JP2015197460A - Information processor, information processing method, and program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To achieve efficient learning on which the capability and understanding of an individual examinee are appropriately reflected.SOLUTION: A history acquisition part 55 applies points in accordance with the combination of a first element (answer) and a second element (confidence) acquired by an answer reception part 52 and a confidence reception part 54 for each choice answered by an answerer, and acquires the points as a history. A question tendency specification part 56 specifies the next question tendency on the basis of the points acquired by the history acquisition means and the preceding points for each choice. A question creation part 57 creates a question to be asked on the basis of the question tendency.

Description

  The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program.

  Conventionally, examinees in qualification examinations, entrance examinations, etc. have purchased learning reference books and so-called past questions and sometimes go to specialized prep schools to study. In particular, test takers who need a choice-type exam with a large number of questions will deepen their understanding by reviewing past questions and practice exams as a countermeasure and reviewing the wrong questions. It was common to do steady personal learning.

Recently, collections of questions and answers sorted by category and difficulty level have been published, and along with the advancement of information and communication technology, learning tools with game elements that can be operated with personal computers etc. have also appeared. did.
Especially in recent years, with the spread of portable information terminals and the development of the Internet and wireless communication, the learning tools for alternative test measures have diversified, making it easy for examinees to take place without restrictions on location and time, Various user options enable iterative learning without being bored (see, for example, Patent Documents 1, 2, and 3).

JP 2005-156735 A JP 2008-233537 A JP 2008-116892 A

  However, in the conventional techniques including Patent Documents 1 to 3, the questioning method is only based on an algorithm such as an increase in the appearance rate of problems that were incorrect answers, and the individual ability and understanding of the examinee are appropriate. It does not realize efficient learning reflected in.

  This invention is made | formed in view of such a condition, and it aims at implement | achieving the efficient learning which reflected a testee's individual ability and comprehension appropriately.

In order to achieve the above object, an information processing apparatus of one embodiment of the present invention provides:
In an information processing device that provides answerers with the questions of an alternative test,
For each option answered by the answerer, history acquisition means for acquiring a first element of correct answer or incorrect answer and a second element of confidence level of the answerer as history,
For each option, based on each history of the first element and the second element, the question tendency specifying means for specifying the next question tendency,
A problem creating means for creating a next problem based on the question tendency;
It is characterized by providing.

The history acquisition means gives a point according to the combination of the first element and the second element for each option answered by the answerer, acquires the point as the history,
The question tendency specifying means specifies the next question tendency for each option based on the points acquired by the history acquisition means.
be able to.

The question tendency identifying means adjusts the point according to the presence / absence of the previous question for each option, and identifies the next question tendency based on the adjusted point,
be able to.

The question tendency specifying means specifies the priority as the next question tendency for each option,
be able to.

In addition to the first element and the second element, the history acquisition means further acquires a third element of the answer time as a history for each option answered by the answerer,
The question tendency specifying means further specifies the next question tendency for each option based on the history of the first element, the second element, and the third element.
be able to.

  An information processing method and program of one embodiment of the present invention are a method and program corresponding to the above-described information processing apparatus of one embodiment of the present invention.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to realize efficient learning that appropriately reflects the individual ability and understanding level of the examinee.

It is a schematic diagram which shows the structure of the information system which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the hardware structure of the service provider server among the information processing systems of FIG. It is a functional block diagram which shows the functional structure for performing a short answer question process among the functional structures of the service provider server of FIG. It is a figure which shows distribution by the 1st element and the 2nd element. It is a figure which shows the 1st example of a calculation of a priority point. It is a figure which shows the 2nd example of a calculation of a priority point. It is a figure which shows the 3rd example of calculation of a priority point. 4 is a flowchart showing an example of a short answering process executed by the service provider server of FIG. 2 having the functional configuration of FIG. 3.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows the configuration of an information processing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
The information processing system shown in FIG. 1 is configured by connecting a service provider server 11 and a user terminal 12 to each other via a predetermined network N such as the Internet.

For convenience of explanation, each of the service provider server 11 and the user terminal 12 is one by one in the present embodiment, but is not particularly limited to one and may be a plurality.
For example, each of M users (M is an arbitrary integer value equal to or greater than 1) actually has at least one user terminal 12.

