Diagnostic system and method for phonological awareness, phonological processing, and reading skill testing
First Claim
1. A computer implemented system for testing one or more skills associated with the reading skills of an individual, comprising:
- a portable media disk storing instructions for one or more tests for determining deficiencies in one or more reading and pre-reading skills and for a scorer for determining a score for each test;
a teacher station into which the portable media is inserted wherein the teacher station executes the instructions on the portable media to test one or more skills; and
a student computer comprising means for displaying at least one of a graphical image and audio associated with each test based on the instructions on the portable media, means for receiving a user response to one of the graphical images and audio presented by each test and means for communicating the responses for each test back to the teacher station.
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Abstract
A diagnostic system and method for evaluating one or more phonological awareness, phonological processing and reading skills of an individual to detect phonological awareness, phonological processing and reading skill deficiencies in the individual so that the risk of developing a reading deficiency is reduced and existing reading deficiencies are remediated. The system may use graphical games to test the individual'"'"'s ability in a plurality of different phonological awareness, phonological processing and reading skills. The system may use speech recognition technology to interact with the games. The system may include a module for providing motivation to a user of the system being tested.
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481 Claims
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1. A computer implemented system for testing one or more skills associated with the reading skills of an individual, comprising:
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a portable media disk storing instructions for one or more tests for determining deficiencies in one or more reading and pre-reading skills and for a scorer for determining a score for each test;
a teacher station into which the portable media is inserted wherein the teacher station executes the instructions on the portable media to test one or more skills; and
a student computer comprising means for displaying at least one of a graphical image and audio associated with each test based on the instructions on the portable media, means for receiving a user response to one of the graphical images and audio presented by each test and means for communicating the responses for each test back to the teacher station. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94)
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48. A portable media product having one or more instructions for implementing a computer implemented system for testing one or more skills associated with the reading skills of an individual, the portable media product comprising:
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instructions for one or more tests for determining deficiencies in one or more reading and pre-reading skills;
instructions for determining a score for each test;
instructions that cause a student computer to display at least one of a graphical image and audio associated with each test;
instructions that receive a user response to one of the graphical images and audio presented by each test; and
instructions that communicate the test data to a computer that is executing the instructions of the portable media product.
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95. A system for testing one or more skills associated with the reading skills of an individual, comprising:
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a server computer comprising one or more tests for determining deficiencies in one or more reading and pre-reading skills, a scorer for determining a score for each test; and
one or more client computers that establish a communications session with the server computer to download the one or more tests from the server computer, each client computer comprising means for displaying at least one of a graphical image and audio associated with each test located on the server, means for receiving a user response to one of the graphical images and audio presented by each test, means for communicating the responses for each test back to the server computer, and means for motivating the user to complete the tests. - View Dependent Claims (96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184, 185, 186, 187, 188, 190, 191, 192, 193, 194, 195, 196, 197, 198, 199, 200, 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215, 216, 217, 218, 219, 220, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226, 227, 228, 229, 230, 231, 232, 233, 234, 235, 236, 238, 239, 240, 241, 242, 243, 244, 245, 246, 247, 248, 249, 250, 251, 252, 253, 254, 255, 256, 257, 258, 259, 260, 261, 262, 263, 264, 265, 266, 267, 268, 269, 270, 271, 272, 273, 274, 275, 276, 277, 278, 279, 280, 281, 282, 283, 285, 286, 287, 288, 289, 290, 291, 292, 293, 294, 295, 296, 297, 298, 299, 300, 301, 302, 303, 304, 305, 306, 307, 308, 309, 310, 311, 312, 313, 314, 315, 316, 317, 318, 319, 320, 321, 322, 323, 324, 325, 326, 327, 328, 329, 330, 331)
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142. A method for testing one or more skills associated with the reading skills of an individual, comprising:
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storing instructions corresponding to one or more tests on a server for determining deficiencies in one or more reading and pre-reading skills and a scorer for determining a score for each test;
downloading the one or more tests from the server computer by a client computer;
displaying at least one of a graphical image and audio associated with each test located on the server at the client computer;
receiving a user response to one of the graphical images and audio presented by each test at the client computer;
communicating the responses for each test back to the server computer; and
motivating the user to complete the tests.
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189. A system for testing one or more skills associated with the reading skills of an individual, comprising:
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a server computer comprising one or more tests for determining deficiencies in one or more reading and pre-reading skills, a scorer for determining a score for each test; and
one or more client computers that establish a communications session with the server computer to download the one or more tests from the server computer, each client computer comprising means for displaying at least one of a graphical image and audio associated with each test located on the server, means for receiving a user response to one of the graphical images and audio presented by each test, means for communicating the responses for each test back to the server computer, and a recommender for recommending, based on the scores of the one or more tests, one or more training modules for improving a reading or pre-reading skill of the individual as indicated by the score of the tests.
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237. A method for testing one or more skills associated with the reading skills of an individual, comprising:
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storing instructions corresponding to one or more tests on a server for determining deficiencies in one or more reading and pre-reading skills and a scorer for determining a score for each test;
downloading the one or more tests from the server computer by a client computer;
displaying at least one of a graphical image and audio associated with each test located on the server at the client computer;
receiving a user response to one of the graphical images and audio presented by each test at the client computer;
communicating the responses for each test back to the server computer; and
recommending at the server, based on the scores of the one or more tests, one or more training modules for improving a reading or pre-reading skill of the individual as indicated by the score of the tests.
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284. A server for testing one or more skills associated with the reading skills of an individual, comprising:
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one or more tests for determining deficiencies in one or more reading and pre-reading skills;
a scorer for determining a score for each test; and
means for establishing a communications session with a client computer to download the one or more tests to the client computer wherein each client computer displays at least one of a graphical image and audio associated with each test located on the server, receiving a user response to one of the graphical images and audio presented by each test and communicates the responses for each test back to the server computer;
a recommender for recommending, based on the scores of the one or more tests, one or more training modules for improving a reading or pre-reading skill of the individual as indicated by the score of the tests.
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332. A system for recommending a training module based on one or more tests, comprising:
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means for determining the incorrect responses to one or more tests wherein the incorrect responses indicate a reading skill deficiency; and
means for recommending a training module that improves a particular reading skill based on the incorrect responses. - View Dependent Claims (333, 334, 335, 337, 338, 341, 342, 343, 344, 345, 346, 347, 348, 349, 350, 351, 352, 353, 354, 355, 356, 357, 358, 359, 360, 361, 363, 364, 365, 366, 367, 369, 370, 371, 372, 373, 374, 375, 376, 377, 378, 379, 380, 381, 382, 383)
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336. A method for recommending a training module based on one or more tests, comprising:
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determining the incorrect responses to one or more tests wherein the incorrect responses indicate a reading skill deficiency; and
recommending a training module that improves a particular reading skill based on the incorrect responses.
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339. The system of claim F, wherein each client computer further comprises means for motivating the user to complete the tests.
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340. A system for testing one or more skills associated with the reading skills of an individual, comprising:
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a server computer comprising one or more tests for determining deficiencies in one or more reading and pre-reading skills, a scorer for determining a score for each test;
a teacher station for downloading the tests from the server computer; and
one or more student computers that establish a communications session with the teacher station over a computer network, each student computer comprising means for displaying at least one of a graphical image and audio associated with each test located on the server, means for receiving a user response to one of the graphical images and audio presented by each test, and means for communicating the responses for each test back to the server computer.
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362. The system of 340 her comprising a recommender for recommending, based on the scores of the one or more tests, one or more training modules for improving a reading or prereading skill of the individual as indicated by the score of the tests.
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368. The system of 340, wherein the server further comprises means for dynamically generating one or more data reports that illustrate the data associated with the one or more tests.
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384. The system of claim F, wherein the teacher station further comprises means for generating one or more separate accounts for the diagnostic system, wherein the accounts include an account manager for managing an entire school or district of users of the diagnostic system, a lead teacher for managing the use of the diagnostic system by one or more classroom teachers in a particular school and one or more classroom teachers who each administer the diagnostic testing for a particular class of students.
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385. The system of claim F+40, wherein the teacher station further comprises means for the account manager to register one or more lead teachers and means for each lead teacher to register one or more classroom teachers who administer the test.
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386. The system of claim F+41, wherein the account manager has access to testing data for the entire district, wherein the lead teacher has access to testing data for the entire school and each classroom teacher has access to testing data for the class of the classroom teacher.
