Application of multi-media technology to psychological and educational assessment tools
First Claim
1. A method for the testing of human subjects such as a child, an adult or a brain damaged adult, using standard psychological and educational assessment tools employing multi-media technology, said method comprising the steps of:
- a. placing the subject to be tested so as to face the monitor screen, audio speaker and/or sensory perceptible means of a multi-media computer, said computer being selectively operable by a human psychological tester who conducts the evaluation of the subject and by said subject being so tested in the presence of said human psychological tester, said human psychological tester observing said subject during the testing, said human psychological tester receiving from said computer interpretative data interpreting answers of said subject, said human psychological tester recording his or her observations about the behavior during said testing of said subject and said human psychological tester also recording his or her observations about said computer generated interpretive data derived from said answers of said subject;
b. presenting visual, auditory and/or sensory perceptible instructions for and conducting a visual, auditory and/or sensory perceptible dialog from said computer with the subject;
c. presenting a sample question to elicit a response from the subject utilizing identifying means, d. presenting additional instructions and/or another sample question if the previous sample question is answered incorrectly;
e. terminating the testing procedure if the subject is determined to be unable to take said test;
f. if a sample question is answered correctly, presenting a testing question with accompanying visual, auditory and/or sensory dialog and eliciting a response from the subject;
g. evaluating and scoring the response in accordance with a program running on said computer to produce a raw score;
h. determining the subject'"'"'s test scores by applying an interpretive analysis on the basis of the raw score;
i. determining in accordance with said program running on said computer whether or not to present an additional question on the basis of automated analyses;
j. presenting another test question with accompanying visual, auditory and/or sensory dialog and eliciting a response from the subject;
k. evaluating and scoring the response to the latest test question in accordance with said program running on said computer to produce another raw score;
l. updating the subject'"'"'s test score by basal and/or ceiling analysis of the raw score from latest test questions; and
m. repeating steps “
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to continue to update the subject'"'"'s test score until the test score is not being revised significantly by additional test questions.
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Abstract
Multi-media technology is applied to the testing of children, brain damaged adults and the general population using standard psychological and educational assessment tools. To avoid the inherent bias occurring when a tester speaks in a language or dialect not fully comprehended by the student or other human subject, the multi-media computer has a linguistic adaptation means, such as a sound card and data associated therewith, which can produce sounds, such as test instructions, in the most appropriate language and dialect of the test taker, such as a student, so that the human tester can provide the human subject with instructions for responding to the psychological evaluation. The human subject is exposed to computer-generated multi-media psychological evaluative probing, so that the human subject can respond to the computer-generated psychological evaluative probing. The computer tallies and records the student'"'"'s responses and analyzes the human subject'"'"'s recorded responses. Afterward the computer automatically prepares a report based upon the human subject'"'"'s recorded responses, and transfers its report, such as transfer to a computer-readable diskette or by printing to a printer.
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6 Claims
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1. A method for the testing of human subjects such as a child, an adult or a brain damaged adult, using standard psychological and educational assessment tools employing multi-media technology, said method comprising the steps of:
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a. placing the subject to be tested so as to face the monitor screen, audio speaker and/or sensory perceptible means of a multi-media computer, said computer being selectively operable by a human psychological tester who conducts the evaluation of the subject and by said subject being so tested in the presence of said human psychological tester, said human psychological tester observing said subject during the testing, said human psychological tester receiving from said computer interpretative data interpreting answers of said subject, said human psychological tester recording his or her observations about the behavior during said testing of said subject and said human psychological tester also recording his or her observations about said computer generated interpretive data derived from said answers of said subject;
b. presenting visual, auditory and/or sensory perceptible instructions for and conducting a visual, auditory and/or sensory perceptible dialog from said computer with the subject;
c. presenting a sample question to elicit a response from the subject utilizing identifying means, d. presenting additional instructions and/or another sample question if the previous sample question is answered incorrectly;
e. terminating the testing procedure if the subject is determined to be unable to take said test;
f. if a sample question is answered correctly, presenting a testing question with accompanying visual, auditory and/or sensory dialog and eliciting a response from the subject;
g. evaluating and scoring the response in accordance with a program running on said computer to produce a raw score;
h. determining the subject'"'"'s test scores by applying an interpretive analysis on the basis of the raw score;
i. determining in accordance with said program running on said computer whether or not to present an additional question on the basis of automated analyses;