The service provider server 11 is a server managed by a person (hereinafter, referred to as “service provider”) that provides a service that provides a predetermined alternative test question to an answerer.
In addition, although the kind of alternative examination is not specifically limited, In this embodiment, the short answer type examination of the patent attorney examination of Japan shall be employ | adopted. In other words, in this embodiment, a set of a plurality of types of options for selecting whether the patent law is correct or incorrect is adopted as the selection test.
The user terminal 12 is configured by a smartphone or the like, and is held by a user who is an answerer of the alternative test (in this embodiment, a patent attorney test taker).

The service provider server 11 issues a question in units of options.
The given question is transmitted to the user terminal 12 via the network N.
The user operates the user terminal 12 to sequentially answer the transmitted questions in units of options. The answer (correct / incorrect) by the user is provided to the service provider server 11 via the network N in units of options.
At this time, the user operates the user terminal 12 to set the confidence level for each option. The degree of confidence is the correct answer probability of the answer predicted by the user's confidence. As the degree of confidence, for example, an arbitrary% can be set between 0% and 100%, but here, for convenience of explanation, either one of “confident” or “no self” is set. Shall. This degree of confidence (confidence / no confidence) is also provided to the service provider server 11 via the network N in units of options.
The service provider server 11 determines a correct answer or an incorrect answer for each option answered by the user. Next, the service provider server 11 acquires, as a history, a first element that is correct or incorrect and a second element that is the degree of confidence of the user for each option that is answered by the user.
After that, the service provider server 11 specifies the next question tendency based on the history of the first element and the second element for each option. Next, the service provider server 11 creates the next problem based on the question tendency.
Then, the service provider server 11 questions the next problem in units of options. More than that

The series of processes described above is hereinafter referred to as “short answering process”.
Furthermore, the service provider server 11 that is the execution subject of the “short answering process” will be described in detail below.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a hardware configuration of the service provider server 11 according to an embodiment of the information processing apparatus of the present invention in the information processing system of FIG.
The service provider server 11 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 21, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 22, a RAM (Random Access Memory) 23, a bus 24, an input / output interface 25, an input unit 26, and an output. A unit 27, a storage unit 28, a communication unit 29, and a drive 30.

The CPU 21 executes various processes according to a program recorded in the ROM 22 or a program loaded from the storage unit 28 to the RAM 23.
The RAM 23 appropriately stores data necessary for the CPU 21 to execute various processes.

  The CPU 21, ROM 22, and RAM 23 are connected to each other via a bus 24. An input / output interface 25 is also connected to the bus 24. An input unit 26, an output unit 27, a storage unit 28, a communication unit 29, and a drive 30 are connected to the input / output interface 25.

The input unit 26 includes a keyboard, a mouse, and the like, and inputs various information.
The output unit 27 includes a display, a speaker, and the like, and outputs various information.
The storage unit 28 includes a hard disk and stores various information.
The communication unit 29 controls communication with other devices (mainly the user terminal 12 in FIG. 1 in the present embodiment) via the network N.

  A removable medium 31 is appropriately attached to the drive 30 as necessary. The program read from the removable medium 31 by the drive 30 is installed in the storage unit 28 as necessary. The removable medium 31 can also store various data stored in the storage unit 28 in the same manner as the storage unit 28.

  FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram showing a functional configuration for executing the short answering process among the functional configurations of the service provider server 11.

When the short answering process is executed, the CPU 21 (FIG. 2) of the service provider server 11 mainly has an answering part 51, an answer receiving part 52, and a correct / incorrect determination part 53 as shown in FIG. 3. Then, the degree-of-confidence reception unit 54, the history acquisition unit 55, the question tendency specifying unit 56, and the problem creation unit 57 function.
In addition, a history DB 61 and a past question DB 62 are provided as one area of the storage unit 28 (FIG. 2) of the service provider server 11.

  The question-taking unit 51 acquires problem data from a problem creation unit 57 described later, and transmits the acquired problem data to the user terminal 12 via the communication unit 29 (FIG. 2) and the network N (FIG. 1). Ask questions to the answerer.

