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Jsalsman: /* Notes for further work */ 1972 ERIC PLATO concept and spelling recognition work

2010-07-06T16:34:56Z

Notes for further work: 1972 ERIC PLATO concept and spelling recognition work

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	The score-based computer adaptive testing process already implemented in Moodle may be much simpler and easier to re-implement than del Soldato and du Boulay's 1995 [[gift-syntax/dsd-tutor-rules\|rules]] -- which require assessment of confidence (self-reported), effort (logging), and independence (frequency of help requests) instead of just scoring questions -- and [[gift-syntax/dsd-tutor-schema\|this schema]] based on those rules and the ''Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education'' article they appeared in. But the primary goals listed here are likely satisfied with the detail shown above.		The score-based computer adaptive testing process already implemented in Moodle may be much simpler and easier to re-implement than del Soldato and du Boulay's 1995 [[gift-syntax/dsd-tutor-rules\|rules]] -- which require assessment of confidence (self-reported), effort (logging), and independence (frequency of help requests) instead of just scoring questions -- and [[gift-syntax/dsd-tutor-schema\|this schema]] based on those rules and the ''Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education'' article they appeared in. But the primary goals listed here are likely satisfied with the detail shown above.

	The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TUTOR_%28programming_language%29#Answer_judging "answer judging" of the 1970s-era PLATO TUTOR language] is appropriate for fill-in-the-blank pattern matching.		The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TUTOR_%28programming_language%29#Answer_judging "answer judging" of the 1970s-era PLATO TUTOR language] is appropriate for fill-in-the-blank pattern matching. (See also Tenczar, P.J. and Golden, W.M. (1972) [http://www.eric.ed.gov/PDFS/ED124944.pdf "Spelling, Word, and Concept Recognition",] CERL Report X-35 (Urbana, Illinois: Computer-based Education Research Lab, U of IL) ''Plato Publications''.)

	There is more we may want to accomplish noted in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spacing_effect "Spacing effect"] Wikipedia article and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloom%27s_Taxonomy#Cognitive "Bloom's cognitive taxonomy,"] suggesting sub-categories.		There is more we may want to accomplish noted in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spacing_effect "Spacing effect"] Wikipedia article and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloom%27s_Taxonomy#Cognitive "Bloom's cognitive taxonomy,"] suggesting sub-categories.
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	I asked for a count of the characters @, !, $, *, ;, and _ in {answer specifications} at http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=143213 -- if you are responding, please never mind. Thanks anyway! [[User:JSalsman\|JSalsman]] 22:27, 10 February 2010 (UTC)		I asked for a count of the characters @, !, $, *, ;, and _ in {answer specifications} at http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=143213 -- if you are responding, please never mind. Thanks anyway! [[User:JSalsman\|JSalsman]] 22:27, 10 February 2010 (UTC)
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	===See also===		===See also===

Jsalsman: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TUTOR_%28programming_language%29#Answer_judging

2010-06-07T04:53:04Z

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TUTOR_%28programming_language%29#Answer_judging

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	The score-based computer adaptive testing process already implemented in Moodle may be much simpler and easier to re-implement than del Soldato and du Boulay's 1995 [[gift-syntax/dsd-tutor-rules\|rules]] -- which require assessment of confidence (self-reported), effort (logging), and independence (frequency of help requests) instead of just scoring questions -- and [[gift-syntax/dsd-tutor-schema\|this schema]] based on those rules and the ''Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education'' article they appeared in. But the primary goals listed here are likely satisfied with the detail shown above.		The score-based computer adaptive testing process already implemented in Moodle may be much simpler and easier to re-implement than del Soldato and du Boulay's 1995 [[gift-syntax/dsd-tutor-rules\|rules]] -- which require assessment of confidence (self-reported), effort (logging), and independence (frequency of help requests) instead of just scoring questions -- and [[gift-syntax/dsd-tutor-schema\|this schema]] based on those rules and the ''Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education'' article they appeared in. But the primary goals listed here are likely satisfied with the detail shown above.

			The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TUTOR_%28programming_language%29#Answer_judging "answer judging" of the 1970s-era PLATO TUTOR language] is appropriate for fill-in-the-blank pattern matching.

	There is more we may want to accomplish noted in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spacing_effect "Spacing effect"] Wikipedia article and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloom%27s_Taxonomy#Cognitive "Bloom's cognitive taxonomy,"] suggesting sub-categories.		There is more we may want to accomplish noted in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spacing_effect "Spacing effect"] Wikipedia article and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloom%27s_Taxonomy#Cognitive "Bloom's cognitive taxonomy,"] suggesting sub-categories.

