JP2024028611A - Learning support device and program - Google Patents

Abstract

To allow for efficient learning according to users' proficiency levels (understanding) while reflecting the users' wishes.SOLUTION: A learning support device that is connected to a user's terminal device via a communication network, is used for scholastic ability surveys and/or learning, and outputs education content including at least one of questions and lecture data to the terminal device includes: means for outputting education content belonging to a certain learning range to the terminal device; means for determining the user's proficiency level according to a viewing state of the education content; and means for determining at least one of the learning range and/or the education content to be recommended to the user based on the proficiency level.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

The present invention relates to a learning support device that delivers practice questions and lecture data to users via a terminal device, and particularly relates to a learning support device that can improve learning effectiveness and a program used in the device.

Techniques have been proposed to improve learning effects. For example, in Patent Document 1, in order to enable users of various levels to proceed with learning efficiently, after allowing users to view learning information, test information indicating the user's level of understanding is output, and the A learning support system has been proposed that analyzes the level of understanding based on the answers and outputs learning information at the rank level of the next unit according to the level of understanding.

Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 2011-75837

However, the above-mentioned conventional technology may execute a unit different from the unit desired by the user. In particular, since learning time is limited for users, having them complete a unit that is different from their rank level may cause anxiety and mental stress for users.

The present invention has been made in response to such conventional circumstances, and provides a learning support device and program that enable efficient learning according to the user's level of proficiency (level of understanding) while reflecting the user's wishes. The purpose is to

In order to achieve the above object, the learning support device of the present invention includes:
A learning support device connected to a user's terminal device via a communication network, used for academic ability investigation and/or learning, and outputting educational content including at least one of questions and lecture data to the terminal device,
comprising: content providing means for outputting educational content belonging to a certain learning range to the terminal device; and means for determining a user's proficiency level according to the attendance status of the educational content;
The content providing means is characterized in that it determines at least one learning range and/or educational content to recommend to the user based on the proficiency level and/or the attendance status.

Here, the learning range means the range that the user studies, and includes, for example, one or more units, official collections, and English vocabulary for each level (e.g., first year junior high school, beginner, etc.). .

Attendance status refers to the educational content provided to the user, the user's answers to it, and the status of viewing.For example, in addition to the correctness of the answers to the questions provided to the user, the answering time, the number of consecutive correct answers, and the number of consecutive incorrect answers. This includes the number of correct answers, percentage of correct answers, and whether or not the lecture data was viewed.

According to the present invention, an appropriate learning range and educational content are determined according to the course attendance situation and proficiency level.

Preferably, the content providing means selects, as questions for the academic ability survey, questions that belong to a learning range desired by the user, questions that belong to a learning range related to the learning range, and questions that exceed a certain value from learning data of a plurality of users. It is preferable to provide questions that belong to a learning range that the user has not answered among the learning ranges that the user has taken, or other questions that are optimally selected to efficiently conduct an academic ability survey.

Here, the learning range related to the relevant learning range refers to the learning range necessary to understand the relevant learning range, or the range of learning conducted by a person who understands the relevant learning range, or any other relationship with the relevant learning range. A certain range.

Further, the program according to the present invention is connected to a user's terminal device via a communication network, is used for academic ability investigation and/or learning, and outputs educational content including at least one of questions and lecture data to the terminal device. A computer program,
a content providing process of outputting educational content belonging to a certain learning range to the terminal device; a process of determining a user's proficiency level according to the attendance status of the educational content;
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The content provision process is characterized in that at least one learning range and/or educational content to be recommended to the user is determined based on the proficiency level and/or the attendance status.

The present invention can be implemented as a program in a general-purpose computer device (for example, a server device).

As described above, according to the present invention, since appropriate educational content and learning scope are determined according to the course attendance status and proficiency level, efficient learning becomes possible.

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram of a learning support system according to an embodiment of the present invention. This is an example of the data structure of the attendance history DB in FIG. 1. FIG. 3 is a relationship diagram of units according to an embodiment of the present invention. This is a related unit table that is a table of FIG. 3. 12 is a flowchart illustrating the processing procedure of an optimal unit determination routine in academic ability investigation mode.

This is a basic mode lecture data distribution determination routine.

