Educational support device, educational support method, and program

Abstract

To provide an education support device, education support method, and program, which allow for efficiently generating an individual and useful form for each user.SOLUTION: A form generation process of an education support device comprises: storing identifiers of learners in association with learning ranks indicative of degrees of understanding regarding learning, and stores form templates associated with respective learning ranks; and, upon receipt of inputs of identifiers, outputting individual forms based on templates corresponding to learning ranks of respective learners.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 9

Description

[Technical field]

[0001] The present invention relates to a technique for creating individual forms for each user. [Background technology]

[0002] Conventionally, systems have been known that store test results administered to students in a database and enable them to be checked on a computer. Patent Document 1 discloses an education support system that has a performance aggregation database that aggregates test results of learners and is configured so that the database can be referenced by a tablet terminal device. [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0003] [Patent Document 1] JP 2016-65987 A Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0004] Teachers and other learning support staff keep track of grade information based on test results and other information for the entire class or grade, and distribute the test results to each student on paper or as digitized electronic forms.

[0005] The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and has as its main object to provide an educational support device that efficiently creates individual and useful forms for each user. [Means for solving the problem]

[0006] In one aspect of the present invention, an educational support device includes a learner storage unit that stores a learner's identifier and a learning rank indicating a degree of understanding of learning in association with each other, a template storage unit that stores form templates associated with each learning rank, and a form creation unit that receives input of the identifier and outputs an individual form based on the template corresponding to the learning rank of each learner. According to this aspect, the educational support device can use the template to create and output an individual form corresponding to the learning rank of each learner.

[0007] In one aspect of the above-mentioned educational support device, the learner storage unit stores the identifier and the learning history in association with each other. According to this aspect, the educational support device can store the learning rank of each learner and information on the learning history of each learner in association with each other.

[0008] In another aspect of the above-mentioned educational support device, the learner storage unit calculates the learning rank using the learning history. According to this aspect, the educational support device can calculate the learning rank based on the learning history of the learner and can store the calculated learning rank in association with the identifier of the learner.

[0009] In another aspect of the above-mentioned educational support device, the learning history includes test information on tests taken by the learner and learning progress information on the progress of the learner's learning, the test information being information on one or more of the test score, deviation value, and correct answers to questions constituting the test, and the learning progress information being information on one or more of the submission history or submission rate of work related to the learning, the time spent on drills related to the learning, and images or videos including the learner related to the learning. With this aspect, the educational support device can create and output individual and useful forms corresponding to each learner based on the test information such as the test score and deviation value and the learning progress information such as the submission history of work, the time spent on drills, and images of the learner studying.

[0010] In another aspect of the above educational support device, the form is composed of a plurality of items, the plurality of items including common items common to all learning ranks and individual items different for each learning rank, and the device is provided with a common item information creation unit that creates common item information to be input into the common items, and an individual item information creation unit that creates individual item information to be input into the individual items, and the form creation unit outputs an individual form based on the template, the common item information, and the individual item information. With this aspect, the educational support device can efficiently create and output individual forms corresponding to the learning rank of each learner.

[0011] In another aspect of the above-mentioned educational support device, the individual item information creation unit creates the individual item information based on information included in the learning history that indicates an evaluation higher than a predetermined standard. According to this aspect, the educational support device creates the individual item information based on information that indicates an evaluation higher than a predetermined standard, so that it is possible to create a report that will lead to the learner's confidence and stimulate his or her motivation to learn.

[0012] In another aspect of the above-mentioned educational support device, the individual item information creation unit creates the individual item information based on the learning progress information when the learning history does not include information with a high evaluation. According to this aspect, the educational support device creates the individual item information based on the learning progress information when there is no information with an evaluation higher than a predetermined standard. Therefore, even if there is no information with an evaluation higher than a predetermined standard, the educational support device can create a report that will boost the learner's confidence and stimulate their motivation to learn by using the time spent on drills and images of the learner studying.

[0013] In another aspect of the above-mentioned educational support device, a text storage unit is provided which stores one or more pieces of text data to be input to the items in association with the items, and the common item information creation unit and the individual item information creation unit create the common item information and the individual item information, respectively, by extracting corresponding text data from the text storage unit. With this aspect, the educational support device can reduce the workload of a creator when creating individual forms for each learner, by using the text data extracted from the text storage unit.

[0014] In another aspect of the above educational support device, the common item information creation unit creates, as the common item information, an item having a function of transmitting information input by the learner to the educational support device. According to this aspect, the educational support device creates, as the common item information, an item having a function of transmitting information input by the learner to the educational support device, so that the educational support device can easily obtain information input by the learner or his / her guardian.

[0015] In another aspect of the present invention, an educational support method executed by an educational support device includes a learner storing step of storing a learner's identifier and a learning rank indicating a degree of understanding of learning in association with each other, a template storing step of storing a form template associated with each of the learning ranks, and a form creating step of receiving an input of the identifier and outputting an individual form based on the template corresponding to the learning rank of each learner. By executing this educational support method, the educational support device can use the template to create and output an individual form corresponding to the learning rank of each learner.

