Patent ID: 6260033
Filing Date: 2001-07-10
Classification: G01R,G06Q

Abstract:
A method for remediation comprising the steps:(a) compiling a collection of one or more topics, a topic being a set of facts, a set of values, or a combination of a set of facts and a set of values that characterize knowledge and/or functionality, the set of facts that characterize knowledge being any set of facts, the set of facts that characterize functionality being a set of facts relating to the functionality of a test subject;(b) compiling a collection of one or more treatments for each topic, a treatment comprising materials intended to teach a test subject;(c) specifying a plurality of question blocks for each of the one or more treatments of step (b), a question block consisting of one or more questions, a response distribution being assigned to at least one of the questions in at least one of the question blocks;(d) selecting one or more topics from those in the collection of step (a) for remediation;(e) selecting one or more treatments from those specified in step (b) for the topics selected in step (d);(f) obtaining responses to one or more question blocks associated with the treatments selected in step (e) from a test subject after exposure to the one or more treatments of step (e);(g) obtaining a measure of the effectiveness of the treatments of step (e) and utilizing one or more of the response distributions assigned in step (c).