Education and demonstration – Mathematics – Arithmetic
Patent
1985-07-18
1986-09-16
Picard, Leo P.
Education and demonstration
Mathematics
Arithmetic
434201, 434327, 434323, 434335, 273138A, 273143R, G09B 700
Patent
active
046119965
ABSTRACT:
A teaching machine comprising circuitry to select and a display to present problems to a student, switches to receive said student's response, circuitry to determine if the answer is correct and, in one embodiment, an electronic game to reward said student for correct response by allowing said student to play a game. The same machine also having, in one embodiment, circuitry for detecting and concentrating on student's problem areas using a recurrence probability associated with each of a plurality of problems, whether math, spelling, or other, which is modified by the response of the student depending on said student's speed and correctness. Each problem to be presented to said student being selected in a random type manner using the probabilities associated with each problem. The teaching machine also having, in one embodiment, circuitry to modify the time in which the student is allowed to answer based on said student's response.
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Mueth Joseph E.
Picard Leo P.
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