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387. A method for testing one or more skills associated with the reading skills of an individual, comprising:
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storing instructions corresponding to one or more tests on a server for determining deficiencies in one or more reading and pre-reading skills and a scorer for determining a score for each test;
downloading the one or more tests from the server computer to a teacher station;
displaying at least one of a graphical image and audio associated with each test located on the server at the client computer connected to the teacher station;
receiving a user response to one of the graphical images and audio presented by each test at the client computer connected to the teacher station;
communicating the responses for each test back to the teacher station; and
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388. The method of claim F further comprising motivating the user to complete the tests.
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389. The method of claim F further comprising generating a questionnaire having one or more questions for eliciting information about risk factors associated with language-based learning disabilities.
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390. The method of claim F+2, wherein the information comprises historical data about reading-related risk factors including one or more of medical conditions including chronic otitis media, family history data including history of dyslexia, environmental data including socioeconomic status and exposure to literacy at home and observational data about an individual'"'"'s behaviors reflecting competencies in speech sound awareness.
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391. The method of claim F further comprising receiving a verbal response from a user to one or more tests using a speech recognition device.
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392. The method of claim F, wherein the one or more tests comprise a rhyme recognition test for testing the ability to recognize rhymes, a rhyme generation test for testing the ability to generate rhymes, a beginning and ending sound recognizer for testing the ability to recognize the beginning and ending sounds of a word, a word decoder test for testing the ability to read by sounding out a written word, a sound blender test for testing the ability to blend sound units together to form words, a sound segmenting test for testing the ability to segment a sound unit into smaller sound units, a sound manipulator test for testing the ability to manipulate sound units to form a new unit, a sequential verbal recall test for testing the ability to recall a sequence of spoken items, a rapid naming test for testing the ability to rapidly name one or more items, a letter naming and symbol/sound association test for testing the ability to name letters and identify the association between a symbol and an associated sound, and a fluent reader test for testing the ability to read fluently.
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393. The method of claim F, wherein the tests further comprise a rhyme recognition test further comprising providing at least two stimuli to the user and receiving user input in response to the at least two stimuli to determine the user'"'"'s ability to recognize rhyming words.
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394. The method of claim F, wherein the tests further comprise a test for recognizing the beginning sound of a stimulus, the test comprising generating at least one stimulus having at least an initial phoneme and receiving a response to the stimulus that indicates an ability of the test taker to recognize the initial phoneme of the stimulus.
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395. The method of claim F, wherein the tests further comprise a test for recognizing the ending sound of a stimulus, the test comprising generating at least one stimulus having at least an ending phoneme and receiving a response to the stimulus that indicates an ability of the test taker to recognize the ending phoneme of the stimulus.
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396. The method of claim F, wherein the tests further comprise a rhyme generation test comprising generating a stimulus and receiving a response from the user identifying a sound unit that rhymes with the stimulus.
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397. The method of claim F, wherein the tests further comprise a sound blender test comprising generating at least two sound stimuli and receiving a user response to the at least two sound stimuli, the response indicating an ability to blend the at least two sound stimuli into a larger sound unit.
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398. The method of claim F, wherein the tests further comprise a sound segmentation test comprising generating at least one stimulus and receiving a response to the stimulus comprising means for segmenting the stimulus into smaller units in order to test the ability to segment the stimulus into smaller units.
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399. The method of claim F, wherein the tests comprise a sound manipulation test comprising generating a sound stimulus having one or more sound units and, in response to the sound stimulus, manipulating the sound units of the sound stimulus to test the ability to manipulate sound units.
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400. The method of claim F, wherein the tests further comprise a verbal recall test comprising generating at least one sound stimulus and, in response to the at least one sound stimulus, receiving a user response indicating the recalling of the at least one sound stimulus.
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401. The method of claim F+4 further comprising speaking a verbal response into the speech recognition device for receiving a verbal response from the user.
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402. The method of claim F, wherein the tests further comprise a naming test comprising generating at least one visual stimulus and, in response to the display of the visual stimulus, speaking the name of or the sound associated with the visual stimulus using the speech recognition device.
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403. The method of claim F, wherein the tests further comprise a word decoder test comprising displaying a visual stimulus to the user and, in response to the visual stimulus, receiving a response from the user to determine the ability to read the visual stimulus.
