Apparatus and method for registering students and evaluating their performance

• US 6,643,493 B2
• Filed: 07/19/2001
• Issued: 11/04/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 07/19/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Kevin P. Kilgore
• Original Assignee: Kevin P. Kilgore
• Inventors: Kilgore, Kevin P.
• Primary Examiner(s): Gimie, Mahmoud
• Application Number:
  US09/908,755
• Publication Number:
  US 20030017443A1
• Time in Patent Office: 838 Days
• Field of Search: 434/322, 434/323, 434/350, 434/362, 434/236, 434/307.R
• US Class Current: 434/350
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 3/06 of the multiple-choice answer type, i.e. where a given question is provided with a series of answers and a choice has to be made

Abstract

A method for registering students in courses and generating, collecting, processing and reporting student performance is provided. The process involves the use of a database including information related to institutions, the courses they offer and their faculty to register students for courses periodically inputting student performance data into the database and using the database to analyze the data and provide periodic reports related to student performance.

Claims

1. A process for evaluating the performance of students on a regular basis on clinical tasks to be completed by the students comprising:

a. storing in a database information regarding students including courses in which said students are enrolled;

b. developing a set of criteria to be evaluated;

said criteria related to clinical tasks to be performed by students in the courses in which the students are enrolled;

c. developing a set of forms to be used by faculty members to record data corresponding to the student'"'"'s performance on said clinical tasks with respect to the criteria to be evaluated;

d. having said faculty members use said forms to record said data;

e. using said forms to input said data into a computerized database; and

f. using said database to store and process said data and to provide periodic reports related to the performance of students with respect to said criteria to be evaluated on clinical tasks completed by the students in the courses in which the students are enrolled.

2. The process of claim 1 wherein said computerized database includes a plurality of tables.

3. The process of claim 2 wherein one of said tables includes biographical information.

4. The process of claim 1 wherein data is collected with respect to the student'"'"'s performance in carrying out a number of distinct tasks.

5. The process of claim 4 wherein the data related to each of said number of distinct tasks is recorded in fields in said relational database.

6. The process of claim 1 wherein some of said data relates to scores on written tests taken by the student.

7. The process of claim 1 wherein some of said data relates to scores on practical exercises performed by the student.

8. The process of claim 1 wherein some of the data constitutes anecdotal comments of instructors.

9. The process of claim 1 wherein said data is collected and stored in the database on a periodic basis.

10. The process of claim 5 wherein said data is stored in said database at the time the evaluation of the student'"'"'s performance occurs.

11. The process of claim 1 wherein at least one of said reports is delivered to the student by e-mail.

12. A process for enrolling students in courses and evaluating the clinical performance of students enrolled in said courses comprising:

a. storing in a computerized database information related to institutions offering courses, the courses offered by each of said institutions, the faculty members teaching said courses, and the schedule for said courses;

b. developing a set of evaluation criteria to be used in evaluating student clinical performance in said courses;

c. developing at least one evaluation form to be used by faculty members to record data corresponding to student clinical performance with respect to said evaluation criteria;

d. storing information related to students in said database;

e. using said database to enroll students in courses;

f. storing information related to a particular course in which a particular student is enrolled in said database;

g. using said evaluation form to record data related to the clinical performance of said student in a course in which said student is enrolled;

h. inputting said recorded data related to the clinical performance of said student into said database;

i. using said database to store and process said data related to the clinical performance of said student; and

j. using said database to provide periodic reports related to the clinical performance of said student in a course in which said student is enrolled with respect to said criteria to be evaluated.