Computerized Adaptive Math Program

[Christopher David Desjardins]

Hi,

I'm sorry if this is off-topic.  If someone could point me to the right 
forum I'd be happy to post this there.
Anyways, my name is Chris Desjardins and I am Ph.D. student at the 
University of Minnesota and I'm interested in computerized adaptive 
testing/software.  For my dissertation, I'm interested in the use of 
Bayesian approaches in item response theory.  My reason for posting to 
this list is that I am interested in developing a math software program, 
primarily geared towards the XO laptops, that would use algorithms that 
I develop to be adaptive and essentially create an artificial 
intelligence where the software learns to adapt more to the student and 
gives them more individualized instruction with the hope that this would 
increase student achievement.

Now I can't really program but I'd like to develop a program in 
python/GTK with an open source license so that it could be available for 
students that need the most help with mathematics and could be easily 
altered to adapt to different environments (cultures, languages, etc).
I was curious if anyone out here would be interested in helping me with 
some of the programming.  This project is in it's infancy.
Thanks and I'm sorry if this is way off-topic.

Cheers,
Chris Desjardins

[Michael DeHaan]

Christopher David Desjardins wrote:
>  Hi,
>    that I develop to be adaptive and essentially create an artificial 
>  intelligence where the software learns to adapt more to the student 
>  and gives them more individualized instruction with the hope that this 
>  would increase student achievement.
>  
They tried this in Ender's game, it could be /really/ dangerous.

--Michael

[Callum Lerwick]

On Mon, 2008-09-29 at 16:22 -0400, Michael DeHaan wrote:
>  Christopher David Desjardins wrote:
>  > Hi,
>  >   that I develop to be adaptive and essentially create an artificial 
>  > intelligence where the software learns to adapt more to the student 
>  > and gives them more individualized instruction with the hope that this 
>  > would increase student achievement.
>  >
>  
>  They tried this in Ender's game, it could be /really/ dangerous. 
Or for a more constructive story see The Diamond Age. Which should be
required reading for OLPC developers if it isn't already.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamond_Age