Patent ID: 7352990
Filing Date: 2008-04-01
Classification: G09B

Abstract:
1. An education support system comprising a user terminal and a support server which are connected with each other via a predetermined network, wherein: said support server comprises: a test generator which generates test data representing a test that a user should take; an achievement storage unit which stores achievement data including a correct answer percentage of each classified field of tests answered by the user in the past; a target setter which sets a predetermined target value indicating a target score which corresponds to the test data as a whole generated by said test generator by deriving an expected score of each field in the test in accordance with changes in the correct answer percentage of each field included in the achievement data stored in said achievement storage unit; a test sender which sends target data including the target value set by said target setter together with the test data generated by said test generator to said user terminal; an answer reception unit which receives the answer data transmitted from said answer transmitter; a marking unit which derives a marking result and an achievement by judging whether the answer represented by the answer data which said answer reception unit receives is correct in accordance with a predetermined correct answer data; and an achievement data renewal unit which adds achievement data representing the achievement derived by said marking unit to said achievement storage unit in order to store the achievement data in said achievement data storage unit; said user terminal comprises: a test reception unit which receives the target data and the test data sent by said test sender; a display unit which displays a content of the test that the user should take together with the target value of correct answers at which the user should aim in accordance with the target data and the test data received by said test reception unit; an answer acquiring unit which acquires the content of an answer to the test displayed on said display unit; and an answer transmitter which transmits answer data which represent the content of the answer acquired by said answer acquiring unit to said support server.