GRADING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND PROGRAM FOR THE SAME

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve the disadvantage of a conventional automatic grading system for a test or the like that the calculation of a test score from testee's answers and stored test answers disables flexible grading considering a testee's answering time and a behavior. SOLUTION: An information processing device comprises a pen information reception part for receiving one or more pieces of pen information having a pen identifier and coordinate information indicating a locus of an electronic pen from the electronic pen, a description information acquisition part for acquiring description information about the electronic pen from the coordinate information of the one or more pieces of pen information, a time acquisition part for acquiring a time when the pen information reception part has received the pen information, a score calculation part for calculating a score of the description information according to the description information acquired by the description information acquisition part and the time acquired by the time acquisition part, and a score accumulation part for accumulating the score calculated by the score calculation part in correspondence to the pen information. Flexible grading is thus possible in consideration of a testee's answering time and a behavior. COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI