A Novel Evaluation Scheme using Formal Concept Analysis

We consider that the simple accomplishment of knowledge is not sufficient. This article attempts to look at the importance to understand the required fundamental learning skills such as creative skill, critical skill etc. that facilitate the incorporation of knowledge appropriately. Thus, it is needed that a course must be studied systematically in terms of the required learning skills. In this paper, we present a novel evaluation scheme for a course that focus on the various sets of learning skills required for each concept of the course. We employ Formal Concept Analysis on a complete set of questions prepared by experts covering all the concepts of a given course. This procedure generates a lattice of formal concepts, each presenting a group of questions that involve a common circle of learning skills to resolve them. These formal concepts can serve as performance parameters for assessing the students in a skill-centric fashion.