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404. The method of claim F, wherein the tests further comprise a fluency test comprising generating a plurality of visual stimuli and receiving a user'"'"'s response to the visual stimuli within a predetermined time interval to determine the user'"'"'s ability to read and understand the visual stimuli.
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405. The method of claim F, wherein the motivation further comprises generating a graphical image and an associated sound to motivate the user to complete the tests.
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406. The method of claim F+19, wherein the motivation further comprises generating the graphical image and associated sound after a first predetermined number of tests are completed and generating another graphical image and associated sound after a second predetermined number of tests are completed.
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407. The method of claim F+20, wherein the generating further comprises generating a graphical image indicating the number of tests remaining to be completed.
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408. The method of claim F+20, wherein the motivation further comprises generating the graphical image and associated sound after a third predetermined number of tests.
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409. The method of claim F further compring, based on the test scores, recommending a training module to improve the skill of a user.
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410. The method of claim F+1, wherein the recommender further comprises downloading the recommended training module to the client computer.
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411. The method of claim F+1, wherein the recommender further comprises storing the incorrect responses to the one or more tests and generating a training module recommendation based on the incorrect responses.
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412. The method of claim F+23, wherein the recommender further comprises comparing each incorrect response to one or more error measures to identify an error associated with each incorrect response and generating a training module recommendation based on the identified error.
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413. The method of claim F+24, wherein the comparing further comprises identifying one or more errors for each incorrect response.
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414. The method of claim F+24, wherein the recommender further comprises identifying a deficient skill by comparing the identified error to a deficient skill rule and generating a training module recommendation based on the identified deficient skill.
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415. The method of claim F further comprising dynamically generating one or more data reports that illustrate the data associated with the one or more tests.
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416. The method of claim F+27, wherein the data reports further comprises displaying the test results simultaneously for one or more students.
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417. The method of claim F+28, wherein the displaying further comprises displaying the percentage of correct responses for a test.
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418. The method of claim F+28, wherein the displaying further comprises displaying the results for one or more different tests for each user wherein the results for each test are displayed in a different color.
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419. The method of claim F+27, wherein the data report generator further comprises a user interface for browsing other test data for a user.
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420. The method of claim F+27, wherein the data report generator further comprises determining the number of user test results shown.
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421. The method of claim F+27, wherein the data report generator further comprises permitting the user to select a data report print format.
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422. The method of claim F+27, wherein the data report generator further comprises permitting the user to select a data report display format.
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423. The method of claim F+27, wherein the data report generator further comprises generating a data report for one or more students in a class, generating a data report for one or more classes each having one or more students and generating a data report for a school having one or more classes.
- 424. The method of claim F, wherein the client computer further comprises a teacher station that downloads the tests from the server and one or more student computers connected to the teacher station by a network, each student computer further comprising displaying at least one of a graphical image and audio associated with each test located on the server, receiving a user response to one of the graphical images and audio presented by each test and communicating the responses for each test back to the teacher station.
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425. The method of claim F+33, wherein the teacher station further comprises communicating the response for each test for each student back to the server computer.
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426. The method of claim F+34, wherein the teacher station further comprises detecting a break in the communication between the teacher station and the server computer and resending any test data that was not sent due to the communications break.
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427. The method of claim F+33, wherein each student computer further comprises connecting to the server computer and downloading the resources necessary to execute the current test when the test is started.
- 428. The method of claim F+33, wherein the teacher station further comprises generating a classroom layout showing an icon for each student computer.
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435. A dual server system for testing one or more skills associated with the reading skills of an individual, comprising:
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a server computer comprising one or more tests for determining deficiencies in one or more reading and pre-reading skills, a scorer for determining a score for each test;
a teacher station for downloading the tests from the server computer; and
wherein the teacher station is connected to one or more student computer over a computer network, the teacher station further comprising means for establishing a communications session with each student computer so that each student computer displays at least one of a graphical image and audio associated with each test located on the server, receives a user response to one of the graphical images and audio presented by each test, and communicates the responses for each test back to the teacher station. - View Dependent Claims (436, 437, 438, 439, 440, 441, 442, 443, 444, 445, 446, 447, 448, 449, 450, 451, 452, 453, 454, 455, 456, 457, 458, 459, 460, 461, 462, 463, 464, 465, 466, 467, 468, 469, 470, 471, 472, 473, 474, 475, 476, 477, 478, 479, 480, 481)
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