JPH06222708A - Electronic learning machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide an electronic learning machine equipped with a means which can automatically set a problem matching the ability of a learner. CONSTITUTION:When the user selects a desired subject to be learnt by operating a key input device 25, a display for instructing of the input of a last learning result is made on the screen of a display device 26 and once the user inputs the learning result by using the key input device 25, a program stored in an instruction area 23a is used to judge whether or not the propriety rate of the learning result is >=80%; when the propriety rate is >=80%, problems which are one rank above the problems used for the last learning are retrieved in a group of problems stored in a RAM 23 on the basis of difficulty information and outputted from printer 27.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an electronic learning machine, and more particularly to an electronic learning machine which can output various problems to a user.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, electronic learning machines have memorized a plurality of questions and their answers, hints, etc., and a user must input a unit, the number of pages, the degree of difficulty, etc., and give a question. , The questions that correspond to the specified unit, the number of pages, the degree of difficulty, etc. are narrowed down, and then the answers to the questions that have been asked are read and compared with the answers obtained by learning by the user. It was equipped with a function to judge correctness.

[0003]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional electronic learning machine, since the problem to be asked is not related to the user's performance, if the range and the difficulty are the same, the user's performance is inferior or inferior. There was a drawback that the same problem was output regardless of. In addition, the user himself / herself must judge that he / she fully understands the problem of the specified range / difficulty level and change the difficulty level, which is very troublesome.

The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, and provides an electronic learning machine equipped with a means capable of automatically asking a question suitable for a user's ability. The purpose is to

[0005]

To achieve this object, an electronic learning machine of the present invention stores a plurality of questions, their answers and identification information for identifying each question, as shown in FIG. 1 storage means 11, an instruction means 12 for giving an instruction to present a question for a question stored in the first storage means 11 and an instruction for inputting a learning result, and the input of the learning result according to the input instruction by the instruction means 12. The input means 13 capable of performing the above, the first control means 14 for performing a predetermined calculation based on the learning result input by the input means 13, and the calculation result by the first control means 14 are stored. A second storage unit 15 and a search unit 16 for searching the problem stored in the first storage unit 14 based on the identification information based on the calculation result stored in the second storage unit 15.
And a presenting means 18 for presenting the question retrieved by the retrieval means 16, and a second control means 17 for controlling the presenting means 18 to present the question retrieved by the retrieval means 16.

[0006]

In the electronic learning machine of the present invention having the above-mentioned structure, when the input of the learning result is instructed by the instructing means 12,
The user inputs the learning result by the input unit 13, the first control unit 14 performs a predetermined calculation based on the learning result, and the calculation result is stored in the second storage unit 15. When the problem issuing is instructed by the instructing means 12, the searching means 16 identifies the problem stored in the first storing means 11 based on the calculation result stored in the second storing means 15. Based on the original search, the searched problem is presented by the control unit 17 to the presentation unit 18.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention, and FIGS. 6 to 9 are flow charts for explaining the operation of the embodiment of the present invention.

The electronic learning machine in one embodiment of the present invention is
A central processing unit (CPU) 21, a ROM 22 storing a bootstrap program, a RAM 23, a readable / writable non-volatile external storage device 24, a key input device 25, a display device 26, and a printer 27. I have it.

Explaining the details of each component, the external storage device 24 has a teaching department area 24a in which the control procedure of the learning machine is stored and a question / answer data in which the question / answer data is stored. An answer data area 24b, a question information area 24c in which an information table necessary for learning is stored, and a question information area 24d in which a table storing information obtained by learning and a correct answer rate are stored. And is composed of, for example, a flexible disk storage device.

The table stored in the problem information area 24c is the problem table 31 shown in FIG. 3. The problem table 31 includes a problem number 31a, a problem address 31b, and a difficulty level 31c of the problem. And are stored. There are as many question tables 31 as there are subjects that can be learned. The table stored in the question information area 24d is the result table 41 shown in FIG. 4, and the result table 41 includes the subject name 41a, the degree of difficulty 41b learned immediately before, and the number of questions 41c of the test learned immediately before. The number of correct answers 41d and the correct answer rate 41e of the test learned immediately before are stored. When the user has not yet learned, the difficulty level 41b is "1" and the number of questions 41c.
“0” is stored in the correct answer number 41d and the correct answer rate 41e.

The RAM 23 stores a part of the contents of the teaching part area 23a for storing the control procedure of the learning machine stored in the teaching part area 24a corresponding to the external storage device 24 and the question / answer data area 24b. The question / answer data area 23b for storing, the question information area 23c for storing a part of the contents of the question information area 24c, and the correct answer rate calculated based on the result input from the key input device 25 are stored. And a question information area 23d for performing. The table stored in the question information area 23c is the question table 31 having the same structure as the question information area 24c.

The question information area 23d is a result table 51 shown in FIG. 5, in which the subject name 51 currently being studied is shown.
a, the degree of difficulty 51b currently being learned, the number 51c of questions currently being learned, and the number of correct answers 5 as a result of learning
1d and its correct answer rate 51e are stored. In addition, a display RAM area 23e for editing screen information to be output to the display device 26 and the printer 27 is provided. When the power is turned on, the contents stored in the teaching department area 24a of the external storage device 24 are stored in the teaching department area 23a of the RAM 23. A part of the stored contents of the problem information area 24c is written in the problem information area 23c of the RAM 23, or the stored contents of the question information area 23d of the RAM 23 is provided. It is adapted to be written in the information area 24d.

The key input device 25 includes numeral keys 25a-2.
5j, a cursor key 25k, an execution key 25l, a print key 25m, and the like. The numeric keys 25a to 25j are keys for selecting a subject and inputting a result, and the cursor key 25k is a cursor displayed on the screen (for designating a subject or a publication). It is a key to move. Further, the execution key 25l is a key for designating a subject or an issue indicated by the cursor key 25k, and the print key 25m is a key for printing a question or an answer.

