EDUCATION AND TEST PREPARATION SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT

• US 20060183099A1
• Filed: 02/13/2006
• Published: 08/17/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 02/14/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Inclue, Inc., Tcmtests LLC
• Original Assignee: Inclue, Inc.
• Inventors: Palmigiani, Sebastian, Feely, Richard A.
• Application Number:
  US11/276,072
• Publication Number:
  US 20060183099A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 434/323
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 7/00 Electrically-operated teaching apparatus or devices working with questions and answers mechanically operated G09B3/00; computing arrangements G06F
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 7/02 of the type wherein the student is expected to construct an answer to the question which is presented or wherein the machine gives an answer to the question presented by a student

Abstract

A test study and preparation system, method, and computer program product. Questions are displayed on a user interface that may be keyed to one or more publications or examinations, in particular, to publications or credit-earning boards or examinations on traditional Chinese Medicine, acupuncture, and related arts. A correct answer may be displayed when a question is answered incorrectly with corresponding annotation information about where the correct answer is found in the keyed publication. The system is connected to a plurality of user interfaces over a communications network to allow dispersed study and review. Statistics about accuracy of responses is monitored and displayed by the system. Daily questions or study tips may be transmitted to subscribers. Flashcards study systems may also be displayed.

Claims

1. An interactive method for education and test preparation, the method comprising the steps of:

providing a user interface over a communications network,

displaying an interactive quiz to the user interface, the interactive quiz including at least one question, the question being selected from a database of test question keyed to one of a credential-earning examination and a publication on a topic included in the credential-earning examination;

allowing a user to take the interactive quiz; and

displaying quiz results on the user interface.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising the at least question being displayed in a multiple choice question format, and allowing a user to select at least one of the choices to select an answer to the question.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising the credential-earning examination being an examination on one or more of traditional Chinese medicine, acupuncture, herbology, and Asian bodywork therapy.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing a questions database in communication with the user interface, the questions database including a plurality of test questions.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising the question system including between a thousand and 100,000 test questions.

6. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

storing the questions along with annotations to selected publications, the annotations including one or more of an author, a title, a publisher, a publication date, a chapter reference, a page number reference, a paragraph reference, and a line reference; and

displaying an annotation when a question is answered incorrectly.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising displaying an anatomical illustration along with a test question, wherein the test question is prompting for identification of a location on the illustration.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising allowing positioning of a dot on the illustration to answer the test question.

9. The method of claim 7, further comprising, in response to selecting an incorrect answering, identifying the correct answer and displaying an annotation to a publication where the correct answer is described.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising the annotation showing one or more of a publication title, a chapter, and page number.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising storing information on one or more of an identification of which test questions were asked, a plurality of answers given, statistics on the number of questions answered correctly, wherein the statistics can be divided into one or more of a question set, a topic, a section of a publication, a chapter of a text book, and section of a credential-earning examination, and a section of a test.

12. An interactive method for education and test preparation, the method comprising the steps of:

providing a user interface over a communications network, the user interface including a plurality of sub-sections for displaying information related to one of a credential-earning examination and a publication on a topic included in the credential-earning examination;

allowing a user to select and use one or more of the sub-sections during the user'"'"'s preparation for the credential-earning examination;

tracking study statistics about the use by the user; and

displaying the study statistics to the user via the user interface.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein one sub-section of the plurality of sub-sections is a flashcard section, the method further comprising the steps of displaying at least one flashcard displaying at least one of a question and an answer related to the credential-earning examination.

14. The method of claim 12, wherein the sub-sections correspond to a board examination, the sub-sections including one or more of acupuncture, foundations, point location, biomedicine, and herbs.

15. The method of claim 12, further comprising providing the user interface to at least one user on a subscription basis.

16. The method of claim 15, further comprising providing the user interface on a monthly subscription basis.

17. The method of claim 15, further comprising providing the user interface for a period leading up the credential-earning examination.

18. The method of claim 17, further comprising the period being 0-4 months before the credential-earning examination.

19. The method of claim 15, further comprising providing one or more of sample test, a sample quiz, a sample test question, and a daily test question, with a subscription.

20. The method of claim 19, further comprising providing the sample question via email to a subscriber.

21. A computer readable medium having program code stored thereon and being for interactive test preparation and education, the program code, when executed on a computer, causing the computer to:

provide a user interface over a communications network,

display an interactive quiz to the user interface, the interactive quiz including at least one question, the question being selected form a database of test questions keyed to one of a credential-earning examination and a publication on a topic included in the credential-earning examination;

allow a user to take the interactive quiz; and

display quiz results on the user interface.

22. A computer-implemented system for test preparation and education, the system comprising:

at least one general purpose computer operated by a software module operative to;

provide a user interface over a communications network,

display an interactive quiz to the user interface, the interactive quiz including at least one question, the question being selected from a database of test questions keyed to one of a credential-earning examination and a publication on a topic included in the credential-earning examination;

allow a user to take the interactive quiz; and

display quiz results on the user interface; and

a server in communication with the at least one general purpose computer over a communications network, the server storing the database.