Process of teaching
First Claim
1. A system for grading answers to a set of problem statements submitted to a group of students, each problem statement including selectable alphanumeric parameters, each parameter representing a number to be selected from one of a plurality of unique identification codes, each code comprising a plurality of numerals in a predetermined order, including;
- a. a transportable preprogrammed student memory means which requests and stores a unique identification code as well as information from the student comprising answers to problem statements;
b. grading means, including receptacle means to read student memory means in order to receive said unique identification code, determine the correct answers in accordance with said unique identification code and use the correct answers to grade the submitted answers, store the results on one or more electronic memory means, and report results;
c. grading apparatus, wherein said receptacle means receives said student memory device, reads said identification code and answer information from said student memory device, determines the correct answers in accordance with said unique identification code, and uses said correct answers to grade the submitted answers.
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Abstract
A system for using a computer to record and grade answers to problems that have numerical answers, where problem statements have alphanumeric parameters that are replaced by digits taken from an identification code. Students are asked to solve the same problem statements with either the same or distinct identification codes; in the latter case, each must perform a different calculation to get the correct answer. Each student is provided with a transportable memory means such as a floppy diskette which is specially programmed to prompt for answers and record them in a computer-readable form. Grading then consists of using said memory means as input to a computer program that reads the currently recorded answers, determines which are correct, informs the student of the results, and records the results on a system file which provides current information for the instructor but is inaccessible to the students. Incorrect answers can be reworked and resubmitted as needed during a time period specified by the instructor.
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1. A system for grading answers to a set of problem statements submitted to a group of students, each problem statement including selectable alphanumeric parameters, each parameter representing a number to be selected from one of a plurality of unique identification codes, each code comprising a plurality of numerals in a predetermined order, including;
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a. a transportable preprogrammed student memory means which requests and stores a unique identification code as well as information from the student comprising answers to problem statements; b. grading means, including receptacle means to read student memory means in order to receive said unique identification code, determine the correct answers in accordance with said unique identification code and use the correct answers to grade the submitted answers, store the results on one or more electronic memory means, and report results; c. grading apparatus, wherein said receptacle means receives said student memory device, reads said identification code and answer information from said student memory device, determines the correct answers in accordance with said unique identification code, and uses said correct answers to grade the submitted answers. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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