Team Kernel: Alaa Abbas, Alhassan Abdelhafez, Thu Than, Aya Elnakeb
ATQ (Ace The Quiz) is a web application designed to help students prepare for the National Science & Maths Quiz (NSMQ) competition. It offers personalized practice sessions, real-time feedback, and performance tracking, leveraging AI to provide customized recommendations for improvement.
Many NSMQ participants possess significant intellectual abilities but lack the proper resources to maximize their potential. Key challenges include: Lack of a user-friendly application for comprehensive preparation. The need for physical gathering to prepare, which is impractical for students in different locations or with varying schedules.
- Extensive Question Bank: Compiled over 12,000 practice questions across various subjects and competition rounds.
- User-Friendly Dashboard: Displays recent practice questions and provides insights for personalized practice.
- Flexible Practice Modes: Options to practice by specific questions or rounds, with random subject sampling and timed practice.
- Answer Evaluation: Utilizes an AI sequence classification model (kortukov/answer-equivalence-bem) for accurate assessment of student answers.
- Personalized Feedback: Provides recommendations using the Phi-3-small-128k-instruct model based on student performance.
- Accessibility Features: Includes text-to-speech functionality to accommodate students with visual impairments.
- Frontend: React.js
- Backend: Flask
- Database: MongoDB
- AI Models: kortukov/answer-equivalence-bem, Phi-3-small-128k-instruct
- Voice Integration: Text-to-speech (TTS)
Accessibility: Allows students to practice at their convenience and offers personalized training. Performance Tracking: Helps students monitor their progress and identify areas for improvement. Personalized Feedback: Provides tailored recommendations to enhance preparation effectiveness. Inclusivity: Supports students with special needs through audio-based interaction. Fair Assessment: Uses AI to provide unbiased and accurate evaluation of answers.
- Accuracy of Answers: Percentage of correct answers in practice sessions.
- Speed of Responses: Average time taken to answer questions.
- Engagement Levels: Number of practice sessions completed per user.
- Improvement Over Time: Change in accuracy and speed over multiple sessions.
- Feedback Utilization: Number of users who follow personalized recommendations.
We considered various features based on the structure of the NSMQ competition, including:
- Audio-based assessment systems
- Multiplayer quiz assessments
- Voice-activated practice apps
- Comprehensive coverage of all competition rounds
- Impact on Users: We focused on features that would provide the most significant benefit to students, particularly those in underprivileged areas.
- Technical Feasibility: We prioritized features that were achievable within the hackathon timeframe and with our available resources.
- User Feedback and Needs: We considered the rounds that presented the most challenges and inequality in preparation.
- Comprehensive Question Bank and Flexible Practice Modes: These features were prioritized to provide broad coverage and flexible practice options for all students.
- Real-Time Feedback and Personalized Recommendations: These were essential for helping students understand their mistakes and focus their preparation efforts.
- Performance Tracking and Accessibility Features: Ensuring that the application was inclusive and provided valuable insights into student progress.