The Design and Development of an Expert System Prototype for Enhancing Exam Quality

Authors

  • Paul Jarrod DeCarlo University of Houston
  • Nouhad Rizk University of Houston

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3991/ijac.v3i3.1356

Keywords:

E-learning evaluation, association rule learning, course assessment, expert system development

Abstract


This paper discusses the development of an expert system prototype for use in college institutions. Our aim is to enhance exam quality and student performance by obtaining metrics pertaining to assignments, study materials, textbooks, and lecture quality, then learning dynamically from this information to create a human-readable course evaluation. The goal is to obtain a model which can be applied to courses in which students struggle, so we can identify ways to enhance the most determining factor of their grade: the quality of the exam. This expert system will serve as a prototype for a larger, more comprehensive automated system which will be proposed to enhance curricula.

Author Biographies

Paul Jarrod DeCarlo, University of Houston

Paul J. DeCarlo is a graduate student with the Department of Computer Science, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, 77204 USA (e-mail:pjdecarlo@uh.edu).

Nouhad Rizk, University of Houston

Nouhad J. Rizk was with Notre Dame University. She is now with the Department of Computer Science, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, 77204 USA (e-mail:njrizk@uh.edu).

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Published

2010-08-03

How to Cite

DeCarlo, P. J., & Rizk, N. (2010). The Design and Development of an Expert System Prototype for Enhancing Exam Quality. International Journal of Advanced Corporate Learning (iJAC), 3(3), pp. 10–13. https://doi.org/10.3991/ijac.v3i3.1356

Issue

Vol. 3 No. 3 (2010)

Section

Special Focus Papers

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