In the learning process, it is important to analyze the answers given by the assessed persons at the knowledge-check tests. In this matter, an important component is the comparison of the given answers and the correct ones by measuring the similarity between them. This paper proposes to present a modality of measuring the similarity degree between answers given by learners at the questions from within a test. The similarity degree can be used both at the comparison with the expected answer and at the comparison of answers given by different students. In order to calculate this degree, we use an algorithm which calculates the editing distance of two texts. The answers given by the learners are specified by texts. This mechanism of answer check can be integrated in more complex systems that contain test generators and mechanisms of storing the answers.
['Doru Anastasiu Popescu', 'Ovidiu Domsa', 'Ion Alexandru Popescu']
Determining the degree of similarity of answers given at a test using the editing distance