[0016] In yet another aspect of the present invention, a program executed by a computer causes the computer to function as a learner storage unit that associates and stores a learner identifier with a learning rank indicating a degree of understanding of learning, a template storage unit that stores form templates associated with each of the learning ranks, and a form creation unit that accepts input of the identifier and outputs an individual form based on the template corresponding to the learning rank of each learner. By installing and executing this program on a computer, the educational support device of the present invention can be configured. Effect of the Invention

[0017] According to the education support device of the present invention, individual and useful forms corresponding to each user can be efficiently created. [Brief description of the drawings]

[0018] [Figure 1] 1 shows a configuration of an education support system according to an embodiment. [Diagram 2] 2 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration of a management server. [Diagram 3] 1 is an example of a template. [Figure 4] 13 is an example of a form creation screen that displays a form into which common item information has been input. [Diagram 5] 13 is an example of a form creation screen displaying a form corresponding to a student's rank "A." [Figure 6] 13 is an example of a form creation screen displaying a form corresponding to a student's rank "B." [Figure 7] 13 is an example of a form creation screen displaying a form corresponding to a student's rank "C." [Figure 8] 13 is an example of a form creation screen displaying a form corresponding to a student's rank "D." [Figure 9] 13 is a flowchart of a form creation process. [Figure 10] 13 is an example of a form creation screen that displays a form using multiple characters. [Figure 11]13 is a diagram showing an example of a coach character and a comment according to a first modified example. [Figure 12] 13 is an example of a form creation screen that displays a form using a growing character. [Figure 13] This is an example of a factor for determining a growth level. [Figure 14] 13 is a diagram showing an example of a growth process of a growing character according to a second modified example. [Figure 15] 13 is an example of a form creation screen displaying an electronic form according to a third modified example. [Figure 16] 13 shows the configuration of an education support system according to a fourth modified example. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0019] Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. <Embodiment> [Overall configuration] 1 shows the configuration of an education support system to which the education support device of the present invention is applied. The education support system 100 is configured so that a plurality of terminal devices 10 and a management server 20 can communicate with each other via a network 5. In this embodiment, as an example, a form creation process in which a teacher, who is a learning supporter, creates and outputs individual forms for students using the education support system 100 will be described.

[0020] The terminal device 10 is used by a teacher and is, for example, a desktop PC, a laptop PC, a tablet PC, etc. The terminal device 10 is equipped with a display unit such as a liquid crystal display, and is used to create and output forms based on test results, etc.

[0021] The management server 20 is connected to a student database (hereinafter, "database" is written as "DB") 31, a learning information DB 32, a template DB 33, a standard text DB 34, a learning element DB 35, a character DB 36, and a recommended question DB 37, and creates individual forms for each student in response to various requests from the terminal device 10 used by the teacher. Here, the form refers to all documents created in the course of a teacher's work, such as class newsletters, report cards, test results, or a combination thereof, and includes both paper forms and digitalized electronic forms. In this embodiment, a form that combines class newsletters and test results is created. Furthermore, the management server 20 outputs the created individual forms for each student. Here, output includes any of printing on paper media, displaying on a screen, and sending to another terminal device, but in this embodiment, it is printed on paper media.

[0022] The communication between the management server 20 and the terminal device 10 via the network 5 may be wired or wireless.

[0023] [Administration Server Configuration] 2 is a block diagram showing the internal configuration of the management server 20. The management server 20 includes a communication unit 21, a learning information acquisition unit 22, a rank determination unit 23, a template selection unit 24, a common item information creation unit 25, an individual item information creation unit 26, and a form creation unit 27. These components, a student DB 31, a learning information DB 32, a template DB 33, a standard text DB 34, a learning element DB 35, a character DB 36, and a recommended question DB 37 are connected to each other via a bus 29.

[0024] The communication unit 21 is a communication unit for communicating with the terminal device 10 through the network 5. Specifically, the communication unit 21, which will be described in detail later, receives learning information, a template selection request, a common item information request, an individual item information request, a form storage request, a form output request, and the like from the terminal device 10 used by the teacher, and transmits templates, common item information, individual item information, and the like required to create individual forms for the students to the terminal device 10.

[0025] The learning information acquisition unit 22 acquires learning information related to the student's learning. The learning information includes test information related to the test taken by the student and learning progress information related to the progress of the student's learning. Specifically, the test information is, for example, information such as the student's score, deviation value, and correct answers to questions constituting the test associated with a test ID that is identification information of the test taken by the student. The learning progress information is, for example, information such as the submission history and submission rate of submissions related to learning such as homework, the time spent on drills related to learning such as kanji and calculation, activity information of committees and sections, and images and videos including students related to learning. Here, the images and videos including students related to learning refer to photos and videos of students related to learning, such as photos of students actively speaking during class and videos of students teaching their friends during break time.

[0026] The student DB 31 stores information about students. Specifically, the student DB 31 stores the name, grade, class, attendance number, and individual forms of the students in association with a student ID that is identification information of the student.

[0027] The learning information DB 32 stores the learning information of each student acquired by the learning information acquiring unit 22 in association with the student ID.

[0028] The template DB 33 stores templates corresponding to each rank in association with a form ID that identifies the type of form. Here, the rank indicates the degree of understanding of the student regarding the learning (hereinafter, also referred to as "degree of understanding"), and is determined, for example, by an IRT (Item Response Theory) analysis, which will be described later. In this embodiment, four ranks, A, B, C, and D, are assumed in order of increasing degree of understanding. Specifically, the template DB 33 stores templates corresponding to each of the four ranks, A to D, in association with the form ID of a form that combines a class newsletter and test results.

[0029] Fig. 3 is an example of a template. As shown in Fig. 3, the template is a model of a form 40, and is composed of a plurality of items, including common items (bold lines) that are common to all ranks, and individual items (dashed lines) that differ for each rank.

[0030] The standard text DB34 stores text data to be input to each item in association with the items constituting the template. For example, in the case of a template corresponding to a form for a class newsletter, a common item is the "title" of the class newsletter. In this case, the standard text DB34 stores standard text such as "A happy class full of friends, Class 4-3, Class newsletter, Jump!!" or "Let's shine as the highest grade, Class 6-1, Class newsletter, Challenge!!" as text data in association with the common item. In addition, the standard text DB34 stores various arbitrary standard texts such as seasonal greetings, study advice, words of encouragement, etc., as text data corresponding to each item according to the type of form. The standard text DB34 also stores multiple patterns of text data corresponding to individual items for each rank of students, which will be described later.

[0031] In this embodiment, the fixed text DB 34 stores the fixed text to be input to each item as text data. However, the data is not limited to text data, and fixed images may be stored as image data to be input to each item.

