RU2749638C1 - Method of computerized development of the user's speed reading skills - Google Patents

Abstract

FIELD: education.SUBSTANCE: invention relates to the field of computer learning technologies and can be used in the activities of educational organizations to provide users with online simulators for developing speed reading skills. A method for the computerized development of the user's speed reading skills is disclosed. The method includes steps for prompting a user to perform exercises using the user device, each exercise being generated automatically based on an exercise sample received from a server and an exercise configuration set for the user. Using the server, the saved results are compared with the criteria for the success of skills development; the configuration of each exercise is corrected, taking into account the achievement of the criteria for the success of the development of skills in such a way that the adjusted configurations of the exercises are aimed at strengthening those user skills that turned out to be less developed when comparing the saved results. Then, the operations of the method are repeated, starting with prompting the user to perform exercises for developing speed reading skills, and the adjusted configurations for these exercises are used as exercise configurations.EFFECT: ensuring the versatile development of speed reading skills for the user of online simulators.9 cl, 2 dwg, 1 tbl

Description

Technology area

The invention relates to the field of computer learning technologies and can be used in the activities of educational organizations to provide users with online simulators for developing speed reading skills.

State of the art

A known method of developing the skill of speed reading using information technology, disclosed in US patent No. 7594873 (publ. 06.21.2007). In the known method, the user is shown a text that he reads several times at different speeds, starting with the first reading speed, which is comfortable for the user, continuing at the second reading speed, which is higher than the user's current ability, and ending the cycle at the third reading speed, which is higher than the first, but slower than the second. On subsequent cycles of development of the speed reading skill, the method is repeated, taking the third speed as comfortable for the user, making it the first reading speed in the cycle.

A known method of training peripheral vision for the development of fast reading skills using gaze tracking technology, disclosed in the patent of the Russian Federation No. 2647144 (publ. 03/14/2018). In the known method for 1-15 minutes the user performs exercises with the Schulte table located on the computer screen. The difficulty of the exercise increases in stages. The exercise is performed under the control of equipment that implements non-contact optical gaze registration. If the user's gaze direction deviates from the allowed area in the center of the Schulte table, the table symbols disappear automatically or an audiovisual signal is issued to the user.

A known method of teaching reading and fast reading using a computer game on an online simulator, disclosed in the patent of the Russian Federation No. 2717739 (publ. 03/25/2020). In the known method, the user is shown the text information selected in the settings, depending on his reading level, at a time interval selected in the settings. The online simulator gradually increases the symbolic capacity of lines of text information. The time interval for displaying information can be from 200 to 0.1 seconds. The total workout time is 3 to 1 minute.

However, a common disadvantage of all the analogs presented above is the lack of the possibility of diversifying the development of speed reading skills (fast reading), since in the known analogs only certain types of exercises are used, aimed at developing skills, without using them within the framework of a single complex methodology. In addition, the disclosed modes of performing operations in the method do not take into account the individual characteristics of the abilities of users, do not provide an optimal add-on for the individualization of the educational process. In addition, the lack of opportunities for integrating learning, learning management and digital technologies, as well as adapting the educational process to the individual needs of a user or customer of training makes it impossible to effectively transfer complex author's methods of teaching speed reading from the classroom to online platforms.

Disclosure of the essence of the invention

The technical problem underlying the present invention is to create an online simulator capable of implementing the author's methods of developing speed reading skills.

The technical result achieved with the implementation of the present invention is to provide a versatile development of speed reading skills for a user of online training simulators.

The present invention discloses a method for computerized development of a user's speed reading skills using a user device and a server.

The method includes operations in which:

prompting the user to perform exercises for developing speed reading skills using the user device, each exercise being generated automatically based on the exercise template received from the server and the exercise configuration set for the user;

using server:

- save the results of each exercise performed by the user;

- compare the saved results with the criteria for the success of skills development;

- carry out the correction of the configuration of each exercise, taking into account the achievement of the criteria for the success of the development of skills in such a way that the adjusted configurations of the exercises are aimed at strengthening those user skills that turned out to be less developed when comparing the saved results;

then, method operations are repeated, starting with prompting the user to perform exercises for developing speed reading skills, while using the adjusted configurations for these exercises as exercise configurations.

