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These assessments are considered challenging as far as e-learning-based students are concerned, as the text feed is the only instrumental testing part. Student assessments are limited to multiple-choice questions and lack an evaluation of students\u2019 text-based input. This paper proposes a natural-language processing-based intelligent deep-learning model that relies on parametric cognitive assessments. By applying class labels to students\u2019 descriptive responses, the proposed approach helps classify a variety of questions mapped to BT levels. The first contribution of this work is a compiled dataset of the assessment items from 300 students, who were tested on 20 questions at each level. Each level is calculated by combining the responses from all students, resulting in 6000 questions per cognitive level for a total of 36,000 records. The second contribution is the development of an intelligent model based on a recurrent neural network (RNN), which not only predicts Bloom\u2019s question level but also learns it over further iterations. The students\u2019 text-based answers are accessed to gauge performance using a refined question pool gathered through the RNN model. The student dataset is mapped and tested using the NLP model for further classification of the students\u2019 cognitive levels. This assessment is related to the formulation of questions and the compilation of Episode 2 for assessment. The third contribution is the comparison and demonstration of the improvements in learning using a parametric cognitive-based assessment in an episodic manner. Improved classification accuracy was attained by adding more processing layers based on the iterative, RNN-based learning model to achieve the vital threshold difference. The cognitive based questions pool classification achieved by RNN results in 98% accuracy. The resulting student assessments, based on performance, increased to an accuracy ratio of 92.16% and a precision ratio of 92.36% at an aggregate level based on the Random Forest classifier. We claim that our work serves as an initiative for effective student evaluations in interactive and e-learning-based environments when handling other types of inputs, like mathematical, graphical, and multimodal inputs.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/info16020093","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,1,28]],"date-time":"2025-01-28T08:57:48Z","timestamp":1738054668000},"page":"93","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":5,"title":["An Intelligent Model for Parametric Cognitive Assessment of E-Learning-Based Students"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"16","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8514-7527","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Muhammad Saqib","family":"Javed","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Computer Science, University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore 54890, Pakistan"},{"name":"Department of Computer Science and IT, Virtual University of Pakistan, Lahore 54500, Pakistan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Muhammad","family":"Aslam","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Computer Science, University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore 54890, Pakistan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-1818-9115","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Syed Khaldoon","family":"Khurshid","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Computer Science, University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore 54890, Pakistan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,1,26]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"297","DOI":"10.1016\/j.sbspro.2012.09.278","article-title":"Automated analysis of exam questions according to BT","volume":"59","author":"Omar","year":"2012","journal-title":"Procedia Social Behav. 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