[0032] The learning element DB 35 stores information about learning elements. Specifically, the learning element DB 35 stores information about major categories, medium categories, minor categories, learning elements, etc., into which learning contents are subdivided in stages. Learning elements are learning contents subdivided at an appropriate level for purposes such as linking with textbooks and teaching materials, grasping the learning progress, and creating a teaching plan.

[0033] The character DB 36 stores information about characters in association with a character ID that identifies the character. Here, a character is an image of a person or animal that appears in a comic, anime, game, or the like, and can be arbitrarily applied to avatars of teachers, students, etc. Specifically, the character DB 36 stores information such as image data of a character, such as a still image or video, and characteristic data related to characteristics associated with the character, in association with the character ID.

[0034] The recommended question DB 37 stores information about recommended questions linked to each learning element and test questions that make up a test. Here, a recommended question is a question that is recommended for improving a student's academic ability. Specifically, the recommended question DB 37 stores information such as identification information of the recommended question, the learning elements and test questions linked to the recommended question, text information indicating the recommended question, code information for acquiring the recommended question, and a PDF (Portable Document Format) in which the recommended question is displayed.

[0035] The rank determination unit 23 analyzes the learning information and the like to determine a rank indicating the degree of understanding of the student with respect to learning. Here, IRT analysis and LRT (Latent Rank Theory) analysis are applied to the analysis of the learning information. The IRT analysis is a test theory for measuring the characteristics (cognitive ability, knowledge, etc.) of a subject and the difficulty of the evaluation items based on responses to a group of evaluation items. The LRT analysis is an IRT analysis in which latent characteristics are on an ordinal scale, and is a test theory capable of performing a stepwise and sequential evaluation. According to the IRT analysis and LRT analysis, the test information is utilized, and in the test performed by the student, the cognitive ability of the student for each test question can be calculated. For example, the rank determination unit 23 refers to the learning information DB 32 and performs the IRT analysis and LRT analysis based on the test information to calculate the degree to which the student understands a predetermined test, and determines which rank of A to D the student is in. In other words, the rank determination unit 23 determines the rank of the student based on the learning results of the student.

[0036] The rank determination unit 23 determines the rank of a student based on learning results by analyzing the learning information, but details such as what information contained in the learning information to analyze and when the test information was administered to analyze can be set arbitrarily.

[0037] The template selection unit 24 selects a template from the template DB 33 based on the template selection request received from the terminal device 10 and the rank of the student determined by the rank determination unit 23, and transmits the template to the terminal device 10. The template selection request is information that the teacher transmits to the management server 20 using the terminal device 10, and includes, for example, the form ID of the form the teacher wants to create and the student ID of the student who will provide the created form. Specifically, the rank determination unit 23 determines the rank of the student indicated by the student ID based on the student ID included in the template selection request. If the determined rank of the student is "A", the template selection unit 24 selects a template of rank "A" corresponding to the form ID from the template DB 33, and transmits the template to the terminal device 10. The terminal device 10 displays the received template as a form creation screen.

[0038] The template displayed on the form creation screen may be used as is, or the layout of the items constituting the template may be changed as desired by the teacher.

[0039] The common item information creation unit 25 creates common item information to be input into the common items that make up the template. Fig. 4 is an example of a form creation screen that displays a form 40 into which common item information has been input. As shown in Fig. 4, the form 40 is a form that combines a class newsletter and test results, and has a common item 41 which is the "title" of the form 40, a common item 42 which is the "issuer", a common item 43 which is the "common summary", and a common item 44 which is the "comments from parents".

[0040] Specifically, the common item information creation unit 25 extracts text data of the fixed text "Happy Class with Lots of Friends, Year 4 Class 3, Class Newsletter, Jump!!" from the fixed text DB 34 based on the common items 41 and the grade and class of the student to whom the form 40 is provided. Based on the extracted text data, the common item information creation unit 25 creates common item information for the common items 41 and transmits it to the terminal device 10. The terminal device 10 displays the form 40 in which the received common item information has been entered into the common items 41 as a form creation screen.

[0041] The teacher may use the common items 41 with the common item information inputted on the form creation screen as is, or may edit part or all of the common items 41 by operating the terminal device 10. Editing may be performed after pressing the edit button 45. The teacher may also request another pattern of common item information corresponding to the common items 41 by operating the terminal device 10. In this case, the terminal device 10 transmits the common item information request to the management server 20. Upon receiving the common item information request, the common item information creation unit 25 extracts text data of a standard text of another class or grade, for example, "Let's shine as the highest grade, 6th grade class 1, class newsletter, challenge!!" from the standard text DB 34 based on the common items 41, and transmits it again to the terminal device 10 as common item information. The terminal device 10 displays the form 40 with the received common item information inputted in the common items 41 as a form creation screen.

[0042] In this embodiment, the teacher checks the common items 41 in which the common item information has been input on the form creation screen, and makes a common item information request if another pattern is required. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the common item information creation unit 25 may create multiple patterns of common item information in advance and transmit them to the terminal device 10. In this case, the teacher can select common item information that suits his / her preference from the multiple patterns on the form creation screen without making a common item information request.

[0043] The common item information creation unit 25 creates common item information corresponding to each of the common item 42, which is the "issuer," the common item 43, which is the "common summary," and the common item 44, which is the "comments from guardians," in the same manner as the common item 41, and transmits the information to the terminal device 10. The terminal device 10 displays, as a form creation screen, a form 40 in which the received common item information has been entered into the corresponding common items 42, 43, and 44. The common item information creation unit 25 is not limited to the above example, and can create any common item information by referring to the fixed text DB 34.

[0044] The individual item information creation unit 26 creates individual item information to be input into the individual items constituting the template. FIG. 5 is an example of a form creation screen that displays the form 40 into which the individual item information has been input. As shown in FIG. 5, the form 40 is a form that uses a template for a student's rank of "A," and has an individual item 51 that is "study advice," an individual item 52 that is "a graph showing the degree of achievement of learning elements," an individual item 53 that is "a bar graph showing the position within the grade," an individual item 54 that is "a line graph showing the transition of test scores," an individual item 55 that is "a graph showing a radar chart," and an individual item 56 that is "a challenge from the teacher."

