User Interface Assisted Composition Construction

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current educational technologies in classrooms often inefficiently bog down the learning process with cumbersome implementations, failing to effectively assist teachers in conveying concepts, assigning tasks, and assessing student progress, especially in environments with intermittent network connectivity.

Innovation Solution

A method and system for user-interface-assisted composition construction, where a client-side user interface presents input fields arranged in a predefined sequence, allowing students to input and arrange argument-building-block elements, which are then used to generate compositions that can be evaluated, while also managing connectivity by operating in local-saving mode during internet absence and remote-saving mode during presence.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If traditional educational technology implementations are used, then teachers can convey concepts and assess progress, but the process becomes cumbersome and inefficient

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveeducational process efficiencyVSAvoidimplementation complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The composition construction process is segmented into discrete argument-building blocks (claim, counterclaim, evidence, reasoning) that students can independently assemble. This segmentation simplifies the complex task of writing compositions by breaking it into manageable, reusable components that can be constructed efficiently even with intermittent connectivity.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

Argument-building blocks are pre-configured with structural templates and validation rules. The system performs preliminary actions by automatically generating, validating, and organizing these blocks before final composition assembly, reducing the cognitive load and time required during actual composition construction.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

2Reliability

If network connectivity is available, then compositions can be submitted for evaluation, but intermittent connectivity disrupts the educational process

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecomposition submission reliabilityVSAvoidconnectivity environment adaptability

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The system dynamically adapts its operation mode based on network connectivity status. When connectivity is available, compositions are submitted for evaluation; when connectivity is interrupted, the system automatically switches to local-saving mode, allowing the educational process to continue uninterrupted and resume when connectivity is restored.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The system implements local-saving mode as a preemptive measure against connectivity interruptions. By continuously saving composition data locally before submission attempts, the system cushions against potential data loss from network failures, ensuring reliability regardless of connectivity conditions.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #11Beforehand cushioning (Prior cushioning)

3Productivity

If students manually construct compositions from scratch, then compositions can be created, but the process consumes excessive time and effort

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecomposition construction speedVSAvoidtime spent on composition construction

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

Students copy and assemble pre-validated argument-building blocks rather than constructing compositions from scratch. These blocks contain pre-formatted text, evidence, and reasoning structures that can be reused across multiple compositions, dramatically reducing construction time while maintaining quality standards.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #26Copying

Solution Approach 2:

Argument-building blocks are nested within larger composition structures, with each block containing smaller sub-components (claims nested within arguments, evidence nested within claims). This nested organization allows students to work at multiple levels of abstraction, assembling compositions efficiently by combining pre-fabricated modular elements.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #7Nested doll (Nesting)

Data Source

PatentUS11164474B2Methods and systems for user-interface-assisted composition construction

Publication Date: 2021.11.02 THINKCERCA COM INC

AI summary

Disclosed herein are methods and systems for user-interface-assisted composition construction. In an embodiment, a plurality of input fields, each having an argument-element type, is presented via a client-side user interface, initially arranged according to a predefined sequence. Textual inputs are received via the input fields, and corresponding argument-building-block elements are responsively presented via the client-side user interface according to a current arrangement on the client-side user interface of the input fields. Each presented argument-building-block element has the same argument-element type and the received textual input of the corresponding user-interface input field. Argument-building selections of one or more of the presented argument-building-block elements are received via the client-side user interface, and a composition is responsively generated in a displayed text editor at least in part by populating the textual inputs into the displayed text editor according to the received argument-building selections. The generated composition is submitted for evaluation.