Equation editor
AssigneeEducational Testing Service
InventorsMichael F. Dunk, Mary Crist
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Abstract
An on-line teaching and learning system with rapid change-by-change or real time reinforcement signals for students and simultaneous monitoring by the teacher of the actual responses as well as their correctness is disclosed. The system may include at least one teacher computer, a plurality of student computers operably connected to the at least one teacher computer by a communications network. The system may be used in a classroom setting or in a distance-learning environment.
Claims47
A system for editing, comparing, and resolving equations, comprising:
- at least one teacher computer that implements a teacher equation editor application that generates a question description and generates at least one answer corresponding to the question description and including at least one of an equation and an expression;
- at least one student computer that implements a student equation editor application that generates a response corresponding to the question description and including at least one of a response equation and a response expression;
- at least one comparison device that compares the response with the answer and outputs a comparison result;
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- a communications network operably connecting the teacher computer, the student computer, and the comparison device.
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8-18. (canceled)
A method for editing, comparing, and resolving equations, comprising:
- operably interconnecting a communications network, a teacher computer, a student computer, and a comparison device;
- implementing with the teacher computer a teacher equation editor application that generates a question description and generates at least one answer corresponding to the question description and including at least one of an equation and an expression;
- implementing with the student computer a student equation editor application that generates a response corresponding to the question description and including at least one of a response equation and a response expression;
- using the comparison device to compare the response with the answer and output a comparison result.
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The computer program product of claim 61 further comprising code means for generating the question via manual operator input.
The computer program product of claim 61 further comprising code means for generating the answer via manual operator input.
The computer program product of claim 61 further comprising code means for selectively rendering the response from a character syntax to a rendered expression.
The computer program product of claim 61 further comprising code means for transmitting the comparison result as a learning reinforcement signal to at least one of the teacher computer and the student computer.
42-50. (canceled)
A computer program product for editing, comparing, and resolving equations, comprising a computer-readable storage medium containing program instructions tangibly embodied thereon as code means for:
- operably interconnecting a communications network, a teacher computer, a student computer, and a comparison device;
- implementing with the teacher computer a teacher equation editor application that generates a question description and generates at least one answer corresponding to the question description and including at least one of an equation and an expression;
- implementing with the student computer a student equation editor application that generates a response corresponding to the question description and including at least one of a response equation and a response expression;
- using the comparison device to compare the response with the answer and output a comparison result.
62-63. (canceled)
A method of editing, comparing, and resolving equations comprising:
- receiving a question description on a student computer system from a teacher computer system;
- displaying the question description;
- receiving at least one response to the question description, wherein each response comprises one or more of an equation and an expression;
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- transmitting the at least one response to the teacher computer system.
66-67. (canceled)
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.