Adaptive testing and training tool
First Claim
1. An adaptive training system for use with an adaptive testing tool, the system comprising:
- a user interface receptive of a field of application selection from a user;
a plurality of task items stored in a data store, the plurality of task items organized by field of application and ranked by difficulty level; and
an item selector operable to select an unfamiliar task item as a training task item based on the selected field of application and a user ability, wherein the user ability is a function of previous user performance relating to task items of the selected field of application.
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Abstract
An adaptive training system for use with an adaptive testing tool includes a user interface receptive of a field of application selection from a user. A plurality of task items are stored in a data store. The plurality of task items are organized by field of application and ranked by difficulty level. An adaptive item selector selects unfamiliar task items as training items based on the selected field of application and a user ability. These training items range in order of difficulty from items slightly below a user'"'"'s ability to items sufficiently far above that level to allow for learning effects. The user ability is a function of previous user performance on an adaptive test in the selected field of application. The main purpose of the adaptive item selector is to ensure that training items are neither too easy nor too difficult for a person.
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27 Claims
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1. An adaptive training system for use with an adaptive testing tool, the system comprising:
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a user interface receptive of a field of application selection from a user;
a plurality of task items stored in a data store, the plurality of task items organized by field of application and ranked by difficulty level; and
an item selector operable to select an unfamiliar task item as a training task item based on the selected field of application and a user ability, wherein the user ability is a function of previous user performance relating to task items of the selected field of application. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. An adaptive training method for use with an adaptive testing tool, comprising:
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determining a user ability as a function of previous user performance relating to task items of a selected field of application, wherein a task items has a predefined difficulty level;
defining a difficulty range for training task items on which to train a user, wherein the difficulty range relates to the user ability; and
selecting a plurality of unfamiliar task items as training task items, wherein the unfamiliar task items have a difficulty level falling within the difficulty range. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. An adaptive testing and training system, comprising:
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a user interface receptive of a field of application selection from a user;
a plurality of task items organized by field of application, ranked by difficulty level, and stored in memory operable with a data processing system;
an adaptive testing module operable to select a task item as a testing task item based on the field of application selection and user performance relating to a previously selected testing task item; and
an adaptive training module operable to select a plurality of unfamiliar training task items based on the selected field of application and a user ability, wherein the user ability is a function of selected testing task item difficulty in a most recent test, and wherein an unfamiliar training task item corresponds to a task item not selected as a testing task item in the most recent test, and not selected as a training task item in a most recent training session. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27)
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