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Method and apparatus for correlating test information

  • US 4,829,431 A
  • Filed: 12/27/1983
  • Issued: 05/09/1989
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/27/1983
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An educational system for use by a student comprising:

  • a test element having a first set of knowledge elements arranged in a first predetermined pattern, and a second set of knowledge elements arranged in a second predetermined pattern, each of said second knowledge elements related to one of said first knowledge elements;

    a portable non-volatile memory having stored therein the correct relationship of the elements in said first and second patterns;

    a digital computer for interfacing with said portable memory, said computer having on-board memory integral therewith;

    means operable by the student for storing said first and second predetermined patterns in said on-board memory of said computer; and

    means operable by the student for selecting one of the knowledge elements in said first predetermined pattern and one of the knowledge elements in said second predetermined pattern from said test element and generating signals to said computer representative of said selections;

    said computer operable for comparing the relationship of the two selected knowledge elements with the stored relationship in said portable memory to determine if the two selected knowledge elements are related.

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