Embodiments of the learning support system according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram of a learning support system 1 according to this embodiment.

In this learning support system 1, a learning support device 10 is connected to an instructor's coach terminal 2 and a student's user terminal 3 via a communication network 4, respectively. Here, the learning support system 1 is configured using a client server model, a cloud computing format, etc., but is not limited to this.

The learning support device 10 includes a transmitting/receiving unit 11 for communicating with the coach terminal 2 and the user terminal 3 via the communication network 4, a storage unit 12 for storing data, and an arithmetic processing unit 13 for performing data processing. There is.

The arithmetic processing unit 13 transmits educational content such as viewing data and questions displayed on the user terminal, and receives data such as answers and learning status sent from the user terminal 3 (hereinafter referred to as user terminal interface means). , "User Terminal I/F Means") 31. Answer status calculation means for generating thresholds for processing of each mode described later, such as the proficiency level of the unit the user is taking, based on the answer data after question distribution. 32. Academic ability investigation mode execution means 33 that investigates the degree of understanding of related units based on the user's desired unit; Study unit determination means 34 that determines the user's study units based on the investigation results of the academic ability investigation mode execution means 33. , a basic mode execution means 35 for transmitting educational content belonging to the course unit, such as practice questions, review questions, lecture data, etc., and a coach terminal I/F means 36 for distributing the course progress to coaches and instructors.

Note that each of the means 31 to 36 of the arithmetic processing section 13 can be realized by a program as a function of the CPU. Note that the academic ability investigation mode execution means 33 and the basic mode execution means 35 function as content provision means for outputting educational content belonging to a certain learning range to the user terminal 3.

The user DB 21 stores user attribute information such as the name and ID of the user who is taking the course, as well as information such as the units to be taken, and the educational content DB 22 stores diagnostic test questions, lecture data, practice questions, and review questions for each unit. Educational content such as

Further, the course history DB 23 stores history data such as units that the user has taken, test results (correct or incorrect answers to questions), and proficiency level of each unit. The related unit data 24 stores data indicating connections between related units.

Next, the operation of the learning support system 1 having the above configuration will be explained.
The learning support device 10 uses the user terminal I/F means 31 to transmit educational content stored in the educational content DB 22 for each activity (for example, diagnosis, lecture, review) of one or more units included in a learning session. The information is transmitted to each user terminal 3 via the host computer. Here, the diagnosis is to confirm in advance how much knowledge the user has regarding the learning session, and is determined by, for example, answers to questions prepared in advance. Lectures will be conducted by distributing video/still image data, etc. In addition, review involves distributing previously prepared questions regarding units that are currently being taken or have already taken, for example after a lecture or after a predetermined period of time has elapsed, and determining the level of proficiency by scoring the answers. Note that educational content such as lecture data and problems may be distributed in a predetermined order, or it may be determined which educational content to be distributed according to the level of proficiency.

When the user terminal 3 receives the educational content sent from the learning support device 10, it outputs it on the screen. Based on this educational content, each user can view lecture data, or use the user terminal 3 to obtain answers to diagnostic tests conducted when selecting a learning session, and practice questions and review tests conducted after viewing the lecture data. and transmits it to the learning support device 10.

When the user terminal I/F means 31 of the learning support device 10 receives the data sent from the user terminal 3 via the transmitter/receiver 11, it stores the data in the course history DB 23 and also updates the learning status table 24 of the user. Update status data.

FIG. 2 is an example of the data structure of the attendance history DB 23. For each user ID, the session ID, question ID, start time, end time of the question, and proficiency level of the unit taken by the user at the time of finishing the question are stored. Note that in FIG. 2, the symbol at the beginning of the question ID is for identifying the unit. Therefore, the unit that the user has taken can be identified from the question ID.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of the related unit data 24, showing connections with other units for each unit. This related unit data consists of unit connections and directions, that is, arrow data in which a unit necessary for understanding a certain unit is the starting point and the certain unit is the ending point. This related unit data may be stored in advance as a table as shown in FIG. 4, or may be obtained by calculation.

