System and method for generating and providing educational exercises
First Claim
1. A method of teaching a subject matter comprising:
- administering a first set of one or more question instances to a student, said first set of one or more question instances being based on;
(1) source information that relates to the subject matter, and (2) one or more rules that govern derivation of question instances from said source information;
evaluating said student'"'"'s performance on said first set of one or more question instances; and
if said student'"'"'s performance on said first set of one or more question instances does not meet a standard, then repeating said administering and evaluating acts until said student'"'"'s performance meets said standard, wherein each repetition of said administering and evaluating steps is performed with a new set of question instances that is different from said first set of question instances and different from any new set of question instances that has been already been administered to said student, and wherein each new set of question instances is based on;
(1) source information that relates to the subject matter, and (2) one or more rules that govern derivation of question instances from said source information.
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Abstract
A system and method for generating and administering classroom exercises to a student. One or more root questions is generated, where each root question has a stem, a plurality of right answers, and a plurality of wrong answers. A multiple-choice question instance is created by combining the stem with a set of answer choices that are created from one of the right answers and one or more of the wrong answers. The questions are administered to a student. Preferably, the sets of questions based on the same root questions are administered one or more times to the student—e.g., a student may be required to work three sets of question instances based on the same set of root questions, or may be required to continue working new sets of question instances until all of the questions in one set are answered correctly.
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36 Claims
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1. A method of teaching a subject matter comprising:
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administering a first set of one or more question instances to a student, said first set of one or more question instances being based on;
(1) source information that relates to the subject matter, and (2) one or more rules that govern derivation of question instances from said source information;
evaluating said student'"'"'s performance on said first set of one or more question instances; and
if said student'"'"'s performance on said first set of one or more question instances does not meet a standard, then repeating said administering and evaluating acts until said student'"'"'s performance meets said standard, wherein each repetition of said administering and evaluating steps is performed with a new set of question instances that is different from said first set of question instances and different from any new set of question instances that has been already been administered to said student, and wherein each new set of question instances is based on;
(1) source information that relates to the subject matter, and (2) one or more rules that govern derivation of question instances from said source information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A computer-readable medium encoded with information comprising:
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source data from which question instances relating to a subject matter are derivable;
one or more rules that govern derivation of said question instances from said source data; and
software that uses said one or more rules to derive question instances from said source data, and that administers one or more sets of derived question instances to a student. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method of creating a student exercise comprising:
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creating base information that comprises or implies a set or range of facts;
deriving a first set of question instances based on said set or range of facts;
presenting said first set of question instances to a student;
obtaining said student'"'"'s answers to said first set of question instances;
evaluating said student'"'"'s performance on said first set of question instances; and
if said student'"'"'s performance on said first set of question instances does not meet said standard, then performing the following;
deriving a new set of question instances based on said set or range of facts;
performing said presenting, obtaining, and evaluating acts with said new set of question instances in place of said first set of questions, until said student'"'"'s performance on a new set of question instances meets said standard. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A computer-readable medium encoded with computer-executable instructions to perform a method of providing an exercise to a student, the method comprising:
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deriving a plurality of question instances from a set of source information, said source information comprising or implying a set or range of facts, said questions being answerable with knowledge about said set or range of facts;
presenting a first set of said plurality of question instances to a student;
receiving said student'"'"'s answers to said first set of said plurality of question instances;
if said student'"'"'s performance on said plurality of question instances does not satisfy a standard, then repeatedly presenting different sets of said plurality of question instances until said student'"'"'s performance on a presented set satisfies said standard. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A system for teaching a subject matter comprising:
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a teaching tool that describes the subject matter;
data that comprises;
source information relating to the subject matter that comprises or implies a set or range of facts about which question instances can be derived;
software that performs acts comprising;
deriving, from said source information, a set of question instances that are answerable with knowledge of said set of facts;
presenting said set of question instances to a student;
receiving said student'"'"'s answers to said set of question instances; and
evaluating said student'"'"'s performance on said set of question instances to determine whether said student'"'"'s performance meets a standard. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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