Formative E-Assessment of Schema Acquisition in the Human Lexicon as a Tool in Adaptive Online Instruction
Guadalupe Elizabeth Morales-Martinez, Yanko Norberto Mezquita-Hoyos, Claudia Jaquelina González-Trujillo, Ernesto Octavio Lopez-Ramirez, Jocelyn Pamela Garcia-Duran · IntechOpen eBooks · 2018
This chapter presents a comprehensive method of implementing e-assessment in adaptive e-instruction systems. Specifically, a neural net classifier capable of discerning whether a student has integrated new schema-related concepts from course content into her/his lexicon is used by an expert system with a database containing natural mental representations from course content obtained from students and teachers for adapting e-instruction. Mental representation modeling is used to improve student modeling. Implications for adaptive hypermedia systems and hypertext-based instructions are discussed. Furthermore, it is argued that the current research constitutes a new cognitive science empirical direction to evaluate knowledge acquisition based on meaning information.