TEACHING MACHINE

• US 3,623,238 A
• Filed: 06/11/1969
• Issued: 11/30/1971
• Est. Priority Date: 06/28/1968
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Jacques Laplume
• Original Assignee: Jacques Laplume
• Inventors: Laplume, Jacques
• Application Number:
  US04/832,290
• Time in Patent Office: 902 Days
• US Class Current: 434/321
• 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 TAPE RECORDER PRESENTS INSTRUCTIONAL ITEMS TO A STUDENT, WHO A KEYBOARD, THE STUDENT IS ASKED TO OPERATE A PARTICULAR KEY IN RESPONSE TO A QUESTION AT THE END OF EACH INSTRUCTION ITEM, IF AN INCORRECT ANSWER IS RECORDED BY A KEY, A SUB-INSTRUCTION ITEM INCLUDING FURTHER EXPLANATION IS PRESENTED TO THE STUDENT, THE SUB-INSTRUCTION ITEM BEING RECORDED ON A PARALLEL TRACK, OR IN SERIES WITH THE MAIN ITEM, THE SUB-INSTRUCTION ITEMS ARE SKIPPED UNDER CONTROL OF A CONTROL UNIT IF THE KEY ASSOCIATED WITH THE CORRECT ANSWER IS OPERATED. MACHINE INSTRUCTION WORDS TO DETERMINE COINCIDENCE OF KEY OPERATION AND CORRECT ANSWER ARE CODED BY PULSE CODED, SELECTED FREQUENCIES RECORDED ON THE TAPE OR THE LIKE, AND SELECTED BY TANK CIRCUITS.

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