	; Please disregard posting character counts here		<!-- ; Please disregard posting character counts here

	I asked for a count of the characters @, !, $, *, ;, and _ in {answer specifications} at http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=143213 -- if you are responding, please never mind. Thanks anyway! [[User:JSalsman\|JSalsman]] 22:27, 10 February 2010 (UTC)

			I asked for a count of the characters @, !, $, *, ;, and _ in {answer specifications} at http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=143213 -- if you are responding, please never mind. Thanks anyway! [[User:JSalsman\|JSalsman]] 22:27, 10 February 2010 (UTC)
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	===See also===		===See also===

Jsalsman: /* Include */ space

2010-04-02T17:58:24Z

Include: space

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	Some way to include GIFT files at other locations would be nice. Perhaps: <tt>// include:</tt>[filename\|url\|wikipage]		Some way to include GIFT files at other locations would be nice. Perhaps: <tt>// include:</tt> (filename\|url\|wikipage)

	=== Notes for further work ===		=== Notes for further work ===

Jsalsman: /* Extensions */ include

2010-04-02T17:57:23Z

Extensions: include

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	That would apparently cover the stated extension requirements. The reflexive links (helps/helped, easier/harder) can be implicit where they aren't specified. Not sure whether it's a good idea to specify [http://strategy.wikimedia.org/wiki/Proposal_talk:Assessment_content#assessment_item_fields summary statistics from question fields] as they might exist in a database. Maybe that should be specified but discouraged in practice, because some of the metadata grows every time a question is answered.		That would apparently cover the stated extension requirements. The reflexive links (helps/helped, easier/harder) can be implicit where they aren't specified. Not sure whether it's a good idea to specify [http://strategy.wikimedia.org/wiki/Proposal_talk:Assessment_content#assessment_item_fields summary statistics from question fields] as they might exist in a database. Maybe that should be specified but discouraged in practice, because some of the metadata grows every time a question is answered.

			==== Include ====

			Some way to include GIFT files at other locations would be nice. Perhaps: <tt>// include:</tt>[filename\|url\|wikipage]

	=== Notes for further work ===		=== Notes for further work ===

JSalsman: /* Notes for further work */ clarify

2010-03-05T17:15:47Z

Notes for further work: clarify

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	=== Notes for further work ===		=== Notes for further work ===

	The adaptive ~~assessment format~~ in Moodle may be much simpler and easier to implement than del Soldato and du Boulay's 1995 [[gift-syntax/dsd-tutor-rules\|rules]] -- which require assessment of confidence (self-reported), effort (logging), and independence (frequency of help requests) instead of just scoring questions -- and [[gift-syntax/dsd-tutor-schema\|this schema]] based on those rules and the ''Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education'' article they appeared in. But the primary goals listed here are likely satisfied with the detail shown above.		The score-based computer adaptive testing process already implemented in Moodle may be much simpler and easier to re-implement than del Soldato and du Boulay's 1995 [[gift-syntax/dsd-tutor-rules\|rules]] -- which require assessment of confidence (self-reported), effort (logging), and independence (frequency of help requests) instead of just scoring questions -- and [[gift-syntax/dsd-tutor-schema\|this schema]] based on those rules and the ''Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education'' article they appeared in. But the primary goals listed here are likely satisfied with the detail shown above.

	There is more we may want to accomplish noted in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spacing_effect "Spacing effect"] Wikipedia article and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloom%27s_Taxonomy#Cognitive "Bloom's cognitive taxonomy,"] suggesting sub-categories.		There is more we may want to accomplish noted in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spacing_effect "Spacing effect"] Wikipedia article and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloom%27s_Taxonomy#Cognitive "Bloom's cognitive taxonomy,"] suggesting sub-categories.