j. presenting another test question with accompanying visual, auditory and/or sensory dialog and eliciting a response from the subject;
k. evaluating and scoring the response to the latest test question in accordance with said program running on said computer to produce another raw score;
l. updating the subject'"'"'s test score by basal and/or ceiling analysis of the raw score from latest test questions; and
m. repeating steps “
i”
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j”
, “
k”
, and “
l”
to continue to update the subject'"'"'s test score until the test score is not being revised significantly by additional test questions.- View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A method for the testing of human subjects such as a child, an adult or a brain damaged adult, using standard psychological and educational assessment tools employing multi-media technology, said method comprising the steps of:
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a. placing the subject to be tested so as to face the monitor screen, audio speaker and/or sensory perceptible means of a multi-media computer, said computer being selectively operable by a human psychological tester who conducts the evaluation of the subject and by said subject being so tested in the presence of said human psychological tester, said human psychological tester observing said subject during the testing, said human psychological tester receiving from said computer interpretative data interpreting answers of said subject, said human psychological tester recording his or her observations about the behavior during said testing of said subject and said human psychological tester also recording his or her observations about said computer generated interpretive data derived from said answers of said subject;
b. presenting visual, auditory and/or sensory perceptible instructions for and conducting a visual, auditory and/or sensory perceptible dialog from said computer with the subject;
c. presenting by visual, auditory and/or sensory perceptible means a testing question with accompanying visual, auditory and/or sensory perceptible dialog and eliciting a response from the subject;
d. evaluating and scoring the response in accordance with a program running on said computer to produce a raw score;
e. determining the subject'"'"'s test scores by applying an interpretive analysis on the basis of the raw score;
f. presenting another test question with accompanying visual, auditory and/or sensory perceptible dialog and eliciting a response from the subject;
g. evaluating and scoring the response to the latest test question in accordance with said program running on said computer to produce another raw score;
h. updating the subject'"'"'s test score by basal and/or ceiling analysis of the raw score from latest test questions; and
i. repeating steps “
f”
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g”
, “
h”
, and “
h”
to continue to update the subject'"'"'s test score until the test score is not being revised significantly by additional test questions.
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6. A multi-media computer system for the testing of human subjects such as a child, an adult or a brain damaged adult, using standard psychological and educational assessment tools employing multi-media technology, wherein said human psychological tester receives from said computer interpretative data interpreting answers of said subject, wherein said human psychological tester records his or her observations about the behavior during said testing of said subject and wherein said human psychological tester also recording his or her observations about said computer generated interpretive data derived from said answers of said subject;
- said system comprising;
a. a multi-media computer having a monitor screen, auditory playback means, sensory perceptible means and data recording means, said computer being selectively operable by a human psychological tester who conducts the evaluation of the subject and by said subject being so tested in the presence of said human psychological tester, wherein said human psychological tester observes said subject during the testing;
b. said computer having an output visual display, auditory and/or sensory perceptible presentation means displaying and/or presenting questions to be answered by the subject;
c. said computer having an input means for the subject to respond with answers to said questions;
d. said computer having an output presentation means presenting interpretative data interpreting answers of said subject to said human psychological tester;
e. said computer having a recorder means for the human psychological tester to selectively record his or her observations about the behavior during said testing of said subject and for said human psychological tester to record his or her observations about said computer generated interpretive data derived from said answers of said subject;
f. means for presenting visual, auditory and/or sensory perceptible instructions for and conducting a visual, auditory and/or sensory perceptible dialog on the screen with the subject;
g. means for presenting a testing question with accompanying visual, auditory and/or sensory perceptible dialog and for eliciting a response from the subject;
h. a program running on said computer, said program evaluating and scoring the response to produce a raw score;
i. said program determining the subject'"'"'s test scores by applying an interpretive analysis on the basis of the raw score;
j. said program having means for presenting another test question with accompanying visual, auditory and/or sensory perceptible dialog and eliciting a response from the subject;
k. said program having means for evaluating and scoring the response to the latest test question in accordance with said program running on said computer to produce another raw score;
l. said program having means for updating the subject'"'"'s test score by basal and/or ceiling analysis of the raw score from latest test questions; and
m. said program having means for updating the subject'"'"'s test score until the test score is not being revised significantly by additional test questions.
- said system comprising;
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