JP2006171202A - Education support device, computer program, program storing medium - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a computer system for exactly discovering human ability latent in an individual and for enhancing the human ability. <P>SOLUTION: An education support device constituted of one or more computers comprises: a means to communicate with other computers via an information communication network; a means to store portfolio information in correspondence with each of the many students; a means to regard other computer trying to make an access through authentication as a student computer and to permit the computer to access the portfolio information of the student specified on the basis of the authentication information; a means to make it possible to browse the portfolio information of the student according to the request from the student computer and to transmit it to the student computer; a means to update the portfolio information of the student according to the request from the student computer to which the portfolio information is transmitted; and a means to store updating history of the portfolio information. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to an education support apparatus configured by a computer that supports evaluation of a student's ability other than academic ability in an educational field such as a school.

  Educational emphasis is a thing of the past, and in the current general society, achievements and abilities are subject to evaluation. However, ability is not just about academic ability, that is, grades at school. And if you have excellent academic ability, you cannot expect great results. The ability that cannot apply the evaluation standard of academic ability, such as the score of a test, or the ability to make an objective evaluation (hereinafter referred to as human ability) is an important ability.

  Human power includes elements such as compassion, intellectual curiosity, cooperation, honesty, diligence, vitality, autonomy, leadership, and self-expression ability. can get. Of course, one person need not have all the elements included in human power. If human resources who can make the best use of individual elements are gathered, the group has the potential to become an expert group with extremely high overall capacity.

  Since we are seeking “human resources with human power” whose evaluation indicators are ambiguous in society, on the side that sends human resources to society, that is, in the education field, how to discover and discover the hidden human power of individual students It is an important issue to accurately evaluate the ability. There is a need for a system for accurately discovering human power that is potential for individuals and extending the human power.

  As information necessary for discovering the human power of students, the present inventors have included “eyes” such as subjects that students have actually taken / studied, practical skills that they have experienced or achieved during school attendance, and production / production issues. I thought that not only the information that looks like ", but also the information hidden in the sentences that the students themselves freely" written "their feelings through their study and practical experience. In other words, by analyzing the student's own "subjective" information, I thought that the student's human power would be highlighted for the first time.

The present invention has been made on the basis of the above consideration, and the basic invention is, for example, an education support apparatus realized by execution of a program mounted on a computer, and the following requirements (1) to (7) ).
(1) Consists of one or more computers.
(2) Provide means for communicating with other computers via the information communication network. (3) Provide portfolio storage means for storing portfolio information corresponding to each of a large number of students.
(4) A student authentication means for allowing another computer that has been accessed through authentication as a student computer and permitting the computer to access the portfolio information of the student specified based on the authentication information.
(5) A portfolio presenting means for making it possible to browse the portfolio information of the student and sending it to the student computer in accordance with a request from the student computer.
(6) A portfolio updating means for updating the portfolio information of the student in accordance with a request from the student computer that sent the portfolio information is provided.
(7) A portfolio history recording means for storing a portfolio information update history by the portfolio update means is provided.

In addition, an education support apparatus having any of the following requirements (11) to (20) is also included in the scope of the present invention.
(11) In addition to the above requirements (1) to (7), it is possible to accept a portfolio posting instruction from a student computer that has sent portfolio information so that it can be browsed, and the portfolio information being browsed can be browsed on other student computers Provide bulletin board means to do.

(12) In addition to the above requirements (1) to (7), or in the above requirement (11), when a questionnaire or test question is sent to the student computer in a timely manner, and the answer to the question is returned from the student computer And providing objective evaluation means for analyzing the answer result and outputting the result as an evaluation result for each of a plurality of items.

(13) In addition to the above requirements (1) to (7), or in the above requirement (11), analyze the text included in each student's portfolio information, and use the analysis results as the evaluation results for each of multiple items. Provide subjective evaluation means for output.

(14) In the above requirement (12), a subjective evaluation means for analyzing the text included in each student's portfolio information and outputting the analysis result as an evaluation result for each of a plurality of items is provided.

