JPH11212440A - Education support system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To eliminate the need to store problems in advance by generating a problem by inserting a prescribed term or explanation data into a blank field of a fixed-form problem sentence, accepting an answer to a question, and showing the correct/incorrect result of the answer and to automatically generating the question by making an object term of an exercise and an explanation sentence, a figure, etc., constituting a text correspond to each other. SOLUTION: A correspondence table storage means 102 stores a file of terms that a learner is made to learn among terms in a text and a file of a correspondence table of explanation sentences and figures, etc., explaining the terms and constituting the text. The terms that the learner is made to learn are given anchor tags in the text. A question generating process 103 sets a fixed-form sentence for generating a question and generates the question on the basis of the file in the correspondence table storage means 102. A correcting and instructing process 104 collates learner's answers with the correct answers to make correction and instruct the learner.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an education support system for education or learning using a computer.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, an educational support system using hypertext accumulates teaching materials such as texts, exercises, and explanations created by a teaching material creator, and responds to exercise problems defined in advance by the teaching material creator. The learning is performed by the learner based on a method of processing the correctness of the learner's answer.

FIG. 17 shows an example of such a conventional education support system, and FIG. 18 shows the flow of the processing. FIG.
In the teaching material knowledge storage means 1701, the learning material to be learned is stored, and the text storage means 1
702, term dictionary file storage means 1703, chart file storage means 1704, and problem / description storage means 17
05. The text storage unit 1702 is a unit that stores text composed of characters, charts, and the like. The term dictionary file storage unit 1703 is a unit that stores a description of a term to which a tag in the text is attached. The tag is for linking a predetermined term in the text to a description corresponding to the term.
The diagram file storage unit 1704 is a unit that stores a diagram or table file in the text. The question / explanation storage means 1705 is a means for storing a question to be presented to the learner, and its correct answer and explanation. Correction guidance processing 170
Reference numeral 6 is for collating the learner's answer with the correct answer and performing correction instruction. User interface processing 1707 includes:
The correction instruction processing 1706 is exchanged with the learner.

[0004] When a learner starts an exercise, the education support system is stored in a problem / explanation storage means 1705.
The question 1 linked to the text that the learner was browsing is presented to the learner. As shown in FIG. 18, if the answer is correct, the process proceeds to the next question 2 linked in advance, and if the answer is incorrect, the process proceeds to the explanation 1 for the linked problem 1 in advance. Then, after having made the learner confirm the error, the education support system presents the same question 1 to the learner again. The learner is made to learn while repeating the above branch processing. For such a system construction, for example, the description in page 832 of the Artificial Intelligence Handbook (edited by the Artificial Society of Japan, Ohmsha, first edition, first edition, 1990) can be referred to.

[0005]

However, in such a conventional educational support system, the problem of checking whether or not the content described in the text is understood by the learner, or the understood part is regarded as knowledge. A problem creator has a problem that a great deal of labor is required because similar problems and the like for fixing must be prepared in advance. In addition, it is practically impossible to prepare a problem adapted to learners with various background knowledge, and there is a problem that individual learning support cannot be provided.

An object of the present invention is to provide an educational support system which does not need to accumulate problems in consideration of the problem that such a conventional educational support system needs to accumulate many problems in advance. It is assumed that.

Further, the present invention provides an education support system in which a conventional education support system takes into consideration a problem that a problem corresponding to each learner cannot be set, and issues a problem corresponding to each learner. It is intended to do so.

[0008]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a term storage means for storing a plurality of predetermined terms, and an explanation data storage means for storing explanation data for explaining the plurality of predetermined terms. A correspondence table storing means for storing a correspondence table for specifying a correspondence between the plurality of predetermined terms and a storage location of the explanation data, and a question sentence having the blank for inputting the predetermined term or the explanation data. A question creating means for creating a question by inserting the predetermined term or the explanatory data into the blank of the fixed phrase of the formula, accepting the answer to the question, comparing the answer to the correct answer of the question, and determining the correct / incorrect result for the answer. And a correct / wrong result presenting means, wherein the correct answer is a counterpart corresponding to the one inserted in the blank.

[0009]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

(Embodiment 1) First, the configuration of an education support system according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention will be described.

