Method, System and Computer Program Product for Studying for a Multiple-Choice Exam

• US 20100190144A1
• Filed: 06/25/2009
• Published: 07/29/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 01/26/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Mary K. Miller
• Original Assignee: Mary K. Miller
• Inventors: Miller, Mary K.
• Application Number:
  US12/491,234
• Publication Number:
  US 20100190144A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 434/323
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 19/00 Teaching not covered by other main groups of this subclass teaching or practice apparatus for gun-aiming or gun-laying F41G3/26
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 7/00 Electrically-operated teaching apparatus or devices working with questions and answers mechanically operated G09B3/00; computing arrangements G06F

Abstract

A variety of techniques for a method, system and computer program product for studying for a multiple-choice exam are presented. The method for studying for a multiple-choice exam includes steps of obtaining access to a bank of review questions for the exam. A set of N number of questions is accessed from the bank. A user answers the N number of questions during a fixed time period. The user records information about incorrectly answered questions in an abbreviated format. The user reviews the recorded information. Meetings with the user and an exam coach are conducted on a periodic basis. The steps of accessing, answering, recording, reviewing, and meeting are repeated until all review questions have been answered.

Claims

1. A method for studying for a multiple-choice exam, the method comprising:

steps for obtaining access to a bank of review questions;

steps for accessing a set of questions from said bank;

steps for answering said questions of said set during a fixed time period;

steps for recording information about incorrectly answered questions;

steps for reviewing said recorded information;

steps for meeting with an exam coach; and

steps for repeating said steps for accessing, answering, recording, reviewing and meeting until all review questions have been answered.

2. The method as recited in claim 1, further comprising steps for, after all review questions have been answered, repeating said steps of accessing, answering, recording, reviewing and meeting until all review questions have been answered an additional time.

3. A method for studying for a multiple-choice exam, the method comprising steps of:

obtaining access to a bank of review questions for the exam;

accessing a set of N number of questions from said bank;

answering said N number of questions during a fixed time period;

recording information about incorrectly answered questions in an abbreviated format;

reviewing said recorded information;

meeting with an exam coach on a periodic basis; and

repeating said steps of accessing, answering, recording, reviewing, and meeting until all review questions have been answered.

4. The method as recited in claim 3, further comprising the step of after all review questions have been answered, repeating said steps of accessing, recording reviewing and meeting until all review questions have been answered an additional time.

5. The method as recited in claim 3, further comprising incrementing said N number of questions until a number of questions equals a desired number.

6. The method as recited in claim 3, wherein said review questions comprise mixed topics.

7. The method as recited in claim 3, wherein said information is recorded in at least one book.

8. The method as recited in claim 3, wherein said information further comprises notes pertaining to topics of said incorrectly answered questions.

9. The method as recited in claim 3, wherein said information further comprises a summary for a specific topic of repeatedly incorrectly answered questions.

10. The method as recited in claim 3, wherein said bank of review questions is obtained using a computing device.

11. The method as recited in claim 3, wherein said bank of review questions is obtained using at least one review book.

12. The method as recited in claim 3, wherein said bank of review questions is obtained using a computing device and at least one review book.

13. A system for studying for a multiple-choice exam, the system comprising:

a bank of review questions for the exam, said bank comprising a plurality of sets of questions that are accessed, one at a time, by a user answering questions in an accessed set during a determined time period;

a recording device for recording information about incorrectly answered questions in an abbreviated format where said user reviews said recorded information; and

an exam coach which said user meets on a periodic basis.

14. The system as recited in claim 13, wherein all of said review questions are answered by said user a plurality of times.

15. The system as recited in claim 13, wherein said review questions comprise mixed topics.

16. The system as recited in claim 13, wherein said recording device comprises at least one book.

17. The system as recited in claim 13, wherein said information further comprises notes pertaining to topics of said incorrectly answered questions.

18. The system as recited in claim 13, wherein said information further comprises a summary for a specific topic of repeatedly incorrectly answered questions.

19. The system as recited in claim 13, wherein said bank of review questions is accessed using a computing device.

20. The system as recited in claim 13, wherein said bank of review questions is accessed using at least one review book.

21. The system as recited in claim 13, wherein said bank of review questions is accessed using a computing device and at least one review book.

22. A system for studying for a multiple-choice exam, the system comprising:

means for accessing a plurality of sets of questions, one at a time, by a user answering questions in an accessed set during a determined time period;

means for recording information about incorrectly answered questions in an abbreviated format where said user reviews said recorded information; and

means for meeting with an exam coach on a periodic basis.

23. The system as recited in claim 22, wherein said questions comprise mixed topics.

24. The system as recited in claim 22, wherein said information further comprises notes pertaining to topics of said incorrectly answered questions.

25. The system as recited in claim 22, wherein said information further comprises a summary for a specific topic of repeatedly incorrectly answered questions.

26. A computer program product for studying for a multiple-choice exam, the computer program product comprising:

computer program code for obtaining access to a bank of review questions for the exam;

computer program code for accessing a set of questions from said bank;

computer program code for determining incorrectly answered questions in said set during a fixed time period;

computer program code for recording information about said incorrectly answered questions;

computer program code for reviewing said recorded information;

computer program code for meeting with an exam coach on a periodic basis;

computer program code for repeating said accessing, determining, recording, reviewing and meeting until all review questions have been answered; and

a computer-readable medium for storing the computer program code.

27. The computer program product as recited in claim 26, further comprising computer program code for, after all review questions have been answered, repeating said accessing, determining, recording, reviewing and meeting until all review questions have been answered an additional time.