Education and demonstration – Question or problem eliciting response – Correctness of response indicated to examine by...
Patent
1993-06-30
1995-04-18
Apley, Richard J.
Education and demonstration
Question or problem eliciting response
Correctness of response indicated to examine by...
434308, 434317, 434322, G09B 500
Patent
active
054073570
ABSTRACT:
The present invention provides an electronic testing device for use in responding to questions of quizzes periodically provided in an educational text book. The testing device itself comprises a rectangular housing either permanently or removably affixed to the back cover of the book, an input section for entering selected answers corresponding to the questions, a logic section for comparing the selected answers with correct answers programmed into memory and an output section for providing immediate and enjoyable audio-visual feedback to the user. In a first embodiment of the present invention, the device comprises a small and compact rectangular housing adapted for permanent affixation or removable attachment to a protruded edge of the back cover of a specific educational book. Alternatively, the device may form a small, portable unit that can be detached from the book for use with quizzes of a plurality of different text books. In this alternative embodiment, the device includes an alphanumeric keypad in addition to an LCD display screen for entering and displaying both letter and number sequences which form the specific answer strings required by a particular quiz. The logic section comprises a programming mode for programming the correct answers of a plurality of quizzes contained in different text books and a testing mode for comparing the user selected answers with the correct answers of an identified quiz. The device may further comprise a data transfer mode for transferring the programmed data of one device to another device upon coupling of the two devices together so as to facilitate the use of the device by a large number of students.
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Apley Richard J.
Educational Insights, Inc.
Richman Glenn E.
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