Exercises for the development of speed reading skills include exercises, the types of which are aimed at the development of visual, auditory, semantic, visual-figurative and motor memory, to strengthen the visual muscles, the development of peripheral vision, thinking inductance, verbal intelligence, the skills of memorizing arrays of thematically unrelated information, harmonization work of the hemispheres of the human brain.

The template for constructing an exercise includes rules for automatically generating educational content returned to the user, consisting of text, graphic, audiovisual, multimedia information, depending on the type of exercise.

The exercise configuration set for the user characterizes the degree of difficulty of the exercise and includes the time to complete the exercise, the amount and complexity of the information.

Correction of exercise configurations can be done manually or automatically. With automatic correction of exercise configurations, an algorithm for increasing the degree of difficulty of exercises specified in the educational program can be used. Also, with automatic correction of exercise configurations, a gradient boosting algorithm can be used to more accurately identify the user's skills that were less developed.

Exercise results can be determined based on user input from the keyboard and / or mouse clicks for exercise and / or touch input.

The criteria for the success of skills development may include criteria for assessing the speed of reading, memory and reproduction, the speed of mastering the teaching method, compliance with the recommended standards, and the cost of the learning process.

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The present invention is illustrated for a clearer understanding of the block diagrams.

FIG. 1 illustrates a block diagram of a computer system for implementing a method for computerized development of speed reading skills.

FIG. 2 illustrates a block diagram of an exemplary implementation of a method for computerized development of speed reading skills.

Implementation of the invention

In accordance with FIG. 1, a user accesses a user device 101 provided with software and hardware for communicating with a server 102 via a communication channel 103. A user is understood as any person exercising on an online exercise machine. A user can be a child or an adult and have a functional role, for example, "learner" or "administrator". A personal or laptop computer (laptop), smartphone or tablet can be used as the user device 101. In general, the server 102 can be represented by a high-performance computer equipped with software and hardware for sharing computing resources among several user devices 101. In particular, the server can be represented by several physical or virtual interconnected devices that share server functions: a database server, application server, web server. The web server is capable of sending program instructions to the user device via the HTTP protocol for forming a graphic user interface (GUI) on the user device 101 and generating exercises from templates and configurations to interact with them through the GUI. The database server can contain a database that records the results of the exercises performed by the user. The application server stores and executes the programming instructions required to complete the exercises, as requested by the user. The communication channel 103 can be wired or wireless devices, all necessary intermediate servers, routers and switches, cable lines that provide communication between the user device 101 and the server 102 via network data transfer protocols.

In accordance with FIG. 2, at step 210, the user is prompted to perform exercises for developing speed reading skills. It should be understood that the term "induce" is used in a broad sense and is preferably understood to provide motivation to start the learning process on the online simulator. For this, an embodiment of the invention may include returning an exercise task to the user and instructions for performing it through a GUI on the user device 101. Each exercise to be performed by the user is automatically generated based on the exercise template 211 received from the server 102 and the exercise configuration 212 set for the user. ...

Templates 211 can be implemented in the form of programmed rules for the automatic generation of educational content, consisting of text, graphics, audiovisual, multimedia information, depending on the type of exercise. The types of exercises can be aimed at developing visual, auditory, semantic, visual-figurative and motor memory, at strengthening the visual muscles, developing peripheral vision, thinking inductance, verbal intelligence, the skills of memorizing arrays of thematically unrelated information, harmonizing the work of the hemispheres of the human brain.

For example, exercises for the development of visual memory may consist in the fact that the user is offered a set of images that must be memorized in a limited period of time, and then described from memory with the maximum degree of detail. Accordingly, the template 211 may include rules for displaying graphics to the user, organized in any way suitable for the exercise. Graphic materials in the form of images can also be part of the template 211 or be available through links on third-party resources indicated in the template 211.

Templates 211 for other example exercises may be implemented in a similar manner, but reference or include other types of information for educational content. So, for exercises for the development of auditory memory, templates 211 with audio recordings can be provided, on which the user can hear the text of a given volume, which he needs to remember, and then reproduce with maximum accuracy. For exercises on the development of semantic memory, templates 211 with audio recordings can be provided, on which the user can hear the text and questions on this text, to which the user must offer an answer in those terms that were used in the read text, without using, for example, synonyms. For the exercises for developing visual-figurative and motor memory, templates 211 with images can be provided that the user needs to remember for a limited period of time specified in the exercise configuration 212 for the user, and then reproduce them. For exercises on the development of peripheral vision, text materials presented in the form of Schulte tables can be provided.