  Here, the “question data” is not particularly limited as long as it includes data that is recognized as a question by the answerer. However, in this embodiment, the “question data” is one of the choices of the alternative test. It is assumed that the correct answer (correct / incorrect etc.) of the alternative form of the above is converted into binary data. The contents of the question data are not limited to the question sentence and correct answer of the option, but may include a number uniquely assigned to the option, ID information for identifying the user, and the like.

Further, it is assumed that dedicated application software (hereinafter referred to as “dedicated application”) provided from the service provider server 11 is installed in the user terminal 12 in advance.
The user terminal 12 that is executing the dedicated application receives the problem data transmitted from the questioning unit 51, and issues (displays) the problem on the display of the user terminal 12 based on the problem data. A GUI (Graphical User Interface) for prompting the user to input the degree of confidence with respect to is displayed. The user inputs the answer to the question and the degree of confidence through the GUI. For convenience of explanation, the order of input by the user is hereinafter referred to as the order of inputting the confidence level after answering, but the order may be reversed.
Further, the user terminal 12 that is executing the dedicated application transmits data including an answer input by the user (hereinafter referred to as “answer data”) and data including a confidence level (hereinafter referred to as “confidence level data”) to the network. N is transmitted to the service provider server 11 via N.
Specifically, in the present embodiment, as the “answer data”, an answer (correct / incorrect) input by the user is converted into binary data. Note that the content of the answer data may include a number uniquely assigned to the answered option, ID information for identifying the user, and the like in addition to the answer.
As the “confidence level data”, data obtained by converting the confidence level (confidence / no confidence) input by the user into binary data is used. The content of the confidence level data may include ID information for identifying the user in addition to the degree of self.

  The answer reception unit 52 receives the answer by receiving the answer data of the user transmitted from the user terminal 12 from the user terminal 12 via the communication unit 29 and the network N.

  The correctness determination unit 53 determines the correctness by checking the correct answer of the question (option) included in the question data and the answer included in the answer data received by the answer receiving unit 52, and the determination Output the result. The form of the determination result is not particularly limited, but in this embodiment, an alternative format such as correct / incorrect answer is adopted.

  The confidence level acceptance unit 54 receives the confidence level data by receiving the confidence level data from the user terminal 12 via the communication unit 29 and the network N.

  The history acquisition unit 55 acquires the answer data and the confidence level data from the correctness determination unit 53 and the confidence level reception unit 54, respectively. Next, the history acquisition unit 55 uses the contents of both data as the first element and the second element, respectively, calculates points (acquisition points to be described later) based on these elements, and acquires them as history data. Is stored in the history DB 61. Details of the points will be described later with reference to FIG.

  The history DB 61 stores various information associated with options answered by the user, together with history data (points) acquired by the history acquisition unit 55. For example, the history DB 61 can simultaneously store the date of answer by the user as a time stamp. In this case, the date may be acquired from the inside of the service provider server 11 or may be acquired from the outside of the service provider server 11. It is.

  The past question DB 62 stores the past question of the alternative test as data together with the correct answer (correct / incorrect) for each option.

  Here, it is assumed that the history DB 61 and the past question DB 62 can extract / change / delete the stored data in response to an external request, and have a function of adding new data.

The question assignment specifying part 56 acquires history data associated with the date from the history DB 61 and specifies the question tendency based on the history data. The question tendency is sufficient if it indicates a guideline (trend) for the next question, but in this embodiment, a point indicating the priority of the final question (hereinafter referred to as “priority point”) is adopted. ing. In other words, the question tendency specifying unit 56 calculates priority points according to a certain algorithm using points up to the previous day and points acquired on the current day for each option. A specific example of the priority point calculation algorithm will be described later with reference to FIGS.

The question creating unit 57 creates a question based on the question tendency (priority point in this embodiment) identified by the question tendency identifying unit 56, the question sentence corresponding to each option acquired from the past question DB 62, and its correct answer. Are created in units of choices.
Here, creating a question includes not only rearranging the order of options of past questions but also changing the contents of the options. For example, by changing the ending of the option, etc., the answer to the option can be both correct (◯) and error (×). In other words, two kinds of questions “A is B” and “A is not B” can be given at random. Thereby, the effect which prevents a user from memorizing the answer of the option can be produced.
Further, for example, all the options stored in the past question DB 62 are divided into categories, and the problem creating unit 57 narrows down the categories by designating the categories and extracting the options from the categories. You can also create questions.
In addition, for example, the question answer date may be stored as a history for each option. In this case, even if the answer is made a plurality of times, it is stored as a separate history. As a result, the question creation unit 57 can also create a question after specifying options given on the previous day or the past several days and narrowing down the choices to be given.
Further, for example, the problem creation unit 57 can create a problem by specifying only the options that have been mistaken in the past and narrowing down the choices to be given.

