Computer-readable recording medium storing education support program, education support method, and education support apparatus

• US 9,666,087 B2
• Filed: 10/28/2014
• Issued: 05/30/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 11/06/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Mayumi, Hidehiko, Tanaka, Toshio, Kobayashi, Takeaki, Sasaki, Shigenori
• Primary Examiner(s): Gishnock, Nikolai A
• Application Number:
  US14/525,560
• Publication Number:
  US 20150125843A1
• Time in Patent Office: 945 Days
• Field of Search: 715733, 715743, 715753, 715758
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/048 Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/253 Grammatical analysis; Style critique
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 5/00 Electrically-operated educational appliances working with questions and answers G09B7/00; simulators G09B9/00; advertising or displaying in general G09F
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 5/12 different stations being capable of presenting different information simultaneously G09B5/14 takes precedence

Abstract

An education support method includes searching for first student information corresponding to a student whose evaluation score has been improved and discussion information on the basis of evaluation-score-and-group information in which the discussion information identifying a group discussion, group information identifying a group, student information identifying a student and an evaluation score of the student are associated with one another; searching for second student information including group information associated to the first student information on the basis of the first student information and the discussion information; and generating created group information that is associated with the second student information and a selected student information. Further, a computer-readable recording medium storing an education support program that, when executed, causes a computer to perform the education support method.

Claims

1. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing an education support program that, when executed, causes a computer to perform an education support method, the education support method comprising:

storing, for each of a plurality of students, history information and group information, the history information indicating a transition of evaluation scores regarding a degree of achievement regarding at least one evaluation item for each of a plurality of group discussions, and the group information indicating a group in which each student is involved for each of the plurality of group discussions, the group being one of a plurality of groups;

receiving a designation of a first student to be trained from among the plurality of students;

identifying a second student from among the plurality of students based on the history information, the second student having specific history information indicating that the evaluation score has been improved more than a threshold;

identifying a specific group discussion, from among the plurality of group discussions, in which the evaluation score of the second student has improved more than the threshold;

identifying a specific group, from among the plurality of groups, in which the second student was involved for the specific group discussion;

extracting at least one third student, other than the second student, from among the students who are involved in the specific group;

grouping the first student to be trained and the at least one third student for a next group discussion; and

outputting an instruction to display a screen on respective terminal devices of the first student and the at least one third student, the screen displaying a plurality of opinions inputted by the first student and the at least one third student in the next group discussion.

2. The computer-readable recording medium according to claim 1, wherein the identifying of the second student from among the plurality of students further comprises identifying the second student based on specific history information indicating that the evaluation score that has improved more than the threshold is maintained in a group discussion conducted after the specific group discussion, and

the identifying of the specific group discussion further comprises identifying a specific group discussion during which the evaluation score of the second student that has improved more than the threshold is maintained in the group discussion after the specific group discussion.

3. The computer-readable recording medium according to claim 1, wherein the storing of the history information and the group information further comprises storing, for each of the plurality of students, a plurality of evaluation items that are different from each other and a plurality of evaluation scores corresponding to respective evaluation items,

the identifying of the second student further comprises selecting an evaluation item, from among the plurality of evaluation items, and identifying the second student based on specific history information indicating that the evaluation score corresponding to the selected evaluation item has improved more than the threshold, and

the identifying of the specific group discussion includes identifying the specific group discussion in which the evaluation score of the second student corresponding to the selected evaluation item has improved more than the threshold.

4. The computer-readable recording medium according to claim 2, wherein the identifying of the second student further comprises:

determining whether there are a plurality of students whose specific history information indicates that their evaluation score that has improved more than the threshold, and

identifying, as the second student, a student having a greatest improvement in evaluation score among the plurality of students having an evaluation score that has improved more than the threshold.

5. The computer-readable recording medium according to claim 2, wherein the identifying of the second student further comprises:

determining whether there are a plurality of students whose specific history information indicates that their evaluation score has improved more than the threshold and is maintained in a group discussion conducted after the specific group discussion, and

identifying, as the second student, a student having an improved evaluation score that is maintained longer than that of the other students.

6. An education support method, comprising:

storing, for each of a plurality of students, history information and group information, the history information indicating a transition of evaluation scores regarding a degree of achievement regarding at least one evaluation item for each of a plurality of group discussions, and the group information indicating a group in which each student is involved for each of the plurality of group discussions, the group being one of a plurality of groups;

receiving a designation of a first student to be trained from among the plurality of students;

identifying a second student from among the plurality of students based on the history information, the second student having specific history information indicating that the evaluation score has been improved more than a threshold;

identifying a specific group, from among the plurality of groups, in which the second student was involved for the specific group discussion;

extracting at least one third student, other than the second student, from among the students who are involved in the specific group;

grouping the first student to be trained and the at least one third student for a next group discussion; and

outputting an instruction to display a screen on respective terminal devices of the first student and the at least one third student, the screen displaying a plurality of opinions inputted by the first student and the at least one third student in the next group discussion.

7. The education support method according to claim 6, wherein the identifying of the second student from among the plurality of students further comprises identifying the second student based on specific history information indicating that the evaluation score that has improved more than the threshold is maintained in a group discussion conducted after the specific group discussion, and,

the identifying of the specific group discussion further comprises identifying a specific group discussion during which the evaluation score of the second student that has improved more than the threshold is maintained in the group discussion after the specific group discussion.