The configuration 212 of each exercise, set for the user, characterizes the degree of difficulty of the exercise and includes the time to complete the exercise, the amount and complexity of the information. The degree of complexity of exercises for the development of visual memory increases due to a reduction in the time interval for execution, an increase in the number and complexity of images that must be memorized. The degree of complexity of the exercise for the development of auditory memory can be increased, for example, by increasing the volume of the text, increasing the number of events, characters, complicating vocabulary, using logically unrelated sentences. The degree of complexity of the exercise for the development of semantic memory can be increased, for example, by increasing the volume and complexity of the text. The degree of complexity of exercises for the development of visual-figurative and motor memory increases due to the increase in the number and complexity of images that must be memorized.

For a user who is working with exercises for the first time and for whom an individual skill level has not yet been identified, standard exercise templates can be used that characterize the degree of difficulty of the exercises, which is typical for the age group of the user.

At block 220, the results of each exercise performed by the user are stored. Exercise performance can be determined based on user keyboard input and / or mouse clicks to exercise. Depending on the kind of user device 101, the keyboard may be a virtual keyboard of a tablet or smartphone. The results of user touch input can be used instead of mouse clicks. The input data may be user-generated text data that is the response to exercise, graphic data generated by the user, sound data recorded by the microphone of the user device 101, or a log of mouse or touch input. The results can include the speed of the exercises, the correctness of their execution, the speed of reproduction, the amount of information memorized by the user, but are not limited to these results. User results can be written to the database for their subsequent storage and aggregation.

At 230, the stored results are compared against the skill development success criteria. These criteria may include criteria for assessing the speed of reading, memory and reproduction, the speed of mastering the training program, compliance with the recommended standards, the cost of the training process.

The criterion model can be as follows:

where I is an integral criterion for the quality of training,

I ₁ , I ₂ - criteria for the quality of the result and the learning process, respectively,

α ₁ , α ₂ - weight coefficients.

where I _1i - indicators of the quality of private learning outcomes, for example:

I ₁₁ - reading speed, I ₁₂ - memory, I ₁₃ - playback

where I ₂₁ - the speed of mastering the training program, I ₂₂ - compliance with the recommended standards, I _{23 - the} cost of the learning process.

At step 240, the configuration of each exercise is adjusted, taking into account the achievement of the criteria for the success of skills development, so that the adjusted exercise configurations are aimed at strengthening those user skills that were less developed when comparing the saved results with the criteria. Success criteria can be predefined for different user groups or customized for users. The values of the criteria and weight values for the criteria can be determined automatically based on the available historical data received from users, or based on expert assessments of employees of the educational organization.

Configuration correction for an exercise can be done manually by a user with the functional role of an educational course administrator. Also, the correction can be carried out automatically in accordance with the training program, assuming a gradual increase in the degrees of difficulty for the exercises. Also, the correction can be carried out using any machine learning technology, for example, the gradient boosting algorithm, which makes it possible to more accurately take into account the individual characteristics of the user.

Adjustments to the configuration for a specific exercise can be made based on other exercises performed by the user. For example, the difficulty level for some exercises that the user does poorly can be reduced, while the difficulty level for other exercises can be left unchanged or increased in order to ensure that different speed reading skills develop evenly.

After adjusting the exercise configurations, the method steps are repeated from step 210, using the adjusted exercise configurations as exercise configurations. Thus, when the user repeatedly accesses the online simulator, exercises of certain types will be displayed for him in such configurations that are adapted to his current abilities.

As an example of indicators and the degree of their achievement, consider the data presented in table 1. The presented data were collected during the testing of the claimed invention in an educational organization. The user of the online simulator was a woman, 34 years old, with a higher economic education, took classes first in offline mode, and then in a combined offline and online modes using an online simulator in which the claimed invention was implemented.