(15) In the above requirement (12) or (14), the questionnaire and test questions are selected based on the evaluation results for each of the above items for each student, and the test and questionnaire questions are individually selected for each student. Provide the question setting means to set.

(16) In the above requirement (14), the evaluation results for each item output by the objective evaluation means and the subjective evaluation means are compared, advice information based on the comparison results is created, and the advice information is stored in the student computer. Provide advice means to present.

(17) In the above requirement (14), create a document for each student to express their abilities based on portfolio information, evaluation results by objective evaluation means, and evaluation results by subjective evaluation means Provide a means for creating self-expression materials.

(18) In the above requirement (12) or (14), set the target human ability index value for each student based on the analysis of the answer result in a predetermined questionnaire or test by objective evaluation means and output it appropriately Selecting a questionnaire and a test question based on the comparison between the goal setting means and the evaluation result of each of the plurality of items and the human ability index value for each student, and the test or questionnaire question for each student Provide question setting means to set individually.

(19) In the above requirement (12) or (14), set the target human ability index value for each student based on analysis of the answer result in a predetermined questionnaire or test by objective evaluation means and output it appropriately Providing advice information based on a comparison between the target setting means for each student and the evaluation result for each of the plurality of items and the human ability index value, and presenting the advice information to a student computer. .

  The present invention extends to a computer program that is installed in a computer and causes the computer to function as the education support apparatus, and a program storage medium that stores the program.

  According to the education support apparatus of the present invention, it is possible to find out hidden abilities of individual students and to make the students recognize the found abilities and promote efforts toward self-realization.

=== Network configuration ===
FIG. 1 is a network configuration diagram including an education support apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. An education support apparatus (hereinafter referred to as support apparatus) 1 according to the present embodiment is a server computer in a server / client system, and is installed in an education site such as a university and connected to a LAN 10 installed in a school 20. Connected to the LAN 10 is a personal computer (student computer) 3 that can be used freely by a student / student (hereinafter referred to as a student) through an authentication procedure (for example, a login procedure using an ID and a password). The support apparatus 1 also communicates with a computer outside the school by connecting to the Internet 30 via the router 5 or the like. As a result, the student can have his / her personal computer accessed as the student computer 3 outside the school. Of course, the on-campus computer 4 and the off-campus computer 4 operated by the faculty and staff can access the support apparatus 1 in the same manner as the student computer 3.

=== Education support service ===
The support device 1 of this embodiment sets a storage area corresponding to each student currently enrolled in the attached database 2, and the corresponding student's course / study status, grades, practical experience, submission Various information gained and experienced throughout the school days, such as reports, information on production / production, etc., information on extracurricular activities and qualifications / experiences / thoughts obtained outside the school, etc. are classified into predetermined items. The information belonging to each classified item is accumulated and managed as a portfolio. Various services related to the development of human abilities of students based on information stored in the database 2 and input information from the student computer 3 or the computer (faculty / staff computer) 4 operated by the faculty / staff by executing the installed dedicated program. (Education support service)

  The support device 1 performs a cycle of PDCA (Plan Do Check Action) for discovering the human power of the student, making the student recognize the human power, and achieving the goal of the student by implementing the education support service. You can make a habit of turning. In addition, faculty and staff can be strongly supported in preparing materials for evaluating the qualities of each student.

  Note that the support device 1 of this embodiment targets students and faculty at technical universities, and the portfolio includes a study portfolio (related to courses), a career portfolio (acquired qualifications, related to extracurricular activities), an engineering design portfolio ( (Practical skills / production / production-related).

=== Portfolio management function ===
The support device 1 has a basic function as a WWW server, and has opened a Web site (education support site) that can be accessed by a browser after authentication to school personnel. When a browser terminal such as a personal computer is accessed by specifying a predetermined URL, a predetermined authentication procedure is performed, and the authenticated browser terminal is used as a student computer 3 or a faculty / staff computer 4 as a service object. The education support service is implemented while browsing the contents of the education support site in (3, 4) and accepting the sending of form data via the Web page.

