Expert system for building cognitive model of a student using crypt arithmetic game and for career assessment

Abstract

During the academic life of a student, predicting a suitable career(s) of the student is of paramount importance because the suggested career would be the goal of the student to achieve. Hence, the student has to select appropriate core courses and electives accordingly so that he/she can acquire knowledge and skills appropriate to that career. Generally, the job of predicting career(s) is done by the expert counsellors in the institution. These counsellors consider the academic track record of the student and also the marks secured in subjects like aptitude, reasoning tests, etc. Many times, when a student completes his/her graduation and gets a job in industry, his/her psychological factors may not match with the psychological factors that are required for that job. This results in frustration. An expert system is required using which the Psychological factors of a student can be assessed by making the students play a game. In this paper “crypt arithmetic game” has been presented and a way has been shown how psychological factors can be assessed using the game. It has also been presented in this paper the way a suitable career that matches psychological factors can be predicated.