The user terminal I/F means 31 of the learning support device 10 extracts unit questions to be distributed in units of learning sessions, which are a series of learning units, for each user, and distributes the extracted questions to the user terminal 3. This learning session defines the types of actions the coach should take. When the user terminal I/F unit 31 receives answer data from the user after the question is distributed, it determines whether the answer is correct or incorrect, and stores the result in the course history DB 23. The answer status calculation means 32 is activated when a question is distributed from the user terminal I/F means 31, and calculates the user's answer status (presence or absence of an answer and response time) and data on correct and incorrect answers when there is an answer. Calculate the proficiency level from.

Existing techniques can be used to calculate the proficiency level. Note that, as a simple method, the proficiency level can be determined by the correct answer rate (number of correct answers/predetermined number) of answers to the most recent predetermined number of questions (for example, five questions). Alternatively, the proficiency level may be calculated by weighting the questions based on the order of questions from the start of the session, or weighting each question by taking into account the correct answer rate of the user who answered the question.

(Academic ability survey mode execution process)
Next, the processing procedure of the academic ability investigation mode execution means 33 will be explained with reference to FIG. 5.
The academic ability investigation mode execution means 33 is activated when a desired unit is input by the user. When activated, the academic ability investigation mode execution means 33 sets a unit to be investigated for academic ability, such as a desired unit input by the user (S101, S102). Then, the questions of the unit are transmitted (S103), and if there is an answer ("YES" in S104) or the time is up (S105), the answer status calculation means 32 calculates the proficiency level (S106). ). If the value of the proficiency level is greater than the threshold ("NO" in S107), the unit is set as a recommended unit (S108). On the other hand, if the proficiency level value is below the threshold ("YES" in S107), the related unit data is accessed, the retrospective unit associated with the survey target unit is extracted, and that unit is used as a new survey target. unit (S109). Then, the unit question set in step S109 is transmitted (S110). Thereafter, when there is an answer ("YES" in S111) or when the time has expired (S112), the answer status calculation means 32 calculates the proficiency level (S113). If the value of the proficiency level is greater than the threshold value, the unit is set as a recommended unit (S115). On the other hand, if the value of the proficiency level is less than or equal to the threshold value ("YES" in S114), the process returns to step S109 and the subsequent processes are repeated.

Note that the activation timing of the academic ability survey mode execution means 33 is not limited to the above, for example, it may be activated based on the result of the proficiency calculated by the answer status calculation means 32 while the basic mode execution means 35 is being executed. That's fine, and it can also be started at the end of the course. Questions used for academic ability tests are also provided in basic mode.

For example, if you have passed all the courses you have taken (your proficiency level is above a certain threshold) and you want to start learning a unit for which an academic ability test has not yet been completed, run the academic ability test mode. You may also do this. In that case, for example, a teaching material called "diagnosis" may be presented so that the user can enter the academic ability test mode, and if the user selects it, the academic ability test mode can be executed.

Furthermore, even in units for which an academic ability survey has already been conducted, if the data is old (data past a certain threshold), it is preferable to execute the academic ability survey mode. For example, if only the results of an academic ability survey conducted more than N days ago (N is a natural number) or learning history remain, the user has already acquired the knowledge through studying other units or learning at a school or other place other than the learning support device 1. This is because there is a possibility that

(Teaching unit determination process)
When activated after the operation of the academic ability investigation mode execution means 33, the course unit determination means 34 transmits and presents the recommended units calculated by the academic ability investigation mode execution means 33 to the user terminal 3. At this time, there are, for example, the following presentation methods.
(1) A plurality of recommended units are presented to the user so that the user can select any recommended unit.
(2) Force the user to study recommended units.
(3) A list of units is presented to the user so that the recommended units can be identified, so that the user can study including any units that are not recommended.

The unit to be attended determination unit 34 determines the unit to be attended by the user (unit to be attended) based on the user's answers. Note that the course unit determining means 34 may set the recommended unit determined by the academic ability survey mode execution means 33 as the course unit, regardless of the user's answer.

(Basic mode execution processing)
Next, an example of the processing procedure of the basic mode execution means 35 that is activated after the course unit is determined and every time the educational content is distributed will be explained.

The basic mode execution means 35 determines whether the proficiency level of the course unit is less than or equal to the threshold value A (S201). As a result, if it is equal to or less than the threshold value A ("YES" in S201), the lecture data for the unit is distributed (S202). If the lecture data is viewed (S203), the process moves to the next process (S204).