FIG. 1 shows a configuration diagram of an education support system according to a first embodiment of the present invention. Text storage means 1702
, Term dictionary file storage means 1703, chart file storage means 1704, user interface processing 1
707 is the same as that shown in FIG. The learning material knowledge storage unit 101 stores learning materials to be learned, and includes a text storage unit 1702, a term dictionary file storage unit 1703, a diagram file storage unit 1704, and a correspondence table storage unit 102. You. Correspondence table storage means 102 stores, among words in the text, a file of terms to be learned by the learner, the terms, and the correspondence between the terms and the explanatory texts, charts, etc., which constitute the text. This is a means for storing a table file. It should be noted that the term to be learned by the learner is provided with an anchor tag in the text. The anchor tag will be described later.
In the problem generation processing 103, a fixed phrase for generating a problem is set, and the problem is generated based on a file in the correspondence table storage unit 102. Correction instruction processing 104
Is to collate the answer of the learner with the correct answer and provide correction instruction.

Next, a description will be given of a hardware configuration for realizing the education support system according to the first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 19 shows a configuration diagram of hardware for realizing the education support system according to the first embodiment of the present invention. FIG.
9, a V-RAM 1902 and a main storage device 1905 are provided as memories. Input device 1903
Is a keyboard, a mouse, or the like, which is used to input an answer when a learner answers the question. The external storage device 1906 includes the teaching material knowledge storage unit 101 described above. The network interface 1907 receives input from a learner, and the CPU 1904 performs actual processing of the problem generation processing 103 and the correction instruction processing 104.
The display 1901 displays the text of the education support system according to the first embodiment, the problem, and the processing result for the answer from the learner to the problem, and the like.

Next, the operation of the education support system according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be described.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a processing flow of the education support system according to the first embodiment.

[0015] First, the learner operates the text storage means 170.
2. A hypertext to be learned is selected from a plurality of texts stored in 2. The selected hypertext is displayed on the display 1901 by being browsed.

Then, the learner operates the display 1901
After learning the text displayed in, start the exercise. As described above, when the learner starts the exercise, the text storage unit 1702 of the education support system sets the keyword sandwiched between the anchor tags in the text that the learner has learned as the target of the exercise problem. All terms specified as terms are extracted from the term file of the correspondence table storage means 102 (step 201). Note that there are a plurality of terms. Next, the problem generation processing 103
From all the terms extracted in step 201, only the term to be set is extracted (step 202). The terms targeted for the questions are the terms targeted for the options for answering the exercise. Then, the problem generation processing 103
Determines the question format from the file of the correspondence table between the terms in the correspondence table storage means 102 and the explanatory texts, figures and tables,
A problem for the learner is generated using a preset fixed phrase for generating the problem (step 20).
3). The problem is then displayed on the display 1901 via the user interface process 1707,
A question is given to the learner (step 204). The learner answers the question (step 205), and when the education support system receives the answer from the learner, the correction instruction process 10
4 performs correction instruction (step 206).

Next, a specific example in which the educational support system according to the first embodiment generates a problem will be described with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 3 shows a text of a figure to be understood, which is composed of a sentence and a figure, and is an HTML (Hyper Text Markup).
Language). FIG. 4 is a view in which FIG. 3 is browsed. As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the text here provides the learner with an equilateral triangle,
It is assumed that a square, a regular pentagon, and a regular hexagon are to be learned. The text is in units of chapters, sections, paragraphs, etc. that make the description contents meaningful. That is, by browsing a single text,
You can learn cohesive units. In addition, as shown in FIG. 3, the above-mentioned terms, that is, an equilateral triangle,
Square, pentagon, and hexagon are anchor tags <AH
REF = “url”> to </A>. In addition, as shown in FIG. 3, a tag for designating a file for displaying a diagram of the above-mentioned term is <IMG SRC = "u
rl "> (hereinafter, image display tag).

