DocumentCode :
1919022
Title :
The educational uses of mathematical ontology and the searching tool
Author :
Kitani, Noriko ; Yukita, Shuichi
Author_Institution :
Hosei Univ., Koganei
fYear :
2008
fDate :
22-25 Oct. 2008
Abstract :
In Japan, a huge number of entrance examination questions and school textbook exercises are accumulated in databases at various educational institutions and companies in education industry. These databases are now becoming more and more indispensable educational resources for teachers, educational researchers, and learners. However, since these resources are stored in a wide variety of forms, we cannot search useful data at the semantic level. To tackle the problem, we constructed mathematical ontology and developed the problem searching tool based on this ontology in our previous work. We use standard ontology technologies which were developed for shared use and reuse of knowledge. The ontology captures one or more expertspsila conceptual representation of a domain expressed in terms of concepts and the relationships among the concepts. We analyzed that the features of this technology could be the answer to solve above mentioned problem. In this paper, we describe an overview of the mathematical ontology and the searching tool, focusing on newly added functions, and demonstrate effective utilization of this tool in the field of mathematics education.
Keywords :
XML; educational computing; ontologies (artificial intelligence); query formulation; Japan; education industry; educational institutions; educational resources; entrance examination questions; knowledge reuse; mathematical ontology; problem searching tool; school textbook exercises; Artificial intelligence; Databases; Educational institutions; Educational technology; Mathematics; Ontologies; Semantic Web; Standards development; Vocabulary; XML; MathML; Ontology; Searching tool; Semantic Web; XML;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Frontiers in Education Conference, 2008. FIE 2008. 38th Annual
Conference_Location :
Saratoga Springs, NY
ISSN :
0190-5848
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1969-2
Electronic_ISBN :
0190-5848
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/FIE.2008.4720384
Filename :
4720384
Link To Document :
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