The operation of the electronic learning machine of the present invention constructed as above will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS.

First, with the bootstrap program stored in the ROM 22 when the power is turned on,
The stored contents of the teaching department area 24a are written in the teaching department area 23a, and the subject is selected by the subject selection routine (step S61). This display screen is shown in FIG.
When the subject is selected in FIG. 10, the menu screen stored in the teaching department area 23a is expanded into data for screen display in the display RAM area 23e and displayed on the screen of the display device 26 (step S63). . This display screen is shown in FIG. If a problem issuance instruction is given here (step S6)
4) The problem is printed by the problem issuance processing routine (step S65). When printing is completed, the screen returns to the menu screen (step S63). When the answer issue instruction is given on the menu screen (step S66), the answer to the question issued immediately before is printed (step S67). When the answer printing is completed, the result is input by the result input processing routine (step S68). When the result input is completed, or when neither the question issuance instruction nor the answer issuance instruction is made, the screen returns to the subject selection screen (step S61). If the end is selected here, the learning ends (step S62).

In the subject selection processing routine called by the above operation, the list data of subjects that can be learned by the control program stored in the teaching department area 23a is displayed in the RAM area 2 for display.
In 3e, the data is expanded into screen display data and displayed on the screen of the display device 26 (step S71). When a subject is selected on the subject selection screen (step S72), the question table of the designated subject from the question information area 24c is stored in the RAM2.
3 to the problem information area 23c (step S7
4), information on the designated subject from the result table 41 of the question information area 24d is copied to the question information area 23d of the RAM 23 (step S75).

In the problem issue processing routine, step S7
Correct answer rate 51e in the question information area 23d copied in 5
Is compared with 80% (step S8)
1). If the accuracy rate 51e exceeds 80%, the difficulty level 51b in the result table 51 is incremented by 1 (step S82). If it does not exceed, do nothing because the question of the same difficulty is set. When the result table 51 is updated, the difficulty 51b in the result table 51 and the difficulty 31c in the question table 31 are compared to search for a match, and the retrieved question number is used to find the address pointer 31b in the question table 31. Referring to, the question and the answer extracted from the question / answer data area 24b of the external storage device 24 are copied to the question / answer data area 23b of the RAM 23 (step S84). Then, the question copied in the question / answer data area 23b is printed by the printer 27 (step S85).

In the result input processing routine, step S6
After printing the answer by 7, the result input screen stored in the teaching department area 23a is expanded into data for screen display in the display RAM area 23e and displayed on the screen of the display device 26 (step S91). This display screen is shown in FIG. Unless the result is input here, it does not transit to the next. When the result is input (step S92), the accuracy rate of the learning is calculated based on the input result (the number of correct answers / the number of questions),
The calculated correct answer rate is stored in the score 51e of the result table 51 in the question information area 23d (step S9).
3) The contents of the score table 51 are stored in the result table 41 in the question information area 24d of the external storage device 24 based on the data of the subject 51a (step S94).

The present invention is not limited to the embodiments described in detail above, and various modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention.

For example, in order not to reduce the user's willingness to learn, a counter 41f is provided in the question information area 24d, and the value of the counter 41f is incremented every time the learner learns a question of the same difficulty level. When the number of times the learning is continued until the counter reaches a preset value, the difficulty level may be decreased by 1, or the key input device 25 may be provided with a jump key 25n so that the jump key 25n can be used when a question is issued. If is pressed, a question one rank above may be output.

[0022]

As is apparent from the above description, the electronic learning machine of the present invention comprises a first storage means for storing a plurality of questions, their answers, and information representing identification information for identifying each question. An instruction means for giving an instruction to present a question to the question stored in the first storage means and an input instruction for a learning result, and an input means capable of inputting the learning result in accordance with the input instruction by the instruction means. A first control means for performing a predetermined calculation based on the learning result input by the input means; a second storage means for storing the calculation result by the first control means; and a second storage means for the second storage means. Retrieval means for retrieving the problem stored in the first storage means based on the stored calculation result based on identification information, presenting means for presenting the problem retrieved by the retrieving means, and the retrieving means Detected by By providing a second control means for controlling so as to the problems presented in the presenting means,
By setting the difficulty level for each question, allowing the user to input the learning result, and automatically issuing the appropriate question next time, the user does not need to manage the grades / weak points, etc. You can strengthen your weakness without realizing it.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an electronic learning machine of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an embodiment embodying the configuration of an electronic learning machine of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a problem address table used in the electronic learning machine of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a table storing learning results for each subject used in the electronic learning machine of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a table for storing learning results of a subject currently being learned, which is used in the electronic learning machine of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a flow chart for explaining the operation of the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of a screen for selecting a subject in the electronic learning machine of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of a screen for selecting an issue in the electronic learning machine of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing an example of a screen for inputting a learning result in the electronic learning machine of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 21 CPU 22 ROM 23 RAM 24 External Storage Device 25 Keyboard 26 Display Device 27 Printer

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A first storage means for storing a plurality of questions, their answers and identification information for identifying each question, instructions for presenting questions for the questions stored in the first storage means, and input of learning results. Based on the learning result input by the input unit that inputs the learning result according to the input unit that gives an instruction and the input instruction by the instruction unit,
First control means for performing a predetermined calculation, second storage means for storing the calculation result by the first control means, and storage in the first storage means based on the calculation result stored in the second storage means Searching means for searching the question based on the identification information, presenting means for presenting the question searched by the searching means, and controlling for presenting the question searched by the searching means to the presenting means An electronic learning machine comprising two control means.