Development of Concept Map Based Adaptive Knowledge Assessment System

Proceedings of the IADIS International Conference on E-Learning 2008
Jānis Grundspeņķis

The paper describes the developed adaptive system for knowledge assessment and self-assessment based on usage of concept maps. The concept mapping approach offers a reasonable balance between complexity of knowledge assessment system and necessity to assess higher levels of knowledge according to the Bloom’s taxonomy. The underlying concepts of the developed system which supports a process oriented learning are discussed. The architecture and functionality of the intelligent knowledge assessment system based on the intelligent agent paradigm is described. The system to the large extent can adapt to each individual learner by changing the degree of task difficulty and providing execution of two kinds of tasks – fill-in tasks and construction tasks of concept maps. Information about two prototypes which have been already implemented and tested in different study courses is given.

Keywords
Knowledge assessment, concept map, adaptive system, process oriented learning, degree of task difficulty

Grundspeņķis, J. Development of Concept Map Based Adaptive Knowledge Assessment System. In: Proceedings of the IADIS International Conference on E-Learning, Netherlands, Amsterdam, 22-25 July, 2008. Amsterdam: IADIS, 2008, pp.395-402. ISBN 978-972-8924-58-4.

Publication language
English (en)