Dynamic on-line scoring guide and method

• US 7,044,743 B2
• Filed: 10/20/2003
• Issued: 05/16/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 02/05/1993
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: NCS Pearson Incorporated (Pearson plc)
• Original Assignee: NCS Pearson Incorporated (Pearson plc)
• Inventors: Clark, Jay V., Moyer, Judith, Bramlett, William L. Jr.
• Primary Examiner(s): Cheng, Joe H.
• Application Number:
  US10/690,122
• Publication Number:
  US 20040202991A1
• Time in Patent Office: 939 Days
• Field of Search: 434/118, 434/156, 434/157, 434/169, 434/185, 434/307.R, 434/308, 434/322, 434/323, 434/327, 434/336, 434/350, 434/362, 434/365, 705/2, 705/8, 705/10, 706/50, 706/927, 700/29, 700/86, 700/96, 700/99, 700/108, 700/10
• US Class Current: 434/322
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 7/00 Electrically-operated teaching apparatus or devices working with questions and answers mechanically operated G09B3/00; computing arrangements G06F
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 7/02 of the type wherein the student is expected to construct an answer to the question which is presented or wherein the machine gives an answer to the question presented by a student
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 7/066 with answer indicating cards, blocks
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 706/927 Education or instruction

Abstract

A method and system for on-line resolving is described that dynamically provides resolvers with rules for evaluating answers to particular types of data items. Rules are stored which relate to procedures for evaluating the data items. When data items are displayed to a resolver for evaluating, the corresponding rules are displayed for evaluating the displayed data item.

Claims

1. A method for electronically and dynamically providing evaluation rules to evaluators to assist the evaluators in evaluating data items to which the evaluation rules apply, the method comprising the steps of:

a) receiving a plurality of data items over a distributed computer network;

b) storing a plurality of evaluation rules, each of the evaluation rules relating to a procedure for evaluation at least a particular one of the data items;

c) selectively presenting the data item to an evaluator over a distributed computer network; and

d) automatically selectively presenting to the evaluator the evaluation rules related to the data item presented to the evaluator over a distributed computer network.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of presenting the data item and the step of presenting the evaluation rules that correspond to the data item are performed simultaneously.

3. A system for electronically and dynamically providing evaluation rules to evaluators to assist the evaluators in evaluating data items to which the evaluation rules apply, the system comprising:

a) a receiving subsystem configured to receive a plurality of data items over a distributed computer network;

b) a storing subsystem configured to store a plurality of evaluation rules, each of the evaluation rules relating to a procedure for evaluating at least a particular one of the data items;

c) a presentation subsystem configured to selectively present the data item to an evaluator over a distributed computer network; and

d) a selection subsystem configured to automatically selectively present to the evaluator the evaluation rules related to the data item presented to the evaluator over a distributed computer network.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the presenting the data items and the presenting the evaluation rules that correspond to the data items occur simultaneously.

5. A computer readable program storage medium tangibly embodying a data package and associated verification instructions executable by a computer system to electronically and dynamically providing evaluation rules to evaluators to assist the evaluators in evaluating data items to which the evaluation rules apply by performing steps including:

a) receiving a plurality of data items over a distributed computer network;

b) storing a plurality of evaluation rules, each of the evaluation rules relating to a procedure for evaluating at least a particular one of the data items;

c) selectively presenting the data item to an evaluator over a distributed computer network; and

d) automatically selectively presenting to the evaluator the evaluation rules related to the data item presented to the evaluator over a distributed computer network.

6. The computer readable program storage medium according to claim 5, wherein the presenting the data items and the presenting the evaluation rules that correspond to the data items occur simultaneously.