  Further, details of each functional block for executing the short answering process, that is, the questioning part 51 to the question creating part 57 will be described with reference to specific examples of FIGS.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the distribution of points by the first element and the second element.
FIG. 4 shows a table indicating the point distribution by the first element and the second element calculated in the history acquisition unit 55. In the table, the column is classified by the first element (correct answer / incorrect answer), and the row is classified by the second element (confident / unconfident).
That is, when the confidence level received by the confidence level reception unit 54 is “confident” and the correctness determination unit 53 determines that the user's answer is “correct”, in other words, the user has confidence. If the answer is correct, 0 pt is given. Here, “pt” indicates a point value. On the other hand, if the user is confident but the answer is incorrect, 5 pt is given.
If the user is not confident but the answer is correct, 2 pt is given. If the user is not confident and the answer is incorrect, 3 pt is given.
Thus, in this embodiment, the point value “pt” has a meaning of a penalty value. In other words, the highest penalty was when the answer was “incorrect” despite “confidence”, whereas the lowest penalty was “confidence” and “correct answer”. Is the case. Also, even if the answer is the same “correct answer”, “no confidence” has a higher penalty than “confidence”. On the other hand, even with the same “incorrect answer”, “confident” has a higher penalty than “no confidence”.
It should be noted that the point allocation method based on the meaning of the penalty is merely an example, and the point allocation method is not limited to this. For example, on the contrary, a point distribution method that employs points having a will of reward may be employed.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a first calculation example of priority points.
In the first column, the K-th question (K is an arbitrary integer value, and in the example of FIG. 5, any integer value from 1 to 4) is shown. The K-th question does not mean the order of questions, but the order of the past question DB 62. That is, in FIG. 6 and FIG. 7 described later, when it is described as the K question, it means the same option as the K question in FIG.
In FIG. 5, for each option of the first question to the fourth question given by the questioning part 51 on that day (first day), the question tendency specifying part 56 calculated based on the table of FIG. 4. An example of allocation of priority points is shown.
The combination of the first element and the second element (the answer result by the user) described above is shown for each option in the second column, that is, the “result of the day” column. In the example of FIG. 5, for convenience of explanation, each of the four patterns of FIG. 4 described above is shown in each of the first to fourth questions. Will be different.
Here, in the example of FIG. 5, since the first day on which the problem is presented for the first time is the current day, the third column and the fourth column, that is, the “previous day point” and “adjustment point” columns, The point value “pt” is not shown. Therefore, the columns of “Previous Day Points” and “Adjustment Points” will not be described here and will be described later with reference to FIG.
In the fifth column, that is, the column “Acquisition Points on the Day”, points allocated based on the table of FIG. 4 for the answer results (combination of the first element and the second element) by each user in the second column Is shown for each option as an acquisition point on the day.
In the sixth column, that is, the column of “priority points”, the priority points allocated according to a certain rule based on the acquisition points on the day of the fifth column are shown for each option.
In the example of FIG. 5, since the first day on which the problem is presented is the first day, “the day acquisition point” is directly used as the “priority point”.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a second calculation example of priority points.
In FIG. 6, the question tendency specifying unit 56 calculates each option of the first question to the sixth question given by the questioning part 51 on that day (second day) based on the table of FIG. An example of the distribution of the priority points is shown.
In the first column, the K-th question is shown. As described above, the first to fourth questions shown in FIG. 6 are the same options as the first to fourth questions shown in FIG. The fifth and sixth questions are new options that were not presented on the first day.
In the second column, that is, the “results of the day” column, the first element and the second element when the day (second day) from the point allocation example of FIG. A combination of elements (answer result by the user) is shown for each option.
Here, “one day has passed” does not mean “24 hours have passed”, but refers to a state in which the date of the time stamp stored in the history DB 61 is the next day in the calendar. Therefore, if the “current day” shown in FIG. 5 is “January 1”, the “current day” shown in FIG. 6 is “January 2”.
In the third column, that is, the column “Previous Day Points”, priority points up to the previous day are shown as the previous day points. In other words, the “previous day point” means that when the current day (in this example, the first day) is treated as the previous day (in this example, the first day) after one day has passed, The priority point of each question on the previous day (the first day in this example) means that the point of each question has been transferred as it is. At this time, all the priority points of each question on “the day (second day in this example)” are cleared and become 0 pt. Specifically, in this example, in the first to fourth questions, the priority points of each question shown in FIG. 5 on the first day are directly shown as the previous day points on the second day (FIG. 6). Has been. Since questions 5 and 6 have no questions on the first day, that is, questions (options) for the first time on the day (the second day in this example), the previous day points are set. Absent.
In the present embodiment, the questions are presented in descending order of the point value “pt” of the previous day points. Therefore, in this example, questions are given in the order of the fourth, third, and second questions. Here, it is assumed that the option for which the previous day's point is 0 pt is not presented as the user has worn. That is, in this example, the first question is not given because the previous day's point is 0 pt. After that, questions 5 and 6 are given in that order as options that are not given on the previous day.
In the fourth column, that is, the column of “adjustment point”, uniformly −2 pt is shown as the adjustment point. In other words, the penalty is the heaviest on the current day, and the adjustment points are provided to reduce the weight (importance) for the previous day than for the current day. Accordingly, the point value “pt” of the adjustment point, that is, the point value “pt” that is subtracted from the previous day point is not particularly limited to this example within a range that does not depart from the gist, and 0 pt (not particularly negative) is also possible. Any point value “pt” may be included.
The fifth column, that is, the column “Acquisition Points for the Same Day” is the same as the fifth column in FIG. 5, which is the same day by each user (however, in the example of FIG. The points allocated based on the table of FIG. 4 are shown for each option as the acquisition points on the day based on the answer result of (day).
In the sixth column, that is, the column of “priority points”, priority points on the current day (second day) are shown.
Here, the point value “pt” of the priority point is an added value of the point value “pt” of the previous day point, the adjustment point, and the current day acquisition point. In other words, the priority point is calculated according to the formula “(point value [pt] of the acquisition point on the current day) + (point value [pt] of the previous day point + point value [pt] of the adjustment point)”.
In addition, although the point value [pt] of the priority order point may take a negative value (the meaning of reward may be taken in), it is set to 0 or a positive value in this embodiment. That is, in the present embodiment, when the point value [pt] of the priority order point becomes a negative value as a result of the calculation, it is handled as 0 pt.
In addition, for an option for which there are no points acquired on the day, that is, an option that was not given on the day, an added value of each point value [pt] of the previous day point and the adjustment point (however, the added value is a negative point value [pt] In this case, 0pt) is the point value [pt] of the priority point. Specifically, in the example of FIG. 6, for the first question, the previous day point is 0 pt, the adjustment point is -2 pt, and the added value is -2 pt and a negative value, so 0 pt is the priority point. .

