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Electronic learning apparatus with self-adjusting level of difficulty

  • US 5,902,116 A
  • Filed: 09/24/1997
  • Issued: 05/11/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/07/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of operating a learning device comprising the steps of:

  • providing a plurality of data sets, each data set including requests for responses from an operator and further including corresponding answer data related to the appropriateness of said operator responses,at least a portion of said plurality of data sets reflecting a different level of intellectual difficulty with respect to other data sets within said plurality of data sets;

    selecting a first data set;

    randomly selecting a request for response from said first data set;

    communicating said selected request for response to said operator;

    receiving an operator response from said operator through an input device;

    determining the appropriateness of said operator response with respect to said corresponding answer data;

    producing output related to the appropriateness of the operator response; and

    selecting a second data set having a different degree of intellectual difficulty from which subsequent requests for operator response may be derived, said selection of sa id second data set being dependent upon the appropriateness of at least one prior operator response.

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