  FIG. 2 shows a flow of processing related to the education support service mainly composed of the functional block configuration of the support device 1 of the present embodiment. The support apparatus 1 prepares a Web page (miscellaneous book page) including a text box in which each student can freely write a text and a function for receiving a portfolio designation instruction, and the text written from the student computer 3 to the miscellaneous book page. Is sent to the support apparatus 1 as form data together with the portfolio designation information, the support apparatus 1 adds the sent text to the designated portfolio (s2 → s11). Of course, a miscellaneous book page may be prepared for each portfolio so that the designation of the portfolio is unnecessary.

  In response to a request from the student computer 3, the support apparatus 1 returns the designated portfolio to the student computer 3 in the form of a Web page, and uses the portfolio for student viewing (s11 → s1). When a change such as deletion, addition or correction to the portfolio being browsed is accepted, the portfolio is updated and stored in the database 2 (s1 → s11). Also, the change history is taken. In other words, each student obtains and browses his / her own portfolio with the student computer 3, and additionally updates the portfolio by adding miscellaneous feelings to the specified portfolio as needed, or deleting or changing completed items. To go.

  Students can follow their internal history, such as their psychological transitions and upsets, by comparing the text they are writing to the text they have written in the past by adding or updating their portfolios. This allows students to be aware of the human power that lurks in themselves and to recognize subjective achievements for the target human power.

=== Portfolio posting function ===
The portfolio reveals students' unconsciousness. If the revealed information is made available to other students, it can be expected that the disclosure will be used as a place to create cooperation between students. In addition, students can expect to improve their skills related to self-expression and leadership through free and open discussions between students. For this purpose, the support device 1 has a bulletin board function (s18) for publishing the portfolio to students and faculty members. The support apparatus 1 is provided with a text box, a button, or the like that designates all or part of the portfolio being browsed and posts it on the portfolio web page sent to the student computer 3 so as to be viewable. In addition, a function of sending the entire portfolio being browsed or text extracted from the portfolio to the support apparatus 1 as form data is included.

  The support apparatus 1 places the sent portfolio on a predetermined Web page that can be browsed by all education support service subjects by a well-known electronic bulletin board function in the WWW server (s3 → s11 → s18 → s21). In addition, when a portfolio text is newly posted, a new thread is created for the posting, and a reply can be made from the computer (3, 4) of another student or teacher to the posted content. The electronic bulletin board may be set for each portfolio of study, career, and engineering design, or may be set as appropriate, for example, by department or department. Further, the posting destination may be selected by an instruction from the student computer 3.

=== Objective human ability evaluation function ===
The portfolio is created based on the student's own subjectivity, and the student recognizes his / her ability through creation / update / viewing of the portfolio. And the portfolio management function (s11) gives each student an effort goal to improve their recognized abilities and suggests areas where their abilities can or can be demonstrated in society. can do.

  In order to extend the human power of students, while making the human power subjectively recognized by the students themselves, the human power that is latent in the students is objectively identified, and what is the level of the human power It is also necessary to check at any time. In addition, before students themselves perceive their own human power subjectively, what qualities each student has, what goals are set in order to maximize their qualities, etc. It is also necessary to disclose specific information to students. For this purpose, the support apparatus 1 has a function (s14) for objectively evaluating human power by, for example, performing various questionnaires and a well-known MMPI (Minnesota Multiphasic Personality inventory) personality test on students. .

  In this example, various results assumed in personality tests and questionnaires and various elements included in human power (in this example, consideration, intellectual curiosity, cooperation, honesty, diligence, vitality, autonomy , Leadership, and self-expression) are stored in the database 2 and scores of each element of human power are output based on the results of tests and questionnaires conducted on the students (s13 → s4 → s14). In addition, the database 2 manages the identification of qualities based on the correlation of scores of multiple elements, and the scores (human ability index values) that each student should aim for for the elements of human power required for those qualities. Set goals based on the results of tests and questionnaires conducted on students, evaluate the human ability of each student, and identify qualities. In addition, the human ability index value can be provided for each student. In addition, if the results of test and questionnaire are aggregated for all students or departments and managed in the database, it can be set for all students or set for each department. .