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a third calculation example of priority points.
In FIG. 7, for each option of the first question to the sixth question given by the questioning part 51 on that day (the third day), the question tendency specifying part 56 is calculated based on the table of FIG. 4. An example of allocation of priority points is shown.
Since the display contents of each column and the point allocation method are the same as those in FIG. 6 described above, the description is omitted. In this example, the status and value changes of each column of the first to sixth questions will be described. .
The answer result by the user in the column “Results of the day” of the first question is “No questions”. This is because the previous day point (equivalent to the priority point in FIG. 6) is “0pt”. Since no questions are given, no answer is given by the user, and no acquisition points are set on that day, so the added value of each point value “pt” of the previous day points and the adjustment points becomes the value of the priority point in principle. However, in this example, since the added value of each point value of the previous day point and the adjustment point is -2 pt and a negative value, "0 pt" is set as the priority point.
Since the status and value of each column of the second question are the same as the first question, they are omitted.
The answer result by the user in the column of “Results of the day” of the third question is “correct answer with confidence”. In this case, the current day acquisition point is “0pt” based on the table of FIG. Next, since the previous day point (equivalent to the priority point in FIG. 6) is “6pt” and the adjustment point is “−2pt”, each point value “pt” of the previous day point, the adjustment point, and the current day acquisition point. Is set as a priority point.
The answer result by the user in the fourth-day results column is “correct answer with confidence”. In this case, the current day acquisition point is “0pt” based on the table of FIG. Next, since the previous day point (equivalent to the priority point in FIG. 6) is “3pt” and the adjustment point is “−2pt”, each point value “pt” of the previous day point, the adjustment point, and the current day acquisition point. The added value “1pt” is set as the priority point.
Since the status and value of each column of the fifth question are the same as the first question, they are omitted.
The answer result by the user in the result column of the sixth question is “correct answer with confidence”. In this case, the current day acquisition point is “0pt” based on the table of FIG. Next, since the previous day point (equivalent to the priority point in FIG. 6) is “2pt” and the adjustment point is “−2pt”, each point value “pt” of the previous day point, the adjustment point, and the current day acquisition point. Is added as a priority point.
If the options answered on the current day (third day) are re-questioned on the same day (third day) and answered by the user, the acquisition points on that day will be cleared to 0 pt before answering. The Next, after the answer by the user, the calculation is performed again according to the above-described point allocation method, and the newly acquired points are added to the priority order points set by the previous answer. This calculation method is commonly applied not only to FIG. 5 (first day) and FIG. 6 (second day) but also to point allocation after the fourth day.