If "NO" in step S201, it is determined whether the date of solving the problem in the unit is before the threshold (S204), and if it is before the threshold ("YES" in S204), the recommended teaching material is "Review" is added (S205). Next, it is determined whether the proficiency level of the course unit is below threshold B (>A) (S206), and if it is below threshold B ("YES" in S206), "lecture" is added to the recommended teaching materials ( S207). Then, "Exercises" is added to the recommended teaching materials (S208), and a list of all teaching material data for the unit and a list of recommended teaching materials are distributed to the user terminal (S209). On the other hand, if the proficiency level is greater than the threshold B in step S206 ("NO" in S206), the process immediately moves to step S208 and the subsequent processing is executed.

Thereafter, the educational content desired by the user input from the user terminal 3 is distributed. Each time a question (practice, review) is distributed, the answer status calculation means 32 calculates the proficiency level.

The above process is just an example; for example, instead of distributing a recommendation list, marks such as lectures and reviews may be displayed in the course screen frame of the user terminal 3, and when recommendations are made, the marks may blink. Also good.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, there is an academic ability survey mode in which questions are distributed with different units depending on the user's proficiency level, and a basic mode in which educational content such as lecture data is changed in accordance with the user's proficiency level and is distributed to the user. This makes it possible to efficiently learn according to the user's level of proficiency while reflecting the user's wishes.

Note that the present invention is not limited to the embodiments described above, and can be implemented with various modifications without departing from the gist thereof. For example, what the academic ability survey mode execution means recommends to the user is not limited to units, and may also be, for example, an English vocabulary collection or a formula collection. Further, the academic ability survey mode execution means and the basic mode execution means may determine the recommended learning scope and educational content based on the course status including the correctness of the questions provided and the viewing status of lecture data. .

1 Learning support system 2 Coach terminal 3 User terminal 4 Communication network 10 Learning support device 11 Transmission/reception section 12 Storage section 13 Arithmetic processing section 21 User DB
22 Educational content DB
23 Attendance history DB
24 Related unit data 31 User terminal I/F means 32 Answer status calculation means 33 Academic ability survey mode execution means 34 Attendance unit determination means 35 Basic mode execution means 36 Coach terminal I/F means

Claims (5)

A learning support device connected to a user's terminal device via a communication network, used for academic ability investigation and/or learning, and outputting educational content including at least one of questions and lecture data to the terminal device,
Content providing means for outputting educational content belonging to a certain learning range to the terminal device;
and means for determining the user's proficiency level according to the attendance status of the educational content,
The learning support device is characterized in that the content providing means determines at least one learning range and/or educational content to be recommended to the user based on the proficiency level and/or the attendance status. The content providing means may be used as a question for an academic ability survey.
Questions that belong to the user's desired learning scope, questions that belong to a learning scope that is related to the learning scope, and questions that the user answered within the learning scope for which the number of lessons exceeded a certain value based on the learning data of multiple users. 2. The learning support device according to claim 1, wherein the learning support device provides problems that belong to a learning range that is not available, or other problems that are optimally selected for efficiently conducting an academic ability survey. In determining the learning range, the content providing means (1) presents a plurality of recommended learning ranges to the user, allowing the user to select an arbitrary learning range, and (2) forcibly recommends the learning range to the user. According to claim 1 or 2, the user determines one of at least three options: (3) the user is allowed to learn a learning range, and (3) the user is allowed to learn any learning range that is not recommended. The learning support device described. The educational content includes multiple teaching material types including lecture data, practice questions, and review questions;
Among the teaching material types, the content providing means (1) allows the user to select any of the teaching material types; (2) presents recommended teaching material types to the user and allows the user to select from among them; The learning support device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the learning support device determines one of at least three options: (3) forcibly selecting a teaching material type to be recommended to the user. . A computer program that connects to a user's terminal device via a communication network, outputs educational content that is used for academic ability investigation and/or learning and includes at least one of questions and lecture data to the terminal device,
content providing processing for outputting educational content belonging to a certain learning range to the terminal device;
A process of determining the user's proficiency level according to the attendance status of the educational content;
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The program is characterized in that the content provision process determines at least one learning range and/or educational content to be recommended to the user based on the proficiency level and/or the attendance status.

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