Patent ID: 7428518
Filing Date: 2008-09-23
Classification: G06Q,G09B

Abstract:
1. A method for creating a presentation, comprising: (a) receiving an accounting goal, the accounting goal being indicative of an accepted accounting practice; (b) partitioning feedback into a plurality of feedback levels, each feedback level corresponding to a severity level of a response error, the feedback being associated with the accounting goal; (c) querying a student to determine characteristics of the student; (d) integrating information based on the characteristics of the student that motivates accomplishment of the accounting goal; (e) evaluating progress toward the goal and providing a determined feedback having a feedback category based on an appropriate level of feedback and an appropriate training component that further motivates accomplishment of the accounting goal, the appropriate level of feedback being selected from the plurality of feedback levels based on an error severity of an associated response from the student, the appropriate training component being selected from a plurality of training components and based on an amount of work contained in the associated response, and further comprising: detection of the student cheating through a task; detection of the student submitting no work and avoiding notice; and detection of the student submitting minor changes to obtain a hint; and (f) dynamically adjusting a selected level of feedback based on the progress of the student toward the accounting goal, the determined feedback providing at least one recommendation to the student for submitting a subsequent response to be in accordance with the accepted accounting practice.