The above-mentioned terms, that is, regular triangles, squares, regular pentagons, and regular hexagons, are stored as a term file in the correspondence table storage means 102 as shown at 701 in FIG. Further, as indicated by reference numeral 702 in FIG. 7, the correspondence table storage unit 102 stores a file of a correspondence table in which the above-described terms and the explanations of the terms correspond to each term. Further, as shown by reference numeral 703 in FIG. 7, a file of a correspondence table in which the above-mentioned terms and the explanatory diagram of the terms are associated with each term is stored. The explanatory diagram is a diagram specified by url of the image display tag in FIG.

The data of the explanatory text in the correspondence table 702 shown in FIG. 7 is stored in the term dictionary file storage unit 1703 as shown in FIG. FIG.
Then, 501, 502, 503, and 504 are data of explanatory texts of a regular triangle, a square, a regular pentagon, and a regular hexagon, respectively.

The data of the explanatory diagram in the correspondence table shown at 703 in FIG. 7 is stored in the diagram file storage means 1704 as shown in FIG. In FIG. 6, 601, 602, and 603 are data of explanatory diagrams of an equilateral triangle, a square, and a regular pentagon, respectively, and 604 is data of an explanatory diagram of an equilateral triangle and a square.

Now, when the learner receives the txt. htm, the text storage means 1702 of the education support system stores the txt. htm text,
The keywords sandwiched between the anchor tags are specified as terms to be used in the exercise, and terms such as equilateral triangle, square, equilateral pentagon, and equilateral hexagon are extracted from the term file 701 in FIG. 7 (step 201). Next, the problem generation processing 103 extracts three terms, that is, a regular triangle, a square, and a regular pentagon, from the extracted terms (step 202). In this case, the question generation processing 10 will be described later.
It is assumed that the correct answer to the problem generated by No. 3 is “an equilateral triangle” or a sentence explaining “an equilateral triangle”. And
The problem generation processing 103 is performed by setting a fixed form sentence for generating a problem, that is, <> in a fixed form sentence “Which of the terms shown in the options is <>?” Term dictionary file storage means 17 shown in FIG.
Insert the explanation sentence 501 written in Japanese stored in No. 03, arrange the subject terms such as equilateral triangle, square, and equilateral pentagon as alternatives, and format them in HTML format to generate a selection problem ( Step 203). The generated selection question becomes one of the term dictionary questions as indicated by 801 in FIG.

The problem generation process 103 can generate another term dictionary problem in addition to the above term dictionary problem.
Hereinafter, this will be described. Problem generation processing 103
Inserts the correct term “equivalent triangle” into <> of the fixed phrase “What is <> in the sentence shown in the choices.” Term dictionary file storage unit 1703 shown in FIG.
The explanations written in Japanese at 501, 502, and 503 stored in are arranged and formatted in an HTML format to generate a selection problem. The generated selection question is represented by 802 in FIG.
become that way.

As shown in problems 801 and 802 shown in FIG.
A problem generated using the data of the description stored in the term dictionary file storage unit 1703 is called a term dictionary problem.

The problem generating process 103 can also generate a diagram problem other than the term dictionary problem described above. less than,
It will be described. The problem generation processing 103 inserts a "correct equilateral triangular figure" which is a correct answer figure, after the preset fixed phrase "Which of the following figures are among the terms shown in the options?" In addition, regular triangles, squares, and regular pentagons of the term file 701 in FIG. 7 are arranged as options, and are formatted in an HTML format to generate a selection problem. The generated selection question is as shown by 901 in FIG.

The problem 901 in FIG. 9 is generated when a diagram corresponding to the correct term “regular triangle” exists, and a diagram of options other than the correct solution does not correspond to the diagram of the correct solution. become. In the correspondence table 703 shown in FIG. gif and 04. gif. However, 04. When the question 901 is generated using gif, the correct answer cannot be uniquely determined because both the “regular triangle” and the “square” are related to the drawing in question. Therefore, such a figure is rejected from the subject of the question, and the problem 901 is 01. gif.

The problem generation process 103 can generate another diagram problem in addition to the above-described diagram problem. less than,
It will be described. The question generation process 103 inserts the correct term “regular triangle” into <> of the preset sentence “Which is <> in the diagram shown in the alternatives?” Also, the figures 601, 602, and 603 stored in the chart file storage unit 1704 shown in FIG. 6 as options are arranged and shaped in an HTML format to generate a selection question. The generated selection question is as shown by 902 in FIG.

By the way, the question 902 in FIG. 9 is generated when each question target term corresponds to a different figure. In the correspondence table 703 in FIG. 7, when a set of figures corresponding to the equilateral triangle, square, and regular pentagon of the subject term is checked, (01.gif, 02.gif,
03. gif), (01.gif, 04.gif, 0
3. gif), (04.gif, 02.gif, 0
3. gif) can be extracted. However, (01.gif, 04.gif, 0
3. gif), the problem is generated.
1. gif and 04. Since both gifs are diagrams related to “an equilateral triangle”, the correct answer cannot be uniquely determined. Therefore, such a group is rejected from the subject of the question, the problem is,
(01.gif, 02.gif, 03.gif) or (04.gif, 02.gif, 03.gif)
f) will be generated using any of the sets. The problem 902 in FIG. 9 is (01.gif, 02.gif,
03. gif).

A problem such as the problem shown in FIG. 9 that is generated using the data of the explanatory diagram stored in the diagram file storage unit 1704 is called a diagram problem.

The questions generated by the question generation processing 103 as described above are set for the learner. Then, the learner answers and the correction instruction processing 104 provides correction instruction for the answer to the user interface unit 1707.
Through.

In the first embodiment, the correspondence table storage means 102 is prepared in advance for associating the subject of the exercise with the exercise target term and its explanatory diagram. Means 102
And it is also possible to dynamically create the correspondence table stored in the correspondence table storage means 102. In this case, the education support system searches the anchor tag from the HTML file of the learning page every time an exercise request is received from the learner, and extracts the term and url that is a unique link destination of the term. The entry of the extracted term is the table 701, and the correspondence between the term and the link destination url is the table 702. Further, when the correspondence table 703 between the explanatory diagram and the term is dynamically created, restrictions are placed on the naming of the chart file of the correspondence table 703. For example, the chart file name is url, which is the term that the chart indicates.
Unify with the prefix. The url of the file indicating the description of the term "equilateral triangle" is "sei sankaku ke
i. htm ”, for the chart showing the term“ equilateral triangle ”, unify the prefix“ url ”of the term“ equilateral triangle ”and“ sei sankaku kei.gi ”.
f ”. With such a name, the educational support system will receive an exercise request from the learner every time,
Searches the HTML file of the learning page for the chart file name, prefixes the chart file name and the learning page H
The term extracted from the anchor tag in the TML file and the prefix of url thereof can be used to associate the chart file with the term.

Further, the above problems 801, 802, 90
The question sentences 1 and 902 and their options are examples, and the present invention is not limited to the example described above, and questions having various combinations of question sentences and options may be generated.

Further, in addition to the example of the problem generation shown in the first embodiment, by adding a term and an explanation, an explanatory diagram, a formula, and the like corresponding to the term, other questions can be set. Further, a formula for creating a fill-in-the-blank question may be used as a fixed phrase of the question. As a result, various types of questions are generated.

Further, the question generation process 103 can also take out only one exercise target term and create a question. For example, it is possible to create a problem of "What is a figure having a shape whose interior angle is 60 degrees?"
In that case, an answer input field is prepared, and the learner is allowed to directly input the answer.

(Embodiment 2) First, the configuration of an education support system according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention will be described.

FIG. 10 shows a configuration diagram of the education support system according to the second embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 10, the teaching material knowledge storage unit 101, the text storage unit 1702, the term dictionary file storage unit 1703, the chart file storage unit 17
04, correspondence table storage means 102, problem generation processing 10
3. Correction instruction processing 104 and user interface processing 1707 are the same as those in FIG. The learner model storage means 1001 is a means for storing a learner model.
The learner model update processing 1002 is means for updating the learner model in the learner model storage means 1001. Note that a learner model is an educational support system that uses
It indicates the degree of understanding of a learner who understands terms and the like.

The hardware configuration for realizing the education support system of the second embodiment is the same as that of the first embodiment shown in FIG.
The configuration is substantially the same as The external storage device 1906 is
It includes the learner model storage means 1001 described above. The CPU 1904 performs the actual processing of the problem generation processing 103, the correction instruction processing 104, and the learner model updating means 1002.

