STUDENT TEACHING SYSTEM AND THE LIKE AND RELATED METHOD

• US 3,810,316 A
• Filed: 07/03/1972
• Issued: 05/14/1974
• Est. Priority Date: 07/03/1972
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Bachir Lahlou
• Original Assignee: Bachir Lahlou
• Inventors: Lahlou, Bachir
• Primary Examiner(s): Charles, Lawrence
• Assistant Examiner(s): Hum, Vance Y.
• Application Number:
  US05/268,594
• Time in Patent Office: 680 Days
• Field of Search: 35/8R,8A,9R,9A,9B,9E,35R,35C,35D,48R 178/6.6A 179/2R,2A,2DP,6R,6AC,6E,1.2MD
• US Class Current: 434/320
• 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

Abstract

A student teaching system and related method are provided by means of which a student located at a remote station may initiate the transmission of a series of questions or the like to which he may reply. The student'"'"''"'"'s replies are recorded at the location from which the questions are initially transmitted and provision is made for further recording corrections so that when a lesson is complete both the questions and corrections may be transmitted to the student. According to one embodiment of the invention, the student may be provided with a telephone having a special adapter which enables him to communicate through a telephone exchange with a central station having a tape recorder provided with a series of questions or other lesson objects requiring student responses and further provided with a recorder to record the student responses as well as the corrections. A signal device may be provided by means of which the student may signal for operator intercession or by means of which the student can reset the position of the series of lesson objects requiring student responses.

Claims

1. Instruction apparatus comprising student inquiring means for initiating a lesson procedure, transmitting means responsive to said inquiring means to transmit a series of lesson objects requiring student responses, receiving means to receive and record the student responses, a telephone exchange means coupling the inquiring means to the transmitting and receiving means, said inquiring means including a phone handset including a microphone, signal generators for generating assistance call signals and reverse signals, and a mixer for modulating said signals and signals from said microphone for transmission via said exchange means and an adapter detachably supported on said handset and housing said signal generators and also housing means for processing and transmitting voice signals, said receiving means including recording means coupled to said transmitting means to record the lesson objects along with the student responses, said recording means being reversible by said reverse signals.

2. Apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein said receiving means includes means to transmit to the student inquiring means, after the receipt of at least one student response, a correction.

3. Apparatus as claimed in claim 1 comprising means to monitor the receiving means.

4. Apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein the transmitting and receiving means include tape recorders.

5. Apparatus as claimed in claim 1 comprising a ring detector coupled to said exchange and two signal detectors coupled to said ring detector and responsive to the signals from said signal generators.

6. Apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein said receiving means includes a record medium and further means for automatically rewinding and replaying the same.