Next, the short answering process executed by the service provider server 11 having the functional configuration as described above will be described.
FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing an example of a short answering process executed by the service provider server 11 of FIG. 2 having the functional configuration of FIG.

In step S <b> 1, the question-taking unit 51 sets an option to be noted as a processing target (hereinafter, referred to as “attention option”) from among the short answer questions (a plurality of options).
To explain in more detail, the “selected option” is an option that satisfies the conditions of the questions as if they were given in the following order. For example, by assigning a flag of any value, it can be distinguished from other options. (Of course, it is only necessary to distinguish from options other than the option of interest, and the mode of the distinction method does not matter).

  Specifically, for example, the option of interest is sequentially set in descending order of the point value “pt” based on the priority points of each option, and options that have not been set up until the previous day are set accordingly. For example, in the options shown in FIG. 5, as the option of interest, the fourth question is set first, the third question is set after answering the fourth question, and the second question is set after answering the third question. . Since the first question is 0 pt, it is not set as an option of interest. In addition, the same option is not continuously set as the option of interest. In other words, among the options that have not yet been set as the attention option, the one with the highest priority point is set as the attention option, and after all the options with the priority points are set as the attention options, The attention options are set in a predetermined order (for example, the order of arrangement in the past question DB 62) from those that have not been answered by the previous day.

  In step S <b> 2, the question-taking unit 51 gives attention options.

In step S <b> 3, the answer reception unit 52 determines whether or not the answer to the attention option has been received from the user terminal 12.
When answer data is not transmitted from the user terminal 12, it is determined as NO in Step S3, and the process returns to Step S3. That is, while answer data is not transmitted from the user terminal 12, the determination process of step S3 is repeatedly executed, and the short answering process is in a standby state.
When answer data is transmitted from the user terminal 12 and accepted by the answer accepting unit 52, it is determined as YES in Step S3, and the process proceeds to Step S4.

  In step S <b> 4, the correctness / incorrectness determination unit 53 determines the correctness / incorrectness of the answer to the option of interest. That is, the correct / incorrect determination unit 53 determines correct / incorrect by comparing the answer data of the user with the correct answer of the option of interest. The result of correct / incorrect determination (correct / incorrect) is temporarily stored in a buffer (not shown) or the like.

  In step S <b> 5, the confidence level acceptance unit 54 receives the confidence level data by receiving the confidence level data of the option of interest transmitted from the user terminal 12.

  In step S <b> 6, the history acquisition unit 55 calculates points (corresponding to the acquisition points on the day in FIGS. 5 to 7) for the option of interest based on whether the answer is correct and the degree of confidence.

  In step S <b> 7, the history acquisition unit 55 acquires the point as a history of attention options and stores it in the history DB 61.

