Taught learning aid
First Claim
1. A learning aid comprising:
- control means having defined therein a response data set and a set of messages, said control means havingmeans for selecting a first response data from said set of response data in response to an operator generated problem, and for selecting a second response data from said set of response data in response to an operator generated evaluation input,memory means for storage of said response data set;
said means for selecting a first response data including means for randomly choosing an incorrect response data from said response data set as said first response;
said means for selecting a second particular response data including means for evaluating if said first response data is appropriate with said operator generated problem; and
operator interface means communicating with said control means, said operator interface means havingmeans for receiving said operator generated problem, for receiving said operator generated evaluation data, and for communicating to the operator said first response data and said second response data.
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Abstract
An electronic learning aid in which the student supplies a problem to which the learning aid supplies a response. The response of the learning aid is sometimes correct and at other times incorrect, thus requiring the operator/student to respond as an educator of the learning aid. This educating of the learning aid by the student requires the ability to recognize the correct answer. Preferably, if the student recognizes the correct response, praise is given; otherwise, either the problem is explained to the student or the learning aid ventures another guess. This "educating" of the learning aid through the posing of problems from the operator allows the student to proceed at his own pace and yet tries the limits of his knowledge.
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16 Claims
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1. A learning aid comprising:
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control means having defined therein a response data set and a set of messages, said control means having means for selecting a first response data from said set of response data in response to an operator generated problem, and for selecting a second response data from said set of response data in response to an operator generated evaluation input, memory means for storage of said response data set; said means for selecting a first response data including means for randomly choosing an incorrect response data from said response data set as said first response; said means for selecting a second particular response data including means for evaluating if said first response data is appropriate with said operator generated problem; and operator interface means communicating with said control means, said operator interface means having means for receiving said operator generated problem, for receiving said operator generated evaluation data, and for communicating to the operator said first response data and said second response data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method of operating a learning aid comprising:
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receiving an operator generated problem via an operator interface; selecting a first response to said operator generated problem from a library of responses; periodically choosing in selecting said first response to said operator generated problem from a library of responses a first response which is not optimally related to said operator generated problem; communicating said first response to said operator; receiving via said operator interface, an operator generated evaluation input; generating a decisional data based on the relationship of said operator generated problem, said first response, and said operator generated evaluation input; and communicating said decisional data to the operator via said operator interface. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13)
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14. A man-machine interactive system comprising:
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problem input means for receipt of a operator generated problem, said problem input means including means for translating an operator generated auditory signal into a sequence of pitches as the operator generated problem; response generation means for selecting a first data value in response to said operator generated problem, said response generation means including means for selecting a non-optimal match between said sequence of pitches and a library of pitches in forming said first data value; output means including a voice synthesis means for communicating to said operator said first data value; judgment input means including a keyboard for receipt of an operator generated judgment data; decisional means for generating decisional data being either a second data value or a message according to a relationship of said operator generated problem, said first data value, and said operator generated judgment data; and communication means for transmission of said decisional data to said operator. - View Dependent Claims (15)
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16. A man-machine interactive system comprising:
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problem input means for receipt of an operator generated problem in the form of an algebraic equation; response generation means for selecting a first data value in response to said operator generated problem, said response generation means including means for selecting a non-optimal match between the correct answer for the algebraic equation and a library of response in forming said first data value; output means including a voice synthesis means for communicating to said operator said first data value; judgment input means including a keyboard for receipt of an operator generated judgment data; decisional means for generating decisional data being either a second data value or a message according to a relationship of said operator generated problem, said first data value, and said operator generated judgment data; and communication means for transmission of said decisional data to said operator.
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