Method and apparatus for automating tutoring for homework problems
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1. A database apparatus for storing educational content comprising:
- a collection of content components;
a collection of tutorials, a collection of user profiles;
a mapping between tutorials and content components;
a mapping between user profiles and tutorials;
a collection of sessions; and
a collection of stored procedures.
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus are provided for storing and providing access to content components representing solutions to published text-book problems. Tutorials are composed of solution, which in turn are composed of problem descriptions, solutions, hints, steps, queries, Socratic queries, formulas and figures, and guesses. These solutions can be stored in a relational database, or in files using the HM(SL format.
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37 Claims
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1. A database apparatus for storing educational content comprising:
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a collection of content components;
a collection of tutorials, a collection of user profiles;
a mapping between tutorials and content components;
a mapping between user profiles and tutorials;
a collection of sessions; and
a collection of stored procedures. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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26. A method for storing and accessing educational content including the steps of:
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accessing the profile of a user;
accessing a tutorial;
accessing content components;
updating content components;
updating the tutorial information;
updating the profile of the users; and
generating a response transmitted over the world-wide-web.
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