[0045] Specifically, the individual item information creation unit 26 extracts text data of the fixed text "The teacher's study advice to A-san is very good overall. Try working on the recommended questions listed in the learning element achievement level!" from the fixed text DB 34 based on the individual item 51 and the rank "A" of the student who provides the form 40. The individual item information creation unit 26 changes "A-san" in the extracted text data to "Suzuki Hanako-san", the name of the student who provides the form. Based on the text data with the changed name, the individual item information creation unit 26 creates individual item information of the individual item 51 and transmits it to the terminal device 10. The terminal device 10 displays the form 40 in which the received individual item information has been entered into the individual item 51 as a form creation screen.

[0046] The teacher may use the individual item 51 with the individual item information inputted therein as is on the form creation screen, or may edit a part or all of the individual item 51 by operating the terminal device 10. Editing may be performed after pressing an edit button. The teacher may also request a different pattern of individual item information corresponding to the individual item 51 by operating the terminal device 10. In this case, the terminal device 10 transmits an individual item information request to the management server 20. Upon receiving the individual item information request, the individual item information creation unit 26 extracts text data of a different pattern from the fixed text DB 34 based on the individual item 51, and transmits it again to the terminal device 10 as individual item information. The terminal device 10 displays the form 40 with the received individual item information inputted in the individual item 51 as the form creation screen.

[0047] In this embodiment, the teacher checks the individual item 51 in which the individual item information has been input on the form creation screen, and makes an individual item information request if another pattern is required. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the individual item information creation unit 26 may create multiple patterns of individual item information in advance and transmit them to the terminal device 10. In this case, the teacher can select individual item information that suits his / her preference from the multiple patterns on the form creation screen without making an individual item information request.

[0048] The individual item information creation unit 26 creates individual item information corresponding to the individual item 56, which is a "challenge from the teacher", similar to the individual item 51, and transmits it to the terminal device 10. The terminal device 10 displays the form 40 in which the received individual item information has been input into the individual item 56 as a form creation screen.

[0049] Furthermore, the individual item information creation unit 26 refers to the learning information DB 32, the learning element DB 35, and the recommended question DB 37, and creates a graph showing the student's learning element achievement level based on the learning information of the student who provides the form 40. Based on the created graph, the individual item information creation unit 26 creates individual item information for the individual items 52 and transmits it to the terminal device 10. The terminal device 10 displays the form 40, in which a "graph showing the learning element achievement level" based on the received individual item information is entered into the individual item 52, as a form creation screen.

[0050] Here, the graph showing the learning element achievement level is a graph that visualizes the degree to which a student understands each learning element and provides recommended questions corresponding to learning elements with low understanding levels, and is created by referring to the learning element DB 35 and the recommended question DB 37 and analyzing the learning information of the student providing the form 40. Specifically, when creating the form 40 that combines class newsletters and test results, the individual item information creation unit 26 creates a graph showing the learning element achievement level by referring to the learning element DB 35 and the recommended question DB 37 and analyzing the test information of the student.

[0051] Similarly to the individual item 52, the individual item information creation unit 26 analyzes the test information of the student to create graphs corresponding to the individual item 53, which is a "bar graph showing the position in the grade", the individual item 54, which is a "line graph showing the transition of test scores", and the individual item 55, which is a "graph showing a radar chart", and individual item information based on the graphs, and transmits them to the terminal device 10. The terminal device 10 displays the form 40 in which the received individual item information is input into the corresponding individual item 53, individual item 54, and individual item 55, as a form creation screen. Not limited to the above example, the individual item information creation unit 26 can create any graph and individual item information based on the graph by analyzing the learning information of the student.

[0052] In addition, the individual item information creating unit 26 can create a graph corresponding to a specific individual item and individual item information based on the graph based on not only the test information but also the learning progress information. Furthermore, the individual item information creating unit 26 can input a photo or video included in the learning progress information into a specific individual item as individual item information. The individual item information creating unit 26 can also create individual item information including a character by referring to the character DB 36.

[0053] For convenience of explanation, the template selection unit 24 transmits only the selected template to the terminal device 10. For convenience of explanation, the common item information creation unit 25 and the individual item information creation unit 26 create common item information or individual item information for each item and transmit it to the terminal device 10 each time. However, the present invention is not limited to this. After the common item information creation unit 25 and the individual item information creation unit 26 create common item information and individual item information for all items constituting the form 40, the form creation unit 27 described later may transmit the template, common item information, and individual item information together to the terminal device 10. Even in this case, the teacher can operate the terminal device 10 and perform editing such as changing the layout and text on the form creation screen.

[0054] The teacher edits the form 40 on the form creation screen, and uses the terminal device 10 to send a form storage request or a form output request to the management server 20. The form storage request includes information about the form 40 displayed on the form creation screen at the time the request is made. In addition, the form output request includes the student ID of the student providing the form 40.

[0055] When the form creation unit 27 receives a form storage request from the terminal device 10, it stores information about the form 40 included in the form storage request in the student DB 31. When the form creation unit 27 receives a form output request from the terminal device 10, it extracts information about the form 40 corresponding to the student ID included in the form output request from the student DB 31. Based on the extracted information about the form 40, the form creation unit 27 then outputs the information by sending the information to the terminal device 10 or printing the form 40 on a paper medium. The teacher distributes the form 40 printed on a paper medium using the terminal device 10 or the like to students and parents.

[0056] In addition, the report creation unit 27 may obtain information regarding the report 40 currently being displayed on the report creation screen from the terminal device 10 and store the information in the student DB 31 not only when a report storage request is received, but also when the report creation screen is closed or a report output request is received.

[0057] Furthermore, the terminal device 10 may be operated by the teacher to store information about the form 40 from the form creation screen, without going through the management server 20, or to print the form 40 onto a paper medium.