JSalsman: /* Possible choices */ Moodle has learner-adaptivity based on scores, but not confidence, effort, or independence

2010-03-05T15:55:31Z

Possible choices: Moodle has learner-adaptivity based on scores, but not confidence, effort, or independence

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	==== ~~Possible choices~~ ====		==== Examples ====

	Comments with special hyphenated keywords with colons can be used preceding or following the questions as long as blank lines don't intervene. For example:		Comments with special hyphenated keywords with colons can be used preceding or following the questions as long as blank lines don't intervene. For example:
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	That would apparently cover the stated extension requirements. The reflexive links (helps/helped, easier/harder) can be implicit where they aren't specified. Not sure whether it's a good idea to specify [http://strategy.wikimedia.org/wiki/Proposal_talk:Assessment_content#assessment_item_fields summary statistics from question fields] as they might exist in a database. Maybe that should be specified but discouraged in practice, because some of the metadata grows every time a question is answered.		That would apparently cover the stated extension requirements. The reflexive links (helps/helped, easier/harder) can be implicit where they aren't specified. Not sure whether it's a good idea to specify [http://strategy.wikimedia.org/wiki/Proposal_talk:Assessment_content#assessment_item_fields summary statistics from question fields] as they might exist in a database. Maybe that should be specified but discouraged in practice, because some of the metadata grows every time a question is answered.

	There is more we may want to accomplish noted in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spacing_effect "Spacing effect"] Wikipedia article, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloom%27s_Taxonomy#Cognitive "Bloom's cognitive taxonomy,"] suggesting sub-categories, and del Soldato and du Boulay's original [[gift-syntax/dsd-tutor-rules\|rules]] and [[gift-syntax/dsd-tutor-schema\|this schema]] based on them and the article they appeared in. But the primary goals listed here are likely satisfied with the detail shown above.		=== Notes for further work ===

	; Please ~~don't worry about~~ posting character counts here		The adaptive assessment format in Moodle may be much simpler and easier to implement than del Soldato and du Boulay's 1995 [[gift-syntax/dsd-tutor-rules\|rules]] -- which require assessment of confidence (self-reported), effort (logging), and independence (frequency of help requests) instead of just scoring questions -- and [[gift-syntax/dsd-tutor-schema\|this schema]] based on those rules and the ''Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education'' article they appeared in. But the primary goals listed here are likely satisfied with the detail shown above.

			There is more we may want to accomplish noted in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spacing_effect "Spacing effect"] Wikipedia article and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloom%27s_Taxonomy#Cognitive "Bloom's cognitive taxonomy,"] suggesting sub-categories.

			; Please disregard posting character counts here

	I asked for a count of the characters @, !, $, *, ;, and _ in {answer specifications} at http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=143213 -- if you are responding, please never mind. Thanks anyway! [[User:JSalsman\|JSalsman]] 22:27, 10 February 2010 (UTC)		I asked for a count of the characters @, !, $, *, ;, and _ in {answer specifications} at http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=143213 -- if you are responding, please never mind. Thanks anyway! [[User:JSalsman\|JSalsman]] 22:27, 10 February 2010 (UTC)

JSalsman: /* Format */ syntax?

2010-03-02T22:15:26Z

Format: syntax?

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	The [http://docs.moodle.org/en/GIFT_format GIFT picoformat] allows writing multiple-choice, true-false, fill-in-the-blank (also called short answer or missing word), matching, and numerical quiz questions in a simple text format. The GPLed [http://moodle.org/ Moodle] Course/Learning Management System can import and export questions in the GIFT format. The extensions described below should enable easily authorable self-study, learner-adaptive, low-stakes quiz extensions for Wikiversity and other projects.		The [http://docs.moodle.org/en/GIFT_format GIFT picoformat] allows writing multiple-choice, true-false, fill-in-the-blank (also called short answer or missing word), matching, and numerical quiz questions in a simple text format. The GPLed [http://moodle.org/ Moodle] Course/Learning Management System can import and export questions in the GIFT format. The extensions described below should enable easily authorable self-study, learner-adaptive, low-stakes quiz extensions for Wikiversity and other projects.

	=== ~~Format~~ ===		=== Syntax ===

	GIFT quiz questions must be encoded in utf-8 characters, and are delimited by blank lines. A question may be preceded by a title inside a pair of double colons and must include or be followed by an answer specification in curly braces. Examples are shown below.		GIFT quiz questions must be encoded in utf-8 characters, and are delimited by blank lines. A question may be preceded by a title inside a pair of double colons and must include or be followed by an answer specification in curly braces. Examples are shown below.

JSalsman: retitle

2010-03-02T22:15:03Z

retitle

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JSalsman: gift-syntax moved to gift over redirect: it's being referred to as a format more than a syntax

2010-03-02T22:14:27Z

gift-syntax moved to gift over redirect: it's being referred to as a format more than a syntax

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