In step S <b> 8, the answer receiving unit 52 determines whether or not answers for all options have been received.
In the present embodiment, it is assumed that the question creating unit 57 notifies the answer receiving unit 52 whether or not the question is the last question when the questioned option of the previous step S2 is given.
If the option given as the option of interest in the immediately preceding step S2 is not the last problem, it is determined as NO in step S8, the process returns to step S1, and the subsequent processes are repeated. That is, until the last option is given, the loop process of steps S1 to S8 is repeated, and each option is given as a noticed option, and the answer data and the degree of confidence are accepted, respectively. Are determined, and points (acquired points on the day) are calculated and acquired as histories.
When the point of the last option is acquired as a history in step S7, it is determined as YES in the next step S8, and the process proceeds to step S9.

  In step S <b> 9, the question tendency specifying unit 56 specifies the question tendency (at the next question) based on the history. That is, in this embodiment, the question tendency specifying unit 56 creates priority points.

In step S10, the questioning section 51 determines whether or not an instruction to end the process is given.
Here, the instruction to end the process is not particularly limited, and for example, a power-off command or the like can be adopted. If an instruction to end the process is given, it is determined as YES in step S10, and the short answering process ends.
On the other hand, if an instruction to end the process has not yet been given, it is determined as NO in Step S10, and the process proceeds to Step S11.

In step S <b> 11, the question tendency specifying unit 56 determines whether or not the question assignment condition is satisfied.
Here, it is sufficient for the condition for the question to be set as a condition for setting the next question. However, in this embodiment, the next day (that is, the previous day is the previous day) The condition that there was a request for a question is adopted.
If such a problem question condition is not satisfied, it is determined as NO in step S11, and the process returns to step S10. In other words, when the end of the process is not instructed and the question assignment condition is not satisfied, the loop process of steps S10NO and S11NO is repeatedly executed, and the short answer assignment process enters a standby state.
If the question assignment condition is satisfied, that is, in this embodiment, the next day, and if there is a question assignment request from the user terminal 12, it is determined as YES in step S11, and the process proceeds to step S12. .

In step S <b> 12, the question creating unit 57 creates a short answer question for each option based on the question tendency (priority points) specified by the question tendency specifying unit 56.
The problems created in this way are sequentially presented in units of choices by the loop processing in steps S1 to S8 described above as problems of the day.

  In addition, this invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiment, The deformation | transformation in the range which can achieve the objective of this invention, improvement, etc. are included in this invention.

For example, in the above-described embodiment, the questioning tendency of the problem is specified as the priority point indicating the priority of the questioning order, but is not particularly limited thereto.
Further, for example, each option may not be given in advance in the order of questions, but an option selected at random based on the question probability for each option may be given. In this case, the question probability can be created as a question tendency.

In other words, the information processing apparatus to which the present invention is applied can take various embodiments having the following configuration, including the service provider server 11 as the above-described embodiment.
That is, the information processing apparatus to which the present invention is applied, including the service provider server 11, is an information processing apparatus that provides the answerer with the question of the alternative test, and includes a history acquisition unit, a question tendency identification unit, And a question creation means.
For each option answered by the answerer, the history acquisition means records the first element of correct answer or incorrect answer and the second element of the confidence level of the answerer (for example, the first element and the second element). Based on the same day acquisition point).
The question tendency specifying means is the next question tendency (priority points in this embodiment, based on each history of the first element and the second element) for each option. Is the question probability).
The question creating means creates the next question based on the above question tendency.

As described above, the information processing apparatus to which the present invention is applied is not limited to the first element history of correct answers or incorrect answers, but also the second question history of the answerer's confidence level is considered. The next question is created based on the tendency of the questions.
This makes it possible to realize efficient learning that appropriately reflects the individual ability and understanding of the examinee.

Further, the history acquisition means acquires, for each option answered by the answerer, the third element of the answer time as a history in addition to the first element and the second element,
The question tendency specifying means may further specify the next question tendency for each option based on the history of the first element, the second element, and the third element.
Here, a 3rd element is not specifically limited, For example, the answer time etc. of each choice are employable. As a result, for example, even with the same correct answer, it is possible to give a penalty (higher points) if the answer time is longer, and it is possible to realize efficient learning that appropriately reflects the individual ability and understanding of the examinee Becomes more prominent.