[0058] In the above configuration, management server 20 is an example of an education support device, and learning information acquisition unit 22, rank determination unit 23, template selection unit 24, common item information creation unit 25, individual item information creation unit 26, and form creation unit 27 of management server 20 are examples of the learning information acquisition unit, rank determination unit, template selection unit, common item information creation unit, individual item information creation unit, and form creation unit 27 of the present invention, respectively. Also, template DB 33 and fixed text DB 34 of management server 20 are examples of the template storage unit and text storage unit of the present invention, respectively.

[0059] [Student Rank Report] Next, the reports according to the student rank will be explained with reference to Figs. 5 to 8. The reports are a combination of class newsletters and test results. Fig. 5 is an example of a report creation screen displaying a report 40 corresponding to a student's rank "A". Fig. 6 is an example of a report creation screen displaying a report 60 corresponding to a student's rank "B". Fig. 7 is an example of a report creation screen displaying a report 70 corresponding to a student's rank "C". Fig. 8 is an example of a report creation screen displaying a report 80 corresponding to a student's rank "D".

[0060] Students ranked "A" have a high level of understanding of learning, so as shown in Figure 5, we will introduce not only absolute evaluation but also relative evaluation, and for individual items, we will use graphs that allow students to check how well they have done (for example, individual item 53, which is a bar graph showing their position within the grade), and graphs that compare them with the rank one level above. This will help to improve students' confidence and motivate them.

[0061] For students ranked "B," although their level of understanding of learning is not at the top, they are above average, so as shown in Figure 6, not only absolute evaluation but also relative evaluation is adopted, and individual items include individual item 61, which is a graph showing the correct answer rate for each test question, correct answers by the student, and recommended questions, and individual item 62, which is a graph showing the learning elements that should be reviewed to improve academic ability. This makes it possible to overcome the students' weak points and improve their academic ability.

[0062] Since the students with rank "C" have average or below average levels of understanding regarding learning, as shown in FIG. 7, the absolute evaluation is the main focus, and the individual items are individual item 71, which is a graph showing a radar chart based on information with high evaluations from the difference from the average, and individual item 72, which is words of encouragement using characters. Here, the information with high evaluations is any information that can be determined to indicate an improvement in the student's understanding by analyzing the learning information, such as subjects with higher scores than the average, learning elements corresponding to test questions with a correct answer rate of 50% or more, and a tendency of test questions with higher scores or correct answer rates than the previous test. In this case, the individual item information creation unit 26, for example, analyzes the test information of the students to determine information with high evaluations from the difference from the average, and creates graphs and tables based on the information, and individual item information based on the graphs and tables. In addition, by using characters, the motivation of the students to read the form 70 can be increased. Furthermore, for students who score below the average, conventional test results only emphasized the bad points, but by focusing on graphs and tables showing individual items with high scores, as in Form 70, it is possible to increase students' self-esteem and stimulate their motivation to learn.

[0063] Since students with rank "D" have a low level of understanding of learning, as shown in FIG. 8, the focus is on absolute evaluation, and the individual items are individual item 81, which is a graph showing the time spent on drills, and individual item 82, which is a photo of a student studying, based on learning progress information rather than test information. Even in the form 80 that combines class newsletters and test results, the test results are not mentioned, and the focus is on small efforts in daily life based on learning progress information, and only good points are used as graphs and photos. In addition, the cognitive load on students and parents may be reduced by increasing the size of the text or using visual information such as photos and videos rather than text. When the form 80 is printed on paper and provided to students, the individual items may be individual item 83, which is composed of text data and a two-dimensional barcode that allows videos to be viewed on a smartphone or the like. Note that when there is no information, photos, videos, etc. showing an improvement in evaluation over time regardless of whether the test information or learning progress information is analyzed, the teacher may directly enter positive information about the student into the specified individual items.

[0064] [Report creation process] 9 is a flowchart of the form creation process according to this embodiment. This process is a process of creating individual forms for students based on learning information, and is realized by the terminal device 10 and the computer constituting the management server 20 executing a program prepared in advance.

[0065] It is assumed that the management server 20 acquires the learning information of each student from the terminal device 10 and stores the same in the learning information DB 32 in advance.

[0066] First, the terminal device 10, by the teacher's operation, transmits a template selection request including the form ID of the form to be created and the student ID to the management server 20 (step S11). The management server 20 receives the template selection request from the terminal device 10 (step S12). Then, the management server 20 refers to the learning information DB 32 and analyzes the learning information of the student based on the student ID included in the template selection request to determine the rank of the student (step S13). Furthermore, the management server 20 selects a template from the template DB 33 based on the form ID included in the template selection request and the determined rank of the student (step S14).

[0067] A template is composed of common items and individual items, and the management server 20 refers to the standard text DB 34 and the like to create common item information to be entered into each common item (step S15). The management server 20 also refers to the standard text DB 34, learning element DB 35, character DB 36, recommended question DB 37 and the like to analyze the student's learning information to create individual item information to be entered into each individual item (step S16). The management server 20 then transmits the selected template and the common item information and individual item information of all items constituting the template to the terminal device 10 (step S17).

[0068] The terminal device 10 displays the form on the form creation screen based on the template, common item information, and individual item information received from the management server 20. Furthermore, the terminal device 10 performs editing such as arbitrary layout changes and text changes on the form creation screen by the teacher's operation (step S18). When editing is completed, the terminal device 10 transmits a form output request to the management server 20 by the teacher's operation (step S19).

[0069] When the management server 20 receives the form output request, it acquires information about the form displayed on the form creation screen at that time, and stores the information in the student DB 31 based on the student ID of the student who provides the form. Furthermore, the management server 20 performs output based on the acquired information about the form (step S20). This completes the form creation process.

[0070] This allows the education support system 100 to easily create individual forms for each student based on the student's rank and learning information. Furthermore, the education support system 100 can create forms that improve the student's self-confidence and stimulate their motivation to learn by using templates that correspond to the student's rank and learning information.