Next, the operation of the education support system according to the second embodiment of the present invention will be described.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing a processing flow of the education support system according to the second embodiment.

As in the first embodiment, when the learner starts an exercise, the text storage means 17 of the education support system is used.
02 specifies a keyword sandwiched between anchor tags in the text that the learner has learned as a target term of the exercise, and the correspondence table storage unit 102
All the specified terms are extracted from the term file (step 1101). If the learner has acquired knowledge about all the terms extracted in step 1101, the education support system ends the exercise (step 11).
02). If the learner has unacquired terms or unfamiliar knowledge of the terms, the process proceeds to step 1103. When the process proceeds to step 1103, the problem generation process 1
In step 03, only the terms to be set are extracted from all the terms extracted in step 1101. (Step 1
103). The terms targeted for the questions are the terms targeted for the options for answering the exercise. The question generation process 103 determines the question format from the file of the correspondence table between the terms in the correspondence table storage means 102 and the explanatory notes, figures, tables, and the like, and uses a preset fixed phrase for generating the question. Then, a problem for the learner is generated (step 1104). Thereafter, the problem is displayed via the user interface process 1707 on the display 1901.
Is displayed to the learner (Step 110)
5). The learner answers the question (step 110).
6) When the education support system receives the answer from the learner, the correction instruction processing 104 performs correction instruction (step 1107). Next, learner model updating means 1002
Updates the learner model based on the result of correct / incorrect judgment between the learner's answer and the correct answer given by the problem generation processing 103 (step 1108), and proceeds to step 1102.

Next, before describing a specific example of the problem generation according to the second embodiment, a learner model will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating an example of a learner model. In FIG. 12, an obj list is a term of a correct answer to a question or an exercise target term of a term of explanatory data of the correct answer, and a term of a learner's answer to the question or explanatory data of the answer to the question. Is a column for describing the term. On the other hand, a blank field is provided for an exercise term other than the term of the correct answer to the question or for a term other than the term of the explanation data of the correct answer. The not_obj list is a term of the correct answer to the question, or a practice target term of the term of the explanation data of the correct answer, the term of the option other than the learner's answer to the question among the options of the question, Alternatively, it is a column for describing the term of the explanation data of the option. On the other hand, for the exercise target term other than the term of the correct answer to the question or the term of the explanation data of the correct answer, the term of the learner's answer to the question or the term of the explanation data of the answer is described. Column.

For example, the problem 801 shown in the first embodiment
Is a term dictionary problem for the term "equilateral triangle". In the problem 801, it is assumed that the learner has selected the first “regular triangle”. In this case, as shown in FIG. 12 (a), the learner model enters “regular triangle” in the obj list of the exercise target term “regular triangle”, and the not-selected second in the not_obj list. And the third "regular pentagon" are entered. In addition, the obj list of the training target terms “square” and “regular pentagon” that are not selected is left blank, and the not_obj list includes
"Equivalent triangle" is entered.

On the other hand, if the learner erroneously selects the second “square”, as shown in FIG. 12B, the learner model uses the ob-
In the j list, enter “square”, and not_ob
In the j list, “regular triangle” and “regular pentagon” are entered. The terms "square" and "regular pentagon"
Is empty, and “square” is entered in the not_obj list.

Next, a specific example of the processing according to the second embodiment will be described.

