to personality, and for determining a teaching material presentation pattern for said user in accordance with said determined trait of said user to store the determined teaching material presentation pattern in said second memory area;
second processor means for retrieving said teaching material presentation pattern for said user from said second memory area, selecting and editing ones of a plurality of teaching material elements of a specific subject in said first memory area in accordance with said teaching material presentation pattern to generate a teaching material module, and presenting said teaching material module to said user in accordance with said teaching material presentation pattern; and
third processor means for analyzing learning behavior of said user during a learning process of said user using said presented teaching material module in accordance with said teaching material presentation pattern, modifying said teaching material presentation pattern in accordance with said analysis, and storing said modified presentation pattern in said second memory area.
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Abstract
The invention relates to determination of a presentation pattern of a teaching material in a computer-assisted education system. An information processing apparatus includes first processor means for analyzing an answer from a user to determine a trait of the user related to a personality, and for determining a teaching material presentation pattern for the user in accordance with the trait of the user. Second processor means is provided for selecting and editing ones of a plurality of teaching material elements of a specific subject in accordance with the presentation pattern, generating a teaching material module, and presenting the teaching material module to the user in accordance with the presentation pattern. Third processor means is provided for analyzing learning behavior of the user during learning of the user using the presented teaching material module in accordance with the presentation pattern, and modifying the presentation pattern in accordance with the analysis.
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23 Claims
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1. An information processing apparatus, comprising:
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a memory having a first memory area for storing a plurality of teaching material elements including text, video and/or audio data, and having a second memory area for storing teaching material presentation patterns;
first processor means for providing a questionnaire to a user and analyzing an answer to said questionnaire to determine a trait of said user related to personality, and for determining a teaching material presentation pattern for said user in accordance with said determined trait of said user to store the determined teaching material presentation pattern in said second memory area;
second processor means for retrieving said teaching material presentation pattern for said user from said second memory area, selecting and editing ones of a plurality of teaching material elements of a specific subject in said first memory area in accordance with said teaching material presentation pattern to generate a teaching material module, and presenting said teaching material module to said user in accordance with said teaching material presentation pattern; and
third processor means for analyzing learning behavior of said user during a learning process of said user using said presented teaching material module in accordance with said teaching material presentation pattern, modifying said teaching material presentation pattern in accordance with said analysis, and storing said modified presentation pattern in said second memory area. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A program stored in a recording medium for use in an information processing apparatus, said information processing apparatus comprising a memory and a processor, said memory having a first memory area for storing a plurality of teaching material elements including text, video and/or audio data, and having a second memory area for storing a teaching material presentation pattern, said program enabling said processor to perform the steps of:
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providing a questionnaire to a user and analyzing an answer to said questionnaire to determine a trait of said user related to personality;
determining a teaching material presentation pattern for said user in accordance with said determined trait of said user to store the determined teaching material presentation pattern in said second memory area;
retrieving said teaching material presentation pattern for said user from said second memory area, selecting and editing ones of a plurality of teaching material elements of a specific subject in said first memory area in accordance with said teaching material presentation pattern to generate a teaching material module, and presenting said teaching material module to said user in accordance with said teaching material presentation pattern; and
analyzing learning behavior of said user during a learning process of said user using said presented teaching material module in accordance with said teaching material presentation pattern, modifying said teaching material presentation pattern in accordance with said analysis, and storing said modified presentation pattern in said second memory area. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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19. A method for adaptively presenting to a user a teaching material in a computer-assisted education system which presents to the user a plurality of teaching material elements including text, video, and/or audio data, said method comprising the steps of:
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providing a questionnaire to a user and analyzing an answer to said questionnaire to determine a trait of said user related to personality;
determining a teaching material presentation pattern for said user in accordance with the trait of said user;
selecting and editing ones of a plurality of teaching material elements of a specific subject in accordance with said teaching material presentation pattern for said user to generate a teaching material module, and presenting said teaching material module to said user in accordance with said teaching material presentation pattern; and
analyzing learning behavior of said user during a learning process of said user using said presented teaching material module, and modifying said teaching material presentation pattern in accordance with said analysis.
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