[0071] In addition, the educational support system 100 can provide students and parents with individually optimized reports for each student by creating reports that combine test results, which were previously created by testing companies, with class newsletters, which are in high demand among parents.

[0072] <Modification> (First Modification) In the above embodiment, the individual item information creation unit 26 can create individual item information including characters by referring to the character DB 36. As a result, as shown in Fig. 7, image data of a character is input to the individual item 72, which is "encouraging words using a character," in the form 70. The present invention is not limited to this, and the management server 20 can use multiple characters and link characters together when creating a form.

[0073] FIG. 10 is an example of a form creation screen that displays a form 65 using multiple characters. Specifically, the management server 20 uses a teacher character 75, which is a teacher's avatar, and a coach character 78 selected by the student from among multiple characters, in an individual item 64 that is "study advice" in the form 65. Information on the teacher character 75 and the coach character 78 is stored in the character DB 36. In addition, the character ID of the coach character 78 selected by the student is stored in the student DB 31. The form 65 is a form that combines a test result corresponding to the student's rank "B" with a class newsletter.

[0074] Here, the creation of the individual item information to be input to the individual item 64 will be described in detail. For convenience, the description of the same parts as those in the above embodiment will be omitted. The individual item information creation unit 26 first extracts text data of the fixed text "Mr. B, you did well, exceeding the average score" from the fixed text DB 34 based on the individual item 64 and the rank "B" of the student who provides the form. Furthermore, the individual item information creation unit 26 refers to the student DB 31, and specifies the text data of "Mr. Yamada, you did well, exceeding the average score" in which "Mr. B" is changed to the name of the student who provides the form, "Mr. Yamada", as a teacher comment to be output as a statement by the teacher character 75.

[0075] Furthermore, the individual item information creation unit 26 refers to the student DB 31 to identify the coach character 78 selected by the student who provides the form 65. In this modified example, the coach character 78 is selected by the student, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the coach character may be selected automatically or by the teacher according to the characteristics of the student. Here, the characteristics of the student are the nature of the student, such as personality, gender, and age.

[0076] Then, the individual item information creation unit 26 refers to the character DB 36 and creates a coach comment that is linked to the teacher comment and individualized for the coach character 78 based on the characteristic data linked to the coach character 78 and the teacher comment.

[0077] FIG. 11 shows an example of characters and comments according to the first modified example. It is assumed that the learning information of each of the learners Takahashi, Tanaka, and Yamada is completely identical and is ranked "B." The coach character 76 selected by Takahashi is a chicken and is linked to characteristic data that indicates the characteristic as "strict." The coach character 77 selected by Tanaka is a snowman and is linked to characteristic data that indicates the characteristic as "hot-blooded." The coach character 78 selected by Yamada is a cat and is linked to characteristic data that indicates the characteristic as "gentle."

[0078] In this case, the individual item information creation unit 26 creates individual item information so that in the individual item 64 of the form 65 to be provided to Yamada, a teacher comment "Yamada, you did well, exceeding the average score" is output as a statement by the teacher character 75. Similarly, in the forms to be provided to Takahashi and Tanaka, the individual item information creation unit 26 creates individual item information so that the teacher comments "Takahashi, you did well, exceeding the average score" and "Tanaka, you did well, exceeding the average score" are output as statements by the teacher character 75, respectively.

[0079] Furthermore, the individual item information creation unit 26 creates a coach comment "You fought against yourself this time and overcame a wall" personalized for the coach character 78 based on the characteristic data of the coach character 78 and the teacher's comment. That is, the individual item information creation unit 26 creates a coach comment linked to the teacher's comment. Then, the individual item information creation unit 26 creates individual item information so as to output the coach comment "You fought against yourself this time and overcame a wall" personalized for the coach character 78 in the individual item 64 of the form 65 provided to Yamada.

[0080] Similarly, in the form provided to Takahashi and Tanaka, the individual item information creation unit 26 creates coach comments "That's good for you. I'll praise you" and "That's great, you can do it if you try! Aim higher next time!!" that are personalized for the coach character 76 and the coach character 77, respectively. Then, the individual item information creation unit 26 creates individual item information so that the coach character 76 and the coach character 77 output the personalized coach comments as utterances in the individual items of the form provided to Takahashi and Tanaka.

[0081] In this way, even if the learning information of Takahashi, Tanaka, and Yamada is completely consistent and the teacher comments are the same, the coach comments will all be different based on the characteristics of the characters selected by each learner. For the sake of convenience, it has been assumed that the learning information of Takahashi, Tanaka, and Yamada is completely consistent, but since the actual learning information differs for each student, even if the individual items are the same "study advice," the individual item information creation unit 26 will identify the teacher comments according to the student's rank, i.e., the student's learning results, based on the learning information, and create coach comments that are personalized for the coach character.

[0082] The individual item information of the individual item 64 created by the individual item information creation unit 26 is transmitted to the terminal device 10 by the form creation unit 27. As shown in Fig. 10, the terminal device 10 displays a form 65 in which the received individual item information is input into the individual item 64 as a form creation screen.

[0083] In this modified example, as shown in FIG. 10, the teacher comment is output together with the image data of the teacher character 75, but the present invention is not limited to this, and only the teacher comment may be output without the image data. The teacher character 75 is not limited to the teacher's avatar, and any character may be set. The management server 20 extracts text data from the fixed text DB 34 to create the teacher comment, but the present invention is not limited to this, and teacher comments used in the past or teacher comments written by the teacher in free text may be stored in the character DB 36 and used. The teacher may specify the teacher comment by referring to the character DB 36 regardless of the student's learning achievement, and may freely edit the specified teacher comment.

