System, apparatus and method for maximizing effectiveness and efficiency of learning, retaining and retrieving knowledge and skills

• US 20050277099A1
• Filed: 04/18/2003
• Published: 12/15/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 12/30/1999
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Andrew Smith Lewis, Andrew Van Schaack
• Original Assignee: Andrew Smith Lewis, Andrew Van Schaack
• Inventors: Lewis, Andrew Smith, Van Schaack, Andrew
• Application Number:
  US10/418,652
• Publication Number:
  US 20050277099A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 434/322
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 5/00 Electrically-operated educational appliances working with questions and answers G09B7/00; simulators G09B9/00; advertising or displaying in general G09F
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 7/00 Electrically-operated teaching apparatus or devices working with questions and answers mechanically operated G09B3/00; computing arrangements G06F
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 7/02 of the type wherein the student is expected to construct an answer to the question which is presented or wherein the machine gives an answer to the question presented by a student
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 7/04 characterised by modifying the teaching programme in response to a wrong answer, e.g. repeating the question, supplying a further explanation

Abstract

A system, method and apparatus for maximizing the effectiveness and efficiency of learning, retaining and retrieving knowledge and skills includes a main engine having a Learn Module, a Review Module and a Test Module. Each of the Learn, Review and Test Modules are capable of operating independently but are preferably arranged to operate interactively such that operation of each of the Learn, Review and Test Modules are changed based on a user'"'"'s past performance within one or more of the three modules. In addition, the main engine may also include a Schedule Module for flexibly scheduling learning, reviewing and retrieving knowledge and skills based on various factors and input information. The main engine also may include a Progress Module which monitors a user'"'"'s performance on any of the Learn, Review and Test Modules and changes the future operation of each module based on the monitored performance. The main engine also may include a Help Module to provide assistance with any of the other modules.

Claims

1. A method of learning comprising the steps of:

(a) presenting information to be learned so that the information to be learned becomes learned information;

(b) presenting the learned information for review in a way that is different from the way in which information is presented during learning whether the learned information has actually been learned;

(c) presenting information for testing whether the learned information has actually been learned; and

(d) monitoring a user'"'"'s performance in each of steps (a), (b) and (c) and changing scheduling of at least one of steps (a), (b) and (c) based on the monitored user'"'"'s performance.