Assume that the learner exercises for the first time on the text of FIG. The education support system extracts all terms from the term file 701 in FIG. That is, the term for the exercise is acquired. Next, the problem generation processing 103 checks the learner model in the learner model storage unit 1001. When learning for the first time, since the learner model is in a blank state, the question generation processing 103 extracts the question target terms from the exercise target terms as many as the number of question choices. In this example, the term that is the correct answer, or the explanatory text that is the correct answer, and the term corresponding to the explanatory diagram are “equilateral triangles”, and the other options are “square”,
It is assumed that a “regular pentagon” is extracted. As described in the first embodiment, with respect to these three terms, any of the forms of the term dictionary problem 801, the term dictionary problem 802, the diagram problem 901 and the diagram problem 902 can be generated. It is assumed that the question is presented in the form of a diagram problem 901. Then, the answer of the learner is accepted, and the correction instruction processing 1 is performed.
04 provides correction instruction, and based on the result, the learner model updating means 1002
01 is updated. When the answer of the second “square” is received, the learner model is the table 1301 in FIG. As described above, when all of the practice target terms have not been learned by the learner, the problem generation processing 103 generates a new problem. Here, it is assumed that a term in which the correspondence between the exercise target term and the obj list is erroneous, that is, a term that the learner has erroneously recognized before is set as the subject of the question. In the table 1301, since the obj list of the training target term “regular triangle” is “square”, a problem relating to “square” is generated this time. At the time of generating the question, assuming that a term with a small not_obj list is preferentially included in the alternative, the correct answer is “square”, and the other alternatives are “regular pentagon” and “regular hexagon”. This time, the subject term includes "regular hexagon". In the correspondence table 703 of FIG. 7, "regular hexagon"
Since there is no figure corresponding to, no diagram problem is generated, and a term dictionary problem is inevitably generated. If it is determined that a question is to be presented to the learner in the same format as the term dictionary problem 801, the learner will be presented with a problem as shown in FIG. When the learner answers No. 1, the learner model after the answer is as shown in FIG. 15, and the learner model 1301 up to the previous question is updated as shown in FIG. As described above, the learning is repeatedly performed until the practice target term and its obj list are uniquely associated with each other.

In the obj list and the not_obj list, entries are rewritten without asking what the learner model was up to that time. For example, it is assumed that “regular triangle” is already entered in the obj list of the exercise target term “regular triangle”. If the learner erroneously answers “equilateral triangle” in the question relating to the exercise target term “square” in the term dictionary problem 801, “equivalent triangle” is entered in the not_obj list of the exercise target term “equivalent triangle”, O was already entered
The "equilateral triangle" of bj is rejected. As described above, in the learner model, if the exercise target term and the obj list are uniquely the same, the exercise target term is regarded as a learned term, and if different, it is regarded as an unlearned term. further,
In the not_obj list, terms that have not been answered are entered. Therefore, when the exercise target term and the obj list are uniquely the same, and when terms other than the obj list are entered in the not_obj list, all the learners are notified. This means that they have understood the exercise target term and have understood the distinction from other exercise target terms.

Further, even when all the terms to be practiced have been acquired, the learner model updating means 1002 can reset the learner model to repeatedly learn.

Further, the above-described problem generation is an example, and various problems such as the problem described in the first embodiment can be generated.

In the present invention, the correspondence table storage means 102 as the term storage means, the term dictionary file storage means 1703 and the diagram file storage means 1704 as the explanation data storage means, the correspondence table storage means 102 as the correspondence table storage means, the problem creation Problem generation processing 1 as a means
03, a display 1901 as a means for presenting correct / wrong results,
A display 1901 was used as text display means, and a text storage means 1702 was used as term specification means. However, in the present invention, the term storage means, the explanation data storage means, the correspondence table storage means, the question creation means, the correct / wrong result presenting means, the text display means, and the term identification means are not limited to the examples described above. In short, in the present invention,
The term accumulation means accumulates the term to be the subject of the exercise, the explanation data accumulation means accumulates explanation data explaining the term, and the correspondence table accumulation means accumulates the correspondence between the term and the location of the explanation data. It only needs to accumulate the table. The question creation means inputs the term or explanation data, inserts the term or explanation data into a blank space for a fixed form of a question sentence having a blank, and creates a question. All that is required is to accept the answer to the question that was given, compare it with the correct answer to the question, and show the correct or incorrect result for the answer. Furthermore, the text display means displays the text selected by the learner, and the term specifying means specifies the keyword of the text selected by the learner as a term to be inserted into the blank by the question creator. Good.

In the above-described embodiment, an example of generating a problem relating to a graphic has been described. However, the problem generated is not limited to a problem relating to a graphic.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the problem generation process 103 is set in advance with a fixed sentence for creating a question, but the education support system of the present invention uses the A means for inputting and storing fixed phrases may be provided. In short, the question generation process 103 only needs to generate a question using a fixed sentence for creating a question having a blank portion.