[0084] Furthermore, in this modified example, the coach comments are created based on the feature data and the teacher comments, but this is not limited to this, and text data of the coach comments may be stored in the standard text DB 34 or the character DB 36 in association with each character. In addition, in this modified example, the rank of the student is determined and text data corresponding to the rank is obtained, but this is not limited to this, and text data may be obtained based on the learning information of the student without determining the rank. In addition, the teacher comments and the coach comments may be output as voice, not limited to text. In addition, in this modified example, the teacher character 75 and the coach character 78 are used in the form, but this is not limited to this, and they can be applied to any learning software.

[0085] In this manner, according to this modified example, a real "school teacher" and a virtual "coach" can be made to appear in the learning software and forms used by students as teacher character 75 and coach character 78, respectively, and announcements regarding learning and the like can be output as comments that correspond to the characteristics of each character.

[0086] (Second Modification) The characters used in the form are not limited to those described in the above embodiment and first variant example, but may be characters that change according to the student's academic growth (hereinafter referred to as "growing characters").

[0087] FIG. 12 is an example of a form creation screen that displays a form 73 using a growing character. Specifically, the management server 20 makes the growing character appear in an individual item 74 of the form 73. The growing character is an avatar corresponding to a student, and is a character that grows according to the student's learning progress, achievement level, etc. The design of the growing character is set arbitrarily, and information on the growing character is stored in the character DB 36. The management server 20 analyzes the student's learning progress, achievement level, etc. based on the learning information to determine a growth level indicating the degree of growth in the student's learning, and changes the growing character so that it grows according to the growth level and outputs it to the individual item 74 of the form 73.

[0088] Here, the creation of the individual item information to be input to the individual item 74 will be described in detail. For convenience, the same parts as those in the above embodiment will not be described. In addition, specifically, a case where a growing character grows according to a study time will be described. In this case, the individual item information creation unit 26 first extracts the time spent working on the drill from the study information of the student, and calculates the total of the work time as the study time. Then, the individual item information creation unit 26 determines the growth level based on the study time. The relationship between the study time and the growth level can be set arbitrarily, for example, a study time of less than 1 hour is growth level 1, a study time of 1 hour or more but less than 10 hours is growth level 2, and a study time of 10 hours or more is growth level 3. In addition, the character DB 36 stores information about a growing character that grows according to a growth level, for example, an egg character associated with growth level 1, a chick character associated with growth level 2, and a chicken character associated with growth level 3.

[0089] The individual item information creation unit 26 refers to the character DB 36 and creates individual item information that causes a growth character corresponding to the growth level to appear in the individual item 74 of the form 73. When the student is at growth level 1, the individual item information creation unit 26 creates individual item information that causes a character 101 wearing an egg shell to appear in the individual item 74a of the individual form 73a for the student, as shown in FIG. 12(a). The form creation unit 27 outputs the character 101 to the individual item 74a of the form 73a based on the created individual item information. After that, when time has passed and the student reaches growth level 2, the individual item information creation unit 26 creates individual item information that causes a chick character 102 to appear in the individual item 74b of the individual form 73b for the student, as shown in FIG. 12(b). The form creation unit 27 outputs the character 102 to the individual item 74b of the form 73b based on the created individual item information.

[0090] Although the time spent working on drills is considered to be study time, this is not limited to this. For example, if a student studies using a terminal device such as a tablet and learning software, the time spent using the tablet when the learning software is running can be considered study time. The study time can be set as desired.

[0091] Furthermore, the individual item information creation unit 26 may determine the growth level taking into consideration not only the study time but also the elapsed time. For example, if the elapsed time is 2 hours and the study time is 1 hour, and if the elapsed time is 72 hours (3 days) and the study time is 1 hour, the study methods are different even though the study time is the same, 1 hour. In this way, by determining the growth level taking into consideration not only the study time but also the elapsed time, the individual item information creation unit 26 can make the growth character appear taking into consideration the student's study method.

[0092] In addition, the individual item information creation unit 26 may determine the growth level by analyzing the judgment factors, such as test scores and achievement levels of drills included in the learning information, in addition to the study time and elapsed time. In addition, the judgment factors may be arbitrarily set for each subject. IRT analysis or LRT analysis may be applied to the analysis of the judgment factors.

[0093] FIG. 13 is an example of a judgment element that the individual item information creation unit 26 considers when judging a growth level of a student. When the judgment element is set as shown in FIG. 13, if the subject is Japanese, the management server 20 judges the growth level of the student by analyzing the quiz scores and the regular test scores based on the learning information. If the subject is arithmetic, the individual item information creation unit 26 judges the growth level of the student by analyzing the quiz scores, the regular test scores, the study time for the drill, and the achievement level of the drill based on the learning elements. For example, the study time for the drill can be calculated from the time spent on the drill, and the achievement level of the drill can be calculated from the achievement level of the learning element corresponding to the drill.

[0094] The change due to the growth of the growing character may branch according to the growth level. FIG. 14 is an example of branching according to the growth level of the growing character. In the example of FIG. 14, when the total study time is less than one hour, the individual item information creation unit 26 judges the growth level to be 1 and creates individual item information in which the character 201 wearing an egg shell appears. Then, when the total study time is one hour or more, the individual item information creation unit 26 judges the growth level to be 2 and creates individual item information in which the baby monster character 202 appears. After the total study time is one hour or more, the individual item information creation unit 26 judges the growth level by analyzing the scores of the quiz and the scores of the regular test based on the study information. For example, when the analysis result shows that there is not much growth, the individual item information creation unit 26 judges the growth level to be 3 and creates individual item information in which the character 203 appears. When the analysis result shows that there is average growth, the individual item information creation unit 26 judges the growth level to be 4 and creates individual item information in which the character 204 appears. If the analysis result shows that there has been significant growth, the individual item information creation unit 26 determines that the growth level is 5 and creates individual item information in which the character 205 appears. The characters 203 to 205 may be differentiated and set, for example, so that the character 203 is a villain character, the character 204 is a general character, the character 205 is a rare character, etc., to stimulate the students' motivation to learn.

[0095] In this modified example, the growing characters are used in the form, but the present invention is not limited to this and can be applied to any learning software.

