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US 2014/0370487 A1Published application
Embedded assessment with curriculum feedback of tests generated from an infinite test bank of questions within an encapsulated e-book
AssigneeErgopedia, Inc.
InventorsEmmanouil A. Chaniotakis, Thomas C. Ahlborn-Hsu
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Abstract
An educational electronic book (e-Book) facility that may be suitable for use in public school classrooms and many other environments may be based on an encapsulated HTML technology to facilitate complete interactive operation without use or risks associated with an external network connection, such as the Internet.
Claims13
An electronic book comprising:
- a set of encapsulated HTML instructions for presenting an interactive electronic book within a web browser that is executing on a computing device that does not require access to network resources;
- the HTML instructions including:
- machine-scorable measurement of student learning through presenting at least one of visual and graphical interactive assessments of student understanding of a curriculum,
- identification of at least one of a next study topic, a review topic, and an assessment adjustment parameter for subsequent assessing student understanding;
- and
- a problem description language, comprising:
- a problem syntax comprising:
- a formula stem field that represents a resolvable relationship between formula variables and formula solution;
- a plurality of formula variable type options;
- a plurality of formula dependency options;
- a formula hint field and
- a formula solution field;
- variable value distribution rules;
- and
- distractor preparation rules.
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A system for generating unique assessment questions within an encapsulated electronic book comprising:
- a user interface for the entry of base assessment questions comprising options for entering two or more assessment options selected from the list consisting of:
- question type, level of difficulty, question stem, independent variables, independent variable value range, independent variable value precision, dependent variables, functions for determining dependent variables, relationships between a dependent variable and more independent variables, distractors, a correct answer and explanations;
- a portion of an HTML encapsulated electronic book adapted to generate unique assessment questions comprising:
- generating random values for the independent variables;
- calculating values for dependent variables;
- identifying a subset of distractors;
- relating independent and dependent variables to at least one of an answer entry field and a solution field;
- calculating a correct answer value;
- and
- providing a unique assessment question for a base assessment question stem comprising the generated values of the independent variables, the calculated values of the dependent variables, the correct answer value, and the subset of distractors.
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A system for generating unique assessment questions within an encapsulated HTML electronic book comprising:
- a storage facility for storing base assessment questions, question type, level of difficulty, question stem, independent variables, independent variable value range, independent variable value precision, dependent variables, functions for determining dependent variables, relationships between a dependent variable and more independent variables, distractors, a correct answer and explanations;
- and
- a question generation engine adapted to generate unique questions by performing question preparation steps comprising:
- identifying a question stem;
- generating random values for accessed independent variables;
- calculating values for dependent variables;
- determining a subset of distractors;
- calculating a correct answer value;
- storing the generated, calculated, and determined data in the storage;
- and
- associating the stored generated, calculated, and determined data with the identified question stem.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.