[0052]

As is clear from the above description, the present invention can provide an education support system that does not need to accumulate problems in advance. In other words, the education support system of the present invention sets the term linked to the explanation in the text as the subject of the exercise, and associates the term subject to the exercise with the explanation, the figure, etc., which constitute the text. Can automatically generate a problem. As a result, the effort of the problem creator is reduced.

Further, the present invention can provide an education support system for setting questions corresponding to individual learners. In other words, the education support system of the present invention generates a question according to the learner's way of answering, thereby enabling the generation of a question according to the level of each learner. Therefore, the learning efficiency of the learner is improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of an education support system according to a first embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a processing flow of the education support system according to the first embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of text stored in a text storage unit.

FIG. 4 is a view obtained by browsing FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of data stored in a term dictionary file storage unit.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of data stored in a chart file storage unit.

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of a file stored in a correspondence table storage unit;

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of a term dictionary problem.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of a chart problem.

FIG. 10 is a configuration diagram of an education support system according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing a processing flow of the education support system according to the second embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 12 illustrates an example of a learner model.

FIG. 13 is a diagram showing a learner model for explaining the second embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing an example of a problem generated based on a learner model;

15 is a diagram showing updated contents of a learner model obtained based on an answer to the problem of FIG.

FIG. 16 is a diagram showing a result of updating a learner model;

FIG. 17 is a configuration diagram of a conventional education support system.

And FIG. 18 is a flowchart showing the flow of processing of a conventional education support system.

FIG. 19 is a configuration diagram of hardware for realizing the education support systems according to the first and second embodiments of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 101 teaching material knowledge storage means 102 correspondence table storage means 103 problem generation processing 104 correction instruction processing 501 term dictionary file example 502 term dictionary file example 503 term dictionary file example 504 term dictionary file example 601 chart file example 602 chart file example 603 chart file example 604 Diagram file example 701 Term file example 702 Correspondence table example 703 Correspondence table example 801 Problem example 802 Problem example 901 Problem example 902 Problem example 1001 Learner model storage means 1002 Learner model update processing 1201 Learner model example 1202 Learner model example 1301 Learner model example 1401 Problem example 1701 Teaching material knowledge storage means 1702 Text storage means 1703 Term dictionary file storage means 1704 Diagram file storage means 1705 Akira storage unit 1706 correction guidance process 1707 the user interface process 1901 displays 1902 V-RAM 1903 input device 1904 CPU 1905 main storage device 1906 external storage device 1907 network interface

Continuing on the front page (72) Inventor Yuichi Kawaguchi 1006 Kadoma Kadoma, Osaka Prefecture Inside Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A term storage means for storing a plurality of predetermined terms; an explanation data storage means for storing explanation data for explaining the plurality of terms; a plurality of terms and the explanation data; A correspondence table storing means for storing a correspondence table for specifying correspondence with the storage location of the storage area, and inputting the predetermined term or the explanation data, and having a blank space, the blank space in the fixed form sentence of the question sentence, Or a question creating means for creating a question by inserting the explanation data,
A correct / incorrect result presenting means for receiving an answer to the question, comparing the correct answer to the answer, and indicating a correct / incorrect result for the answer, wherein the correct answer is that of the other party corresponding to the one inserted in the blank. Education support system characterized by: 2. The educational support system according to claim 1, wherein said question creating means creates an answer choice for the question including a correct answer to the question. 3. The education support system according to claim 1, further comprising a fixed sentence storing means for inputting the fixed sentence and storing the fixed sentence. 4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the answering means comprises:
4. The education support system according to claim 1, wherein a question next to the question is created based on a correct or incorrect result of the user's answer to the question. 5. A text display means for displaying a text selected by a learner, and term specifying means for specifying a keyword of the selected text as a term to be inserted into the blank by the question creating means, The method according to claim 1, wherein the question creating unit creates a question by inserting the term identified by the term identifying unit or explanatory data of the term into a blank of a standard sentence of the question sentence. Education support system described in any of them. 6. The text display means performs the display by browsing a hypertext, and the term specifying means uses the keyword sandwiched between anchor tags in the hypertext as the term. The education support system according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein: