Methods and apparatus to assess and enhance a student's understanding in a subject
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1. A computer-aided learning method for assessing a student'"'"'s understanding in a subject, the method, using test results from the latest test and the prior-to-the-latest test results taken by the student, comprising the steps of:
- accessing the student'"'"'s prior-to-the-latest test results and the latest test results from a test-result-storage medium; and
analyzing the student'"'"'s prior-to-the-latest and the latest test results using a set of analysis rules to generate a recommendation, which provides an assessment on the student'"'"'s understanding in the subject.
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Abstract
An educational method and system that assess and enhance a student'"'"'s understanding in a subject. Based on the student'"'"'s understanding, individually-tailored tests are generated, whose difficulties are geared towards the student'"'"'s level of understanding in the subject. Thus, the student not only can use the tests to prepare for an examination, but can also use the tests to learn the subject. The system includes a score generator coupled to a recommendation generator. In one preferred embodiment, the recommendation generator includes an inference engine, and in another preferred embodiment, the recommendation generator includes a pre-requisite analyzer. Both the pre-requisite analyzer and the inference engine in the recommendation generator can generate recommendations based on the student'"'"'s test results. The recommendation generator is coupled to a report generator and a question generator. The report generator accesses a report format. Based on the recommendations and the report format, the report generator generates a report, which can provide assessment of the student'"'"'s understanding in different areas of the subject, and which can provide action items to improve on the student'"'"'s understanding in the subject. The question generator, based on the recommendations, generates a number of questions. The student can take this new set of questions to further enhance her understanding in the subject.
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1. A computer-aided learning method for assessing a student'"'"'s understanding in a subject, the method, using test results from the latest test and the prior-to-the-latest test results taken by the student, comprising the steps of:
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accessing the student'"'"'s prior-to-the-latest test results and the latest test results from a test-result-storage medium; and analyzing the student'"'"'s prior-to-the-latest and the latest test results using a set of analysis rules to generate a recommendation, which provides an assessment on the student'"'"'s understanding in the subject. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A computer-aided learning method for assessing a student'"'"'s understanding in a subject, using the latest test results from the latest test taken by the student, the method comprising the steps of:
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accessing the student'"'"'s prior-to-latest test results and latest test results from a test-results-storage medium; accessing the time that each test was taken; and generating, based on the accessed information, a recommendation, which indicates the student'"'"'s degree of forgetfulness in the subject as a function of time. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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19. A computer-aided learning method for assessing a student'"'"'s understanding in a subject, the method, using the latest test results from the latest test taken by the student, comprising the steps of:
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accessing a set of analysis rules from an analysis-rule-storage medium; resolving conflicts among one or more rules and the latest test results; and generating a recommendation based on the student'"'"'s latest test and the rules after conflicts have been resolved if there were any conflicts to resolve, so that the recommendation provides an assessment on the student'"'"'s understanding in the subject. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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21. A computer-aided learning method for assessing a student'"'"'s understanding in a subject, which is divided into line-items with at least one line-item being more difficult than another line-item, the method, using the student'"'"'s test results on the subject, comprising the steps of:
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calculating one or more overall scores based on the student'"'"'s latest test results; establishing a complexity-hierarchy among one or more line-items based on a set of pre-requisite rules; and applying the complexity-hierarchy to the one or more overall scores to generate a recommendation, which provides an assessment on the student'"'"'s understanding in the subject. - View Dependent Claims (22)
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23. A computer-aided learning method for assessing a student'"'"'s understanding in a subject, which is divided into line-items with at least one line-item being more difficult than another line-item, the method, using the student'"'"'s test results of the subject, comprising the steps of:
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generating, based on the latest test results, one or more overall scores; accessing a set of relationship rules, which determine the relationship among at least two line-items; and performing inferences on the one or more scores based on the set of relationship rules to generate a recommendation, which provides an assessment on the student'"'"'s understanding in the subject. - View Dependent Claims (24)
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25. A computer-aided learning method for assessing a student'"'"'s understanding in a subject, which is divided into the line-items with at least one line-item being more difficult than another line-item, the method, using the latest test results from the latest test taken by the student, with the latest test including questions from more than one line-item, comprising the steps of:
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accessing a report format from a report-storage medium; accessing a recommendation, which is based on the latest test results; and generating a report, based on the recommendation and the report format to provide assessment of the student'"'"'s understanding in at least two line-items in the latest test. - View Dependent Claims (26)
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27. A computer-aided learning method for assessing a student'"'"'s understanding in a subject, which is divided into line-items with at least one line-item being more difficult than another line-item, the method comprising the steps of:
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recommending the student to work on a line-item; and generating by a question generator a plurality of questions, which can be categorized into at least two line-items with one being the line-item recommended. - View Dependent Claims (28)
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29. A computer-aided learning method for assessing a student'"'"'s understanding in a subject, which is divided into line-items with at least one line-item more difficult than another line-item, the method, using latest test results from the latest test taken by the student, comprising the steps of:
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accessing the student'"'"'s latest test results from a test-result-storage medium; and analyzing the student'"'"'s latest test results using a set of analysis rules, with a plurality of the rules being subject-specific, to generate a recommendation, which provides an assessment on the student'"'"'s understanding in the subject, and suggests at least one line-item that the student should improve on.
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