Patent ID: 6773266
Filing Date: 2004-08-10
Classification: G09B

Abstract:
A method of learning implemented in a learning system wherein at least one or more student users are coupled to the learning system over a computer network and at least one test administrator who is not a student user of the system is coupled to the learning system, the method comprising:submitting to the learning system one or more questions, each of the one or more questions authored by a student user of the learning system, wherein each of the one or more questions are directed to a subject about which the student user wishes to learn; combining at least some of the one or more questions authored by the one or more student users to provide a test having test questions; administering the test to a group of student users via the computer network coupled to the learning system; computing an item validity value for each test question to determine valid questions from among the test questions, wherein the item validity value comprises a value provided from a combination of a power score and a consensus score, wherein the consensus score is a value which corresponds to a percentage of the one or more student users having answers which agree with an answer suggested by a question author; and scoring the group of student users in association with the valid questions.