Education and demonstration – Question or problem eliciting response – Response of plural examinees communicated to monitor or...
Reexamination Certificate
1999-10-06
2002-05-21
Cheng, Joe H. (Department: 3713)
Education and demonstration
Question or problem eliciting response
Response of plural examinees communicated to monitor or...
C434S118000, C434S322000, C434S362000, C380S251000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06393253
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
There is nothing new about a data processing device that process data stored in databases. Indeed, there are a number of such devices that store voluminous amounts of questions and answers in databases, select questions randomly in these databases, and decide whether or not the answer selected by the user is correct. One questioning method requires the user to select the correct answer from several possible answers. This kind of study device is, however, not very efficient as it presents the user with fixed question and multiple-choice answer sets previously stored in the database which in some cases leads the user to lose his motivation to study. Of course, if each question is stored in the database with numerous answers, and the multiple-choice answer sets that the user reads are randomly selected from the answer data, then the multiple-choice answer sets are not fixed, therefore increasing the study efficiency. However, this cannot be seen as a satisfactory solution either, when the cost of labor and the time spent creating the database containing numerous answers for each question are taken into consideration.
Then there is the problem of the high cost, in general, of creating the database irrespective of the type of questioning method or of its usage as a study device.
On the other hand, with the development of large capacity memory media such as the optical disk, the magneto-optical disk, the magnetic disk etc., record media that store great amounts of data (e.g., electronic dictionaries) are now widely available on the market. Furthermore, thanks to the development of the computer network of Internet, it has also become possible to easily access a great deal of information.
OBJECT AND SUMMARY OF INVENTION
Therefore, as a result of extensive research into the means to solve these problems, the inventor has come to the conclusion that if the answer data to a certain question can be re-utilized as incorrect answer data for other questions, then it would no longer be necessary to store large amounts of multiple-choice answer sets in the database. Moreover, as it does not provide the user with fixed multiple-choice answer, the efficiency of the user's study is increased, as is his motivation.
In order to achieve the above-described objects, the educational data processing device of the present invention comprises
a computer with a CPU, a memory system, and input and output systems;
a DSG, stored in said memory system consisting of multiple DS where each DS consists of two types of data, a question and answer; and
a program, stored in said memory system that performs the following functions:
(a) selects a question and answer data from a DS, and one or more answer data from randomly selected DS in said DSG;
(b) presents a question and multiple-choice answer set to the user through said output system. The question corresponds to the question data from the selected DS and the multiple choice answer are comprised of the answer data from the selected DS and answer data from randomly selected DS; and
(c) determines whether the answer inputted by the user through said input system is correct or not and notifies the user of the result through said output system.
By constructing the educational data processing device this way, wrong answer data, e.g. answer data in other DS, do not become fixed; as the wrong answer data are imported from other DS, wrong answer data for each question do not need to be stored in the database.
Furthermore, as for the invention, the educational data processing device, each DS of said DSG consists of question data, one or more corresponding answer data and attribute information which shows the properties of data including the relation of question to the answer data.
Said program is equipped with:
(a1) a function that selects question and answer data from a DS from said DSG and/or answer data from randomly selected DS, based on corresponding attribute information.
By constructing the educational data processing device this way, it is possible to select question and answer data of a certain DS and answer data from other DS according to the properties and attribute information of each data.
In addition, the invention, the educational data processing device, comprises said program equipped with the following functions:
(d) a function that registers the number (N, where N≧2) of choices of the multiple choice answer as set and inputted by the user through said input system; and
(a2) a function that selects question and answer data of a DS from said DSG and/or answer data from other DS (N−1) based on attribute information.
By constructing the educational data processing device this way, the user is able to adjust and set the number of choices in multiple choice answer.
Also, the invention, an educational data processing device, comprises category information indicating educational category of data and/or “Difficulty-level Information” indicating the degree of difficulty of data as attribute information of each said data. Said program is equipped with:
(a3) a function that selects question and answer data of a DS and/or answer data from other DS based on category information and/or Difficulty-level Information.
By constructing the educational data processing device this way, it is possible to select question and multiple-choice answer set according to category information or Difficulty-level Information. When preparing questions for the user on the educational category requested by the user, for example, it is possible to parameters questions from easy to difficult. It is also possible to select incorrect answer data from the DS in the same category as correct answer data and to provide the user with harder but better multiple-choice answer sets, thereby increasing study efficiency.
The invention, the educational data processing device stores Record Information that indicates the rate of correct responses as attribute information of each said data. Said program is equipped with:
(a4) a function that selects, question and answer data of a DS from said DSG and/or answer data from other DS based on Record Information; and
(e) a function that updates, Record Information of the question data of a DS data, based on the number of correct responses to that answer data that the user has inputted through said input system.
By constructing the educational data processing device this way, Record Information is updated every time the user solves a practice and it is possible to select a question and multiple-choice answer set in based on this Record Information. For example, it is possible to prepare only the questions of low proficiency (questions with a low rate of correct response) or prepare questions arranged in the order of proficiency (from proficient questions to not-so-proficient questions), thereby increasing study efficiency.
The educational data processing device provides the user with question and answers according to a specified data structure (data part and attribute information part) of a DS, but it would be more convenient if the user can create additional DS. In addition, when creating additional DS, if the user can obtain information from other source, it can save trouble greatly when creating and adding DS.
The invention, an educational data processing device, comprises said program equipped with the following functions:
(f) a function that presents to the user through said output system information stored in said memory system or information from outside record media inputted through said input system; and
(g) a function that narrows information to the parameters set by the User And stores it into said memory system as said DS after adding attribute information set by the user to each data.
By constructing the educational data processing device this way, it is possible to import information from other sources as a data of a DS, thereby making it easier for the user to create additional DS.
The invention, the educational data processing device, comprises said program equipped with the following functions:
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Cheng Joe H.
Mediafive Corporation
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