The series of processes described above can be executed by hardware or can be executed by software.
In other words, the functional configuration of FIG. 3 is merely an example, and is not particularly limited. That is, it is sufficient that the service provider server 11 has a functional configuration capable of executing the above-described series of processing as a whole, and what functional blocks are used to realize this function is particularly the example of FIG. It is not limited to.
In addition, one functional block may be constituted by hardware alone, software alone, or a combination thereof.

When a series of processing is executed by software, a program constituting the software is installed on a computer or the like from a network or a recording medium.
The computer may be a computer incorporated in dedicated hardware. The computer may be a computer capable of executing various functions by installing various programs, for example, a general-purpose personal computer.

  The recording medium including such a program is not only constituted by the removable medium 31 of FIG. 2 distributed separately from the apparatus main body in order to provide the program to the user, but also in a state of being incorporated in the apparatus main body in advance. It is comprised with the recording medium etc. which are provided in. The removable medium 41 is composed of, for example, a magnetic disk (including a floppy disk), an optical disk, a magneto-optical disk, or the like. The optical disk is composed of, for example, a CD-ROM (Compact Disk-Read Only Memory), a DVD (Digital Versatile Disk), or the like. The magneto-optical disk is configured by an MD (Mini-Disk) or the like. In addition, the recording medium provided to the user in a state of being preinstalled in the apparatus main body includes, for example, the ROM 22 in FIG. 2 in which the program is recorded, the hard disk included in the storage unit 28 in FIG.

In the present specification, the step of describing the program recorded on the recording medium is not limited to the processing performed in time series along the order, but is not necessarily performed in time series, either in parallel or individually. The process to be executed is also included.
Further, in the present specification, the term “system” means an overall apparatus configured by a plurality of devices, a plurality of means, and the like.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 ... Service provider server, N ... Network, 12 ... User terminal, 21 ... CPU, 22 ... ROM, 23 ... RAM, 24 ... Bus, 25 ... Input / output interface, 26 ... input unit, 27 ... output unit, 28 ... storage unit, 29 ... communication unit, 30 ... drive, 31 ... removable media, 51 ... question , 52... Answer accepting unit, 53... Correct / incorrect judgment unit, 54... Confidence level accepting unit, 55... History acquisition unit, 56. Part, 61 ... history DB, 62 ... past question DB

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In an information processing device that provides answerers with the questions of an alternative test,
For each option answered by the answerer, history acquisition means for acquiring a first element of correct answer or incorrect answer and a second element of confidence level of the answerer as history,
For each option, based on each history of the first element and the second element, the question tendency specifying means for specifying the next question tendency,
A problem creating means for creating a next problem based on the question tendency;
An information processing apparatus comprising: The history acquisition means gives a point according to the combination of the first element and the second element for each option answered by the answerer, acquires the point as the history,
The question tendency specifying means specifies the next question tendency for each option based on the points acquired by the history acquisition means.
The information processing apparatus according to claim 1. The question tendency identifying means adjusts the point according to the presence / absence of the previous question for each option, and identifies the next question tendency based on the adjusted point,
The information processing apparatus according to claim 1. The question tendency specifying means specifies the priority as the next question tendency for each option,
The information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3. In addition to the first element and the second element, the history acquisition means further acquires a third element of the answer time as a history for each option answered by the answerer,
The question tendency specifying means further specifies the next question tendency for each option based on the history of the first element, the second element, and the third element.
The information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 4. In the information processing method executed by the information processing apparatus that provides the answerer to the question of the alternative test,
A history acquisition step for acquiring, as a history, a first element of correct answer or incorrect answer and a second element of confidence level of the answerer for each option answered by the answerer,
For each option, a question tendency specifying step for specifying a next question tendency based on each history of the first element and the second element;
A question creation step for creating a next question based on the question tendency;
An information processing method including: A computer that performs control to provide the answerer with the questions of the alternative test,
A history acquisition step for acquiring, as a history, a first element of correct answer or incorrect answer and a second element of confidence level of the answerer for each option answered by the answerer,
For each option, a question tendency specifying step for specifying a next question tendency based on each history of the first element and the second element;
A question creation step for creating a next question based on the question tendency;
A program that executes control processing including

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