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In this paper we present a novel method for qualitative assessment of educational resources, specifically ’test problems’. For test problems, the basic elements of design are in the form of concepts arranged in a hierarchy. Course concept knowledge can be represented in the form of prerequisite relation based ontology using which, assessment and information extraction from test problems is possible. Using a schema based on Web Ontology Language (OWL), course ontologies can be represented in a standard and sharable way. Some synthetic parameters for the assessment of a test problem in its concept space are introduced. The assessment system can be further extended to analyze any type educational resource.
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Khan, J., Hardas, M. (2007). A Technique for Representing Course Knowledge Using Ontologies and Assessing Test Problems. In: Wegrzyn-Wolska, K.M., Szczepaniak, P.S. (eds) Advances in Intelligent Web Mastering. Advances in Soft Computing, vol 43. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-72575-6_28
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