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US 2016/0364992 A1Published application
Teaching aid using predicted patterns in spelling errors
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsLakshminarayanan Krishnamurthy, Niyati Parameswaran, Edward E. Seabolt, Paul T. Wright
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Abstract
Teaching aid for improving the spelling competency of a student. The framework provides differentiated instruction and tailors interventions specific to the needs of the student by taking into account relative performance of peers and the root cause of an identified spelling error.
Claims18
A method comprising:
- assigning a first set of root causes to a first error type of a set of error types;
- monitoring a spelling event of a user for a misspelled word based, at least in part, on a set of target words;
- determining that the misspelled word is a misspelling of a target word of a set of target words according to the first error type;
- generating a set of training words based, at least in part, on a characteristic of the target word;
- and
- selecting from the set of training words, a set of focus words based, at least in part, on the first set of root causes;
- wherein:
- at least the determining, generating, and selecting steps are performed by computer software running on computer hardware.
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A computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having stored thereon:
- first program instructions programmed to assign a first set of root causes to a first error type of a set of error types;
- second program instructions programmed to monitor a spelling event of a user for a misspelled word based, at least in part, on a set of target words;
- third program instructions programmed to determine that the misspelled word is a misspelling of a target word of a set of target words according to the first error type;
- fourth program instructions programmed to generate a set of training words based, at least in part, on a characteristic of the target word;
- and
- fifth program instructions programmed to select from the set of training words, a set of focus words based, at least in part, on the first set of root causes.
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A computer system comprising:
- a processor(s) set;
- and
- a computer readable storage medium;
- wherein:
- the processor set is structured, located, connected, and/or programmed to run program instructions stored on the computer readable storage medium;
- and
- the program instructions include:
- first program instructions programmed to assign a first set of root causes to a first error type of a set of error types;
- second program instructions programmed to monitor a spelling event of a user for a misspelled word based, at least in part, on a set of target words;
- third program instructions programmed to determine that the misspelled word is a misspelling of a target word of a set of target words according to the first error type;
- fourth program instructions programmed to generate a set of training words based, at least in part, on a characteristic of the target word;
- and
- fifth program instructions programmed to select from the set of training words, a set of focus words based, at least in part, on the first set of root causes.
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