== Subjective human power evaluation function ===
If the human power of each student is significantly different from what is recognized by objective evaluation and what is subjectively recognized by the student, the potential of the student cannot be efficiently extended. Match the direction of objectively perceived ability and subjectively recognized ability, and ultimately endeavor to achieve self-realization by students perceiving subjective goals set by objective evaluation. It is important to firmly establish a sense of purpose to do. To that end, it is first necessary to establish a standard for directly comparing the human power subjectively recognized by the student with the human power objectively recognized. That is, it is necessary to digitize the human power recognized by the student (which seems to be), or to process it into information that can be compared with the objective evaluation results.

  For this purpose, the support device 1 includes a subjective human power evaluation function (s12) that converts human power subjectively recognized by a student based on a portfolio and its level into specific data. In this embodiment, the text written by the student is analyzed by a well-known text mining technique to evaluate the human power of the student. In the analysis by text mining, for example, a dictionary in which each element of human power is associated with a large number of words and a plurality of word groups (a plurality of words related by well-known morphological analysis such as adjectives and nouns). Have it ready. Then, the element to which the word (group) that appears in the text written by the student belongs is specified, and the grade according to the number of occurrences of the word (group) or the grade associated with each word is specified. If it is added for each element, the overall score of each element becomes information obtained by quantifying the human power subjectively recognized by the student.

=== Advice function ===
The support device 1 compares the evaluation results output by the objective human power evaluation function (s14) and the subjective human power evaluation function (s12) periodically or temporarily (s17), and is actually latent. Is the human power element consistent with the human power element subjectively recognized by the student, or is the human power growing smoothly, or is the student making an effort toward self-realization of the goal? , Etc., and an advice function (s15) for guiding the student appropriately according to the confirmation result is provided.

  In this embodiment, the scores of each element of human power obtained by objective evaluation and subjective evaluation are compared. For example, a score based on an objective evaluation obtained immediately after a test or questionnaire is compared with a score based on a current subjective evaluation obtained based on a portfolio. Is aware of the current situation. If there is a gap between the two scores, it means that the current situation has not been recognized accurately. If the subjective score is lower, you may be underestimating your ability or losing confidence. If the objective score is lower, you are overconfident or your subjective goal is too high.

  In this way, depending on the status of the student derived from the comparison result, the message template prepared in advance is edited for each student and the edited message is sent to the student by e-mail, or When the student computer 3 accesses the support apparatus 1 in the form of a Web page or the like, a message that prompts the user to browse the Web page may be sent to the student computer 3. Of course, the advice is not limited to the message, and a specific numerical target may be presented by directly displaying a subjective score and an objective score.

  In addition, an appropriate message is sent according to the difference between the human power index value set based on the initial objective evaluation and the current objective or subjective evaluation score, and the human power index value and the current If the value is specifically indicated, the willingness toward self-realization can be raised.

=== Question setting function ===
The support device 1 must guide the students toward the goal set at the beginning. Therefore, a function (s14 → s16, s12 → s16, s14, s16, s16, s16, s16, s16, s16, s16, s16, s16, s16) s17 → s16). According to this function (s16), by setting the question while always feeding back the current status evaluation, the result is too dissatisfied by presenting the result that deviates from the reality, and vice versa. You can avoid losing your aspirations. When selecting questions, the database should include various patterns of results for subjective and objective evaluations of human power, or patterns of comparison results of the results of subjective and objective evaluations, and the questions to be selected. For example, information that associates with each other may be accumulated.

  Also in this question setting function, questions can be selected according to the difference between the human power index value set based on the initial objective evaluation and the score based on the current objective evaluation or subjective evaluation. .

=== Various materials creation function ===
In the field of education, it is necessary to provide strong support to students at the stage where they finish their study period and actually go out to society. It is also necessary for faculty and staff to accurately grasp the current situation of students. The support device 1 has a function (s11 → s19, s14 → s19, s12) for creating various materials based on the portfolio, the results of objective evaluation (test, questionnaire) and the results of subjective evaluation in order to meet these needs. → s19).

