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US 6,270,352 B1Granted
Adaptive problem selection
OwnerJames W. Dittoinventor
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for selecting a category from a plurality of categories, where each category comprises a number of elements, and corresponds to a category performance determinant that represents a measurement associated with a given category, and where a category performance determinant biases the selection of a given category.
Claims40
An apparatus for selecting a category, comprising
- a. a number of computer readable media;
- and
- b. computer readable program code stored on said number of computer readable media, said computer readable program code comprising:
- i. program code for determining a category performance determinant for each of a plurality of categories, wherein said each of a plurality of categories comprises a number of elements, and wherein:
- (1) a given category performance determinant corresponds to a given one of said plurality of categories;
- and
- (2) said given category performance determinant represents a measurement associated with said given one of said plurality of categories;
- and
- ii. program code for making a biased random selection of a category, wherein each category performance determinant biases the selection of its corresponding category in said biased random selection.
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An apparatus for selecting a category, comprising:
- a. means for determining a category performance determinant for each of a plurality of categories, wherein:
- i. a given category performance determinant corresponds to a given one of said plurality of categories;
- and
- ii. said given category performance determinant is a measurement associated with said given one of a plurality of categories;
- and
- b. means for making a biased random selection of a category, wherein said biased random selection means comprises means for each category performance determinant to bias the selection of its corresponding category in said biased random selection.
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An apparatus for selecting a problem, comprising:
- a. a number of computer readable media;
- and
- b. computer readable program code stored on said number of computer readable media, said computer readable program code comprising:
- i. program code for determining a performance number for each of a plurality of problems, wherein:
- (1) a given performance number corresponds to a given one of said plurality of problems;
- (2) said given performance number represents a student's performance on said given one of said plurality of problems;
- and
- ii. program code for making a biased random selection of a problem, wherein each performance number biases the selection of its corresponding problem in said biased random selection.
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An apparatus for selecting a problem, comprising:
- a. means for determining a performance number for each of a plurality of problems, wherein:
- i. a given performance number corresponds to a given one of said plurality of problems;
- and
- ii. said given performance number is a measurement of a student's performance on said given one of said plurality of problems;
- and
- b. means for making a biased random selection of a problem, wherein said biased random selection means comprises means for a performance number to bias the selection of its corresponding problem in said biased random selection.
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A method for selecting a problem, comprising:
- a. determining a performance number for each of a plurality of problems, wherein:
- i. a given performance number corresponds to a given one of a plurality of problems;
- and
- ii. said given performance number represents a student's performance on said given one of a plurality of problems;
- and
- b. making a biased random selection of a problem, wherein each performance number biases the selection of its corresponding problem in said biased random selection.
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A method for selecting a category, comprising:
- a. determining a category performance determinant for each of a plurality of categories, wherein:
- i. a given category performance determinant corresponds to a given one of a plurality of categories;
- and
- ii. said given category performance determinant represents a measurement associated with said given one of a plurality of categories;
- and
- b. making a biased random selection of a category, wherein each category performance determinant biases the selection of its corresponding category in said biased random selection.
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A computer data signal embodied in a carrier wave, comprising:
- a. a category performance determinant determination source code segment comprising code for generating a category performance determinant for each of a plurality of categories, wherein said each of a plurality of categories comprises a number of elements, and wherein:
- i. a given said category performance determinant corresponds to a given one of a plurality of categories;
- ii. said given category performance determinant represents a measurement associated with said given one of a plurality of categories;
- and
- b. a category selection source code segment comprising code for making a biased random selection of a category from said plurality of categories, wherein each category performance determinant biases the selection of its corresponding category in said biased random selection.
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