8. The education support method according to claim 6, wherein the storing of the history information and the group information further comprises storing, for each of the plurality of students, a plurality of evaluation items that are different from each other and a plurality of the evaluation scores corresponding to respective evaluation items,

the identifying of the second student further comprises selecting an evaluation item, from among the plurality of evaluation items, and identifying the second student based on specific history information indicating that the evaluation score corresponding to the selected evaluation item has improved more than the threshold, and

the identifying of the specific group discussion includes identifying the specific group discussion in which the evaluation score of the second student corresponding to the selected evaluation item has improved more than the threshold.

9. The education support method according to claim 6, wherein the identifying of the second student further comprises:

determining whether there are a plurality of students whose specific history information indicates that their evaluation score that has improved more than the threshold, and

identifying, as the second student, a student having a greatest improvement in evaluation score among the plurality of students having an evaluation score that has improved more than the threshold.

10. The education support method according to claim 6, wherein the identifying of the second student further comprises:

determining whether there are a plurality of students whose specific history information indicates that their evaluation score has improved more than the threshold and is maintained in a group discussion conducted after the specific group discussion, and

identifying, as the second student, a student having an improved evaluation score that is maintained longer than that of the other students.

11. The education support method according to claim 6, further comprising searching for history information of a student having an evaluation score similar to that of the at least one third student when the extracted at least one third student does not participate in the group discussion, and grouping the first student to be trained with the student having the evaluation score similar to that of the at least one third student.

12. The education support method according to claim 6, wherein the evaluation score is scored by evaluation of an individual student himself or evaluation of an other student who belongs to a same group.

13. An education support apparatus, comprising:

a memory storing an education support program;

a processor configured to execute the education support program, the education support program causing the processor to;

store in a database, for each of a plurality of students, history information and group information, the history information indicating a transition of evaluation scores regarding a degree of achievement regarding at least one evaluation item for each of a plurality of group discussions, and the group information indicating a group in which each student is involved for each of the plurality of group discussions, the group being one of a plurality of groups;

receive a designation of a first student to be trained from among the plurality of students;

identify a second student from among the plurality of students based on the history information, the second student having specific history information indicating that the evaluation score has been improved more than a threshold;

identify a specific group discussion, from among the plurality of group discussions, in which the evaluation score of the second student has improved more than the threshold;

identify a specific group, from among the plurality of groups, in which the second student was involved for the specific group discussion;

extract at least one third student, other than the second student, from among the students who are involved in the specific group;

group the first student to be trained and the at least one third student for a next group discussion; and

output an instruction to display a screen on respective terminal devices of the first student and the at least one third student, the screen displaying a plurality of opinions inputted by the first student and the at least one third student in the next group discussion.

14. The education support apparatus according to claim 13,

wherein the processor is further configured to execute the education support program, the education support program further causing the processor to:

identify the second student from among the plurality of students by identifying the second student based on specific history information indicating that the evaluation score that has improved more than the threshold is maintained in a group discussion conducted after the specific group discussion, and

identify of the specific group discussion by identifying a specific group discussion during which the evaluation score of the second student that has improved more than the threshold is maintained in the group discussion after the specific group discussion.

15. The education support apparatus according to claim 13,

wherein the processor is further configured to execute the education support program, the education support program further causing the processor to:

store the history information and the group information by storing, for each of the plurality of students, a plurality of evaluation items that are different from each other and a plurality of evaluation scores corresponding to respective evaluation items,

identify the second student by selecting an evaluation item, from among the plurality of evaluation items, and identifying the second student based on specific history information indicating that the evaluation score corresponding to the selected evaluation item has improved more than the threshold, and

identify the specific group discussion by identifying the specific group discussion in which the evaluation score of the second student corresponding to the selected evaluation item has improved more than the threshold.

16. The education support apparatus according to claim 13,

wherein the processor is further configured to execute the education support program, the education support program further causing the processor to:

identify the second student from among the plurality of students by searching for the evaluation score that has improved more than a threshold.

17. The education support apparatus according to claim 14,

wherein the processor is further configured to execute the education support program, the education support program further causing the processor to:

identify the second student by;

determining whether there are a plurality of students whose specific history information indicates that their evaluation score that has improved more than the threshold, and

identifying, as the second student, a student having a greatest improvement in evaluation score among the plurality of students having an evaluation score that has improved more than the threshold.

18. The education support apparatus according to claim 14,

wherein the processor is further configured to execute the education support program, the education support program further causing the processor to:

identify the second student by;

determining whether there are a plurality of students whose specific history information indicates that their evaluation score has improved more than the threshold and is maintained in a group discussion conducted after the specific group discussion, and

identifying, as the second student, a student having an improved evaluation score that is maintained longer than that of the other students.

19. The education support apparatus according to claim 13,

wherein the processor is further configured to execute the education support program, the education support program further causing the processor to:

search for history information of a student having an evaluation score similar to that of the at least one third student when the extracted at least one third student does not participate in the group discussion, and group the first student to be trained with the student having the evaluation score similar to that of the at least one third student.

20. The education support apparatus according to claim 13,

wherein the evaluation scores stored in the database are determined by evaluation of an individual student himself or evaluation of an other student who belongs to a same group.