Patents by Inventor Mark D. Atkinson

Mark D. Atkinson has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Methods and systems relating to coding and/or scoring of observations of and content observed persons performing a task to be evaluated
    Publication number: 20120208168
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method for use in evaluating performance of a task by one or more observed persons comprises: outputting for display through a user interface a plurality of rubric nodes to the first user for selection, each node corresponds to a desired characteristic for the performance of the task; receiving a selected rubric node from the first user; outputting for display on the display device, a plurality of scores for the selected rubric nodes to the first user for selection, each of the scores corresponds to a level at which the task performed satisfies the desired characteristics; receiving, through the input device, a score selected for the selected rubric node from the user, the score is selected based on an observation of the performance of the task; and providing a professional development resource suggestion related to the performance of the task based at least on the score.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2011
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Applicant: Teachscape, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark D. Atkinson, Jonathan W. Stowe, Inna Fedoseyeva