Patent ID: 6932612
Filing Date: 2005-08-23
Classification: G09B

Abstract:
1. A learning support method, comprising: storing a plurality of learning materials each of which comprises a plurality of learning material units; storing learning material evaluating information including keywords linked with said respective learning materials; storing keyword-unit information indicating which learning material unit includes said respective keywords in each of said learning materials; transmitting the learning material units to a client computer; receiving from a learner, intelligibility declarations by the learner corresponding to each learning material unit, wherein the intelligibility declarations indicate an intelligibility of the learner attending each transmitted learning material unit; storing history information comprising a combination of said learning material units and said intelligibility declarations by the learner corresponding to the learning material units; specifying the learning material units that were finished with an intelligibility declaration by the learner, based on said history information after said learner finishes attending the learning material units; determining learner intelligibility of keywords corresponding to said specified learning material units with the intelligibility declaration by the learner, based on said keyword-unit information of the learning material units; and selecting one of the learning materials whose linked keywords are in a best agreement with the keywords for which learner intelligibility was determined in said determining learner intelligibility of keywords, based on said learning material evaluating information.