Method and system for knowledge assessment and learning incorporating feedbacks

A method for knowledge assessment and learning comprising the steps of:

• a. presenting to a test subject a plurality of queries derived from a computer database of learning materials, each query being answerable by a plurality of multi-choice answers indicative of confidence level, said multi-choice answers including a choice of right answer that indicates complete confidence, choices of wrong answers, at least one choice of combined right and wrong answers that indicates partial confidence, and a choice of no answer that indicates no confidence, the confidence level being in the range of complete confidence and no confidence, inclusive;
• b. responsive to the answers to the queries by the test subject, calculating a weighted score according to a predefined scoring protocol based on a comparison of the test subject's answer with a correct substantive answer, and
• c. compiling a knowledge profile based on the weighted score and calculating a performance rating derived by applying an anti-log of a log function expressed as:
• Score-A*log P(sub i)+B, where P(sub i) reflects the probability of a correct response given the confidence level expressed by a test subject in providing a response to a query and A and B are scaling constants.

A method for knowledge assessment and learning comprising:

• a first step of presenting to a test subject a plurality of queries derived from a computer database of learning materials, each query being answerable by a plurality of multi-choice answers indicative of confidence level, said multi-choice answers including a choice of right answer that indicates complete confidence, choices of wrong answers, at least one choice of combined right and wrong answers that indicates partial confidence, and a choice of no answer that indicates no confidence;
• a second step of administering a selected second set of test queries to the test subject;
• a third step of calculating a first weighted score for the test subject from answers provided in said first step, according to a predefined scoring protocol that assigns predefined weights based on a comparison of the test subject's subjective answer and confidence level with a correct substantive answer;
• a fourth step of compiling a first knowledge profile based on the first weighted score;
• a fifth step of calculating a second weighted score according to the pre-defined scoring protocol based on a comparison of the test subject's answers to the second set of queries with a correct substantive answers;
• and a sixth step of compiling a second knowledge profile based on the second weighted score.

A method for knowledge assessment and learning comprising the steps of:

• a. presenting to a plurality of test subjects a plurality of queries, derived from a computer database of learning materials the queries being answerable by a plurality of multi-choice answers indicative of confidence level, said multi-choice answers including a choice of right answer that indicates complete confidence, choices of wrong answers, at least one choice of combined right and wrong answers that indicates partial confidence, and a choice of no answer that indicates no confidence;
• b. responsive to the answers, calculating a weighted score for each test subject according to a predefined scoring protocol based on a comparison of each such test subjects' answers and confidence levels with correct substantive answers;
• c. compiling a knowledge profile based on the weighted score for each test subject;
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• d. offering learning materials to the test subject on the substantive answer selectable from the database of learning materials according to the knowledge profile of each test subject.

A system for knowledge assessment and learning adaptable for use in a microprocessor based computing device and in a networked client-server communication environment, the system comprising:

• a. databases comprising learning materials and test queries related to the learning materials and correct answers corresponding to the test queries stored and retrievable in the computing device;
• b. a test builder for constructing a test using the databases, the test comprising a plurality of non-one dimensional queries answerable by multi-choice answers indicative of confidence level, said multi-choice answers including a choice of right answer that indicates complete confidence, choices of wrong answers, at least one choice of combined right and wrong answers that indicates partial confidence, and a choice of no answer that indicates no confidence;
• c. administrative means located at proximate or remote locations for authenticating a test subject, presenting the test to the subject and collecting the answer to each query from the test subject;
• d. scoring means for comparing the test subject's answer to each query with a correct answer stored in the computing device, determining a weighted score according to a predefined scoring protocol and defining a knowledge profile;
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• e. means for offering to the test subject the learning materials retrievable from the database based on the knowledge profile.