  In this example, the subjective and objective evaluation results are created as a second student register different from the course record (first student register) and stored in the database 2, and the second student register is It can be browsed on the student's own computer 3 and a specific faculty staff computer 4 such as the instructor in charge (s19 → s6, s19 → s22).

  In addition, based on the evaluation results of each element of the portfolio and human power, materials for expressing one's ability are also created. For example, an interview countermeasure sheet describing questions that are assumed at the time of job interviews and exemplary response examples is created. Specifically, based on the results of human ability evaluation for each student, identify each student's strengths and recommended industries, and questions and model answers that can be assumed during interviews at companies belonging to that field or industry. Can be prepared as a web page for each student. Not only for interviews, but also for self-appeals and for creating resumes, edit pre-prepared templates based on the evaluation results, etc., and introduce self-introduction example sentences (self-appeal sheets) It can also be created (s19 → s6).

It is a network block diagram including the education assistance apparatus in the Example of this invention. It is the schematic which shows the functional block structure of the said education assistance apparatus, and the flow of the process in connection with the education assistance service which the said assistance apparatus implements.

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1 Education support device 2 Database 3 Student computer 4 Faculty staff computer

Claims (12)

Consists of one or more computers,
Means for communicating with other computers via an information communication network;
Portfolio storage means for storing portfolio information corresponding to each of a large number of students;
Student authentication means for allowing another computer that has been accessed through authentication as a student computer and allowing the computer to access the portfolio information of the student specified based on the authentication information;
A portfolio presentation means for making it possible to view the portfolio information of the student and sending it to the student computer in accordance with a request from the student computer,
Portfolio updating means for updating the student's portfolio information in accordance with the request from the student computer that sent the portfolio information;
Portfolio history recording means for storing a history of updating portfolio information by the portfolio updating means;
Educational support device with   2. The education support apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a bulletin board means for accepting an instruction to post a portfolio from a student computer that has sent portfolio information so that the portfolio information can be browsed, and that allows the other student computer to browse the portfolio information being browsed.   In claim 1 or 2, when a questionnaire or a test question is sent to a student computer in a timely manner and an answer to the question is returned from the student computer, the answer result is analyzed, and each of a plurality of items is evaluated. Educational support device with objective evaluation means to output as a result.   3. The education support apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising subjective evaluation means for analyzing text included in each student's portfolio information and outputting the analysis result as an evaluation result for each of a plurality of items.   4. The education support apparatus according to claim 3, further comprising subjective evaluation means for analyzing text included in the portfolio information of each student and outputting the analysis result as an evaluation result for each of a plurality of items.   The question setting means according to claim 3 or 5, wherein questions and test questions are selected based on the evaluation results for each of the plurality of items for each student, and the test and questionnaire questions are individually set for each student. Education support equipment provided.   6. The evaluation result for each of the items output by the objective evaluation means and the subjective evaluation means is compared, advice information based on the comparison result is created, and the advice information is presented to the student computer. Educational support device with advice means.   6. The self-expression material creation according to claim 5, wherein each student creates a material for expressing his / her ability based on the portfolio information, the evaluation result by the objective evaluation means, and the evaluation result by the subjective evaluation means. Education support device with means.   The goal setting means according to claim 3 or 5, wherein each student sets a human ability index value that should be a target based on an analysis of the answer result in a predetermined questionnaire or test by an objective evaluation means, Question setting that selects questionnaires and test questions based on the comparison between the evaluation results of each of the plurality of items for each student and the human ability index value, and sets the test and questionnaire questions individually for each student An educational support device comprising means.   The goal setting means according to claim 3 or 5, wherein each student sets a human ability index value that should be a target based on an analysis of the answer result in a predetermined questionnaire or test by an objective evaluation means, An education support apparatus comprising: advice means for creating advice information based on a comparison between the evaluation result for each of the plurality of items for each student and the human ability index value, and presenting the advice information to a student computer.   A computer program that is installed in a computer and causes the computer to function as the education support apparatus according to claim 1. A program storage medium storing the computer program according to claim 11.

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