Table 1

Indicators Diagnostic results at the end of 4 months of offline training Diagnostic results at the end of 6 months of offline training with online homework. one Reading aloud / silently Out loud - 167
About myself - 235 Out loud - 215
About myself - 465 2 Auditory memory 10-6, 10-7 3 Text. Types of reading in-depth In-depth, browsing, scanning four Text. Anticipation Fragmented assimilation. Sees the structure of the text. five Texts. Informative block 15-20% 60-75% 6 Visual-shaped memory 5-3, 5-4, 5-4 10-10, 10-9, 10-10 7 Distribution, switchability, attention span 200-167 200-200 eight Variability and flexibility of thinking 45-27, 45-34 140-121, 140-118 nine Mnemonics - tables 9-7, 9-9 25-18, 25-21 10 Mnemonics - columns 10-8, 10-7 50-43, 50-46 eleven Visual memory 5-4, 5-5, 5-5 25-21, 25-23 12 Tables Logic 6-4 Logic 6 + 6 13 Space, logic 10-4, 10-6, 10-6 30-28, 48-42 fourteen Arithm-practical thinking 5-1, 3-1, 4-3 34-3, 4-4, 5- fifteen Table - violation of the rhythm 25-23, 25-25, 25-24 sixteen Inductance + assoc. 25-18, 25-21, 25-24 17 Inductive, the rhythm of thought 9-8, 9-7, 9-9, 9-9, 9-8 49-49,, 64-63, 64-64 eighteen Harmonization. Paintings 5-4, 5-4 5-5, 5-5 nineteen Harmonization. Texts twenty Accuracy. Pillars 10-7, 10-8, 10-10 25-23,, 25-25, 25-25 21 Accuracy. Aphorisms 6-6. 6-5, 6-6 12-10, 13-12, 13-13, 22 Accuracy. Poems 4-2, 4-3, 4-2 4-4, 4-4, 4-4 23 Accuracy. Texts 5-3, 5-3 5-5, 5-5 24 Verbal intelligence Average level High level 25 Test tasks:
-understanding words and meanings;
-understanding words and meanings in their relationship;
-the ability to think by analogy;
- inductive speech thinking;
- identification of essential features of objects;
-arithmetic-practical thinking, logic;
-spatial imagination, logic;
- visual-shaped memory;
-visual memory;
- semantic memory;
- inductance, the rhythm of thought;
- efficiency of thinking;
-speed of thought processes;
- combinatorial abilities. 110-73 110-101 26 Testifying 10-3, 10-5 10-8, 10-8 27 Activating the vocabulary 15-9, 15-12 15-13, 15-14

As can be seen from the table, the effect obtained as a result of training in offline and online programs surpasses the effect obtained only in training on an offline course, which indicates the provision of a diversified development of the user's speed reading skills.

Claims (15)

1. A method of computerized development of the user's speed reading skills, involving the use of a user device and a server, in which prompting the user to perform exercises for developing speed reading skills using the user device, each exercise being generated automatically based on the exercise template received from the server and the exercise configuration set for the user; using server: - save the results of each exercise performed by the user; - compare the saved results with the criteria for the success of skills development; - carry out the correction of the configuration of each exercise, taking into account the achievement of the criteria for the success of the development of skills in such a way that the adjusted configurations of the exercises are aimed at strengthening those user skills that turned out to be less developed when comparing the saved results; then, method operations are repeated, starting with prompting the user to perform exercises for developing speed reading skills, while using the adjusted configurations for these exercises as exercise configurations. 2. The method according to claim 1, in which the exercises for the development of speed reading skills include exercises, the types of which are aimed at the development of visual, auditory, semantic, visual-figurative and motor memory, to strengthen the visual muscles, the development of peripheral vision, thinking inductance, verbal intelligence , skills of memorizing arrays of thematically unrelated information, harmonization of the work of the hemispheres of the human brain. 3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the template for constructing exercises includes rules for automatically generating educational content returned to the user, consisting of text, graphic, audiovisual, multimedia information, depending on the type of exercise. 4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the exercise configuration set for the user characterizes the degree of difficulty of the exercise and includes the time to complete the exercise, the amount and complexity of the information. 5. The method of claim 1, wherein the adjustment of the exercise configurations is performed manually or automatically. 6. The method according to claim 5, in which automatic correction of exercise configurations uses an algorithm for increasing the degree of difficulty of exercises specified in the educational program. 7. The method of claim 5, wherein the automatic adjustment of exercise patterns employs a gradient boosting algorithm. 8. The method of claim 1, wherein the exercise performance is determined based on user keyboard input and / or mouse clicks for exercise and / or touch input. 9. The method according to claim 1, in which the criteria for the success of skills development include criteria for assessing the speed of reading, memory and reproduction, the speed of mastering the training program, compliance with the recommended standards, the cost of the learning process.

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