[0096] In this way, the management server 20 analyzes the judgment factors such as the student's study time, test results, unit achievement level, etc., and changes the growing character. Therefore, depending on the combination and timing of the judgment factors, the growth process of the growing character will be different for each student.

[0097] According to this modification, the growing character, which is the avatar of the student, changes its appearance and grows according to the student's growth in learning. The growth of the growing character reflects the learning information, which is the student's entire learning log, and a growing character with a different growth process for each student can be used in forms and learning software. This allows the management server 20 to visualize the student's growth in learning through the growing character. Therefore, individual forms that stimulate each student's motivation to learn can be easily created.

[0098] (Third Modification) In the above embodiment, the first modification, and the second modification, the management server 20 and the terminal device 10 print the individually created forms on paper media and provide them to the students, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the individually created forms may be provided to the students as digitized electronic forms. In this case, the management server 20 and the terminal device 10 are capable of communicating with student terminals such as smartphones and tablets used by students and parents, and transmit the individually created electronic forms to the student terminals.

[0099] Fig. 15 is an example of a form creation screen displaying an electronic form 85. As shown in Fig. 15, the electronic form 85 is composed of multiple common items and individual items, and has an individual item 86 which is "video of a student studying" and a common item 47 which is "comments from parents."

[0100] When providing individually created forms to students as electronic forms, the individual item information creating unit 26 can create individual item information including videos of the students studying based on the learning progress information.

[0101] In addition, the common item information creating unit 25 can create an item having a reply function for sending text data, etc., input by a guardian or a student to the electronic form 85 using the student terminal to the terminal device 10 or the management server 20 as common item information. This reply function is realized by the student terminal acquiring text data, stroke data, etc., input to the electronic form 85 as student input information, and sending the student input information to the terminal device 10 or the management server 20 at an arbitrarily set trigger. For example, the common item information creating unit 25 creates common item information corresponding to the common item 47, which is a "comment from a guardian," as an item having a reply function triggered by pressing the send button 48. In the case of a paper form, the guardian had to cut out the comment field and submit it, but in the case of such an electronic form having a reply function, the guardian can easily submit the comment he or she entered to the teacher just by pressing the send button 48.

[0102] (Fourth Modification) In the above embodiment, the first modified example, the second modified example, and the third modified example, the teacher uses the terminal device 10, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the teacher may use a teacher terminal 90 having the functions of the management server 20. The teacher terminal 90, like the terminal device 10, is, for example, a desktop PC, a laptop PC, a tablet PC, or the like.

[0103] Fig. 16 shows an example of the configuration of the education support system 200 in this case. As shown in the figure, a student DB 91, a learning information DB 92, a template DB 93, a fixed text DB 94, a learning element DB 95, a character DB 96 and a recommended question DB 97 are connected to a teacher terminal 90 in the education support system 200, and the teacher terminal 90 can execute the processes (corresponding to steps S12-17 and step S20 in Fig. 9) that the management server 20 performed, create forms, and output them. In this case, the teacher terminal 90 is an example of the education support device of the present invention. [Explanation of symbols]

[0104] 5. Network 10 Terminal Equipment 20 Management Server 31 Student DB 32 Learning Information DB 33 Template DB 34 Standard text DB 35 Learning Element DB 36 Character DB 37 Recommended Questions DB 100 Educational Support System

Claims

1. a learner storage unit that stores a learner's identifier and a learning rank indicating a degree of understanding of the learner in association with each other; a template storage unit that stores templates of forms associated with each of the learning ranks; a form creation unit that receives input of the identifier and outputs an individual form based on a template corresponding to the learning rank of each learner; An educational support device comprising:

2. The education support device according to claim 1 , wherein the learner storage unit stores the identifier and a learning history in association with each other.

3. The education support device according to claim 2 , wherein the learner storage unit calculates the learning rank by using the learning history.

4. The learning history includes test information regarding tests taken by the learner and learning progress information regarding the progress of the learner's learning, The test information is information regarding one or more of the score of the test, the standard deviation, and the correctness or incorrectness of the questions constituting the test; The educational support device of claim 2 or 3, wherein the learning progress information is information regarding one or more of a submission history or submission rate of work related to the learning, time spent on drills related to the learning, and images or videos including the learner related to the learning.

5. The form is composed of a plurality of items, and the plurality of items include common items common to all learning ranks and individual items different for each learning rank, a common item information creation unit that creates common item information to be input to the common items; an individual item information creation unit that creates individual item information to be input into the individual items; Equipped with The education support device according to claim 4 , wherein the form creation unit outputs an individual form based on the template, the common item information, and the individual item information.

6. The education support device according to claim 5 , wherein the individual item information creating unit creates the individual item information based on information indicating that an evaluation included in the learning history is higher than a predetermined standard.

7. The education support device according to claim 6 , wherein the individual item information creating unit creates the individual item information based on the learning progress information when the learning history does not include information about the high evaluation.

8. a text storage unit that stores one or more pieces of text data to be input to the item in association with the item, The education support device according to claim 5 , wherein the common item information creating section and the individual item information creating section create the common item information and the individual item information, respectively, by extracting corresponding text data from the text storage section.

9. 6. The educational support device according to claim 5, wherein the common item information creating unit creates, as the common item information, an item having a function of transmitting information input by the learner to the educational support device.

10. An educational support method executed by an educational support device, comprising: a learner storing step of storing a learner identifier and a learning rank indicating a degree of understanding of the learner in association with each other; a template storage step of storing a template of a form associated with each of the learning ranks; a form creation step of receiving an input of the identifier and outputting an individual form based on a template corresponding to the learning rank of each learner; An educational support method that includes the following:

11. A program executed by a computer, a learner storage unit that stores a learner's identifier and a learning rank indicating a degree of understanding of the learner in association with each other; a template storage unit that stores templates of forms associated with each of the learning ranks; a form creation unit that receives input of the identifier and outputs an individual form based on a template corresponding to the learning rank of each learner; A program for causing the computer to function as a

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