Title :
Learning achievement evaluation strategy using fuzzy membership function
Author :
Weon, Sunghyun ; Kim, Jinil
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Inf. Eng., Catholic Univ. of Pusan, South Korea
fDate :
6/23/1905 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
In this paper, the authors suggest a new learning achievement evaluation strategy in student´s learning procedure. They call this fuzzy evaluation. They may assign fuzzy lingual variables to each question pertaining to its importance, complexity and difficulty by using fuzzy membership functions. Then one can evaluate a score depending on the membership degree of uncertainty factors in each question. In addition, they consider the time consuming element for solving a question. They adapt an inverse sigmoid function to consider time consuming elements, fuzzy concentration and dilation function for importance, a sigmoid function for complexity, and fuzzy square method for difficulty
Keywords :
computer aided instruction; computer science education; engineering computing; engineering education; fuzzy set theory; teaching; CAI; dilation function; engineering education; examination questions; fuzzy concentration; fuzzy evaluation; fuzzy lingual variables; fuzzy membership function; fuzzy square method; inverse sigmoid function; learning achievement evaluation strategy; student learning procedure; uncertainty factors; Artificial intelligence; Computer aided instruction; Computer science education; Educational institutions; Fuzzy sets; Fuzzy systems; Humans; Multimedia computing; Reliability theory; Uncertainty;
Conference_Titel :
Frontiers in Education Conference, 2001. 31st Annual
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6669-7
DOI :
10.1109/FIE.2001.963904