Methods and systems for education and cognitive-skills training
First Claim
1. A method of educating a user, comprising acts of:
- organizing a plurality of clues in a book, wherein a clue comprises content for which there is an unstated solution or answer; and
providing at least one search including selected clues from the plurality of clues, wherein the at least one search is conducted in the book; and
selecting at least one educational objective for the at least one search; and
selecting a plurality of identifiers each of which consists of at least one word or number, wherein at least some of the identifiers represent correct solutions to the selected clues and at least some of the identifiers support the educational objective; and
creating clues wherein the unstated solution to each clue is represented by at least one of the selected identifiers and wherein at least some of the clues support the selected educational objective; and
organizing the selected identifiers in a predictable order and displaying them in that predictable order within the book; and
determining an order in which the selected clues are to be found and solved during the search which is unpredictable to the user, wherein the user'"'"'s objective is to find and solve the clues in this predetermined order; and
providing the location of at least one starting clue used to begin the at least one search; and
displaying or associating each subsequent clue with each identifier that is a correct solution to the preceding clue in the search, andproviding at least one reward, a reward comprising an illustration and/or text; and
displaying or associating at least one reward with an identifier that is a correct solution to the final clue in a search,thereby providing a book in which the user can perform at least one search that involves finding a predetermined sequence of physically non-sequential clues, wherein the user determines the locations of the majority of the selected clues by solving the preceding clue in the search and looking up the solution among the predictably organized identifiers, thereby moving through the pages of the book in a non-sequential order to find the clues in their correct predetermined order, thereby also determining the correct predetermined order of the selected clue solutions represented as identifiers.
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Abstract
Methods and systems are provided for educational and cognitive-skills training. A method of educating a user includes an act of organizing a plurality of clues in a book. At least one search including selected clues from the plurality of clues is included in the book. The search is conducted in the book, and each of the selected clues must be found and solved in a specific predetermined order. The search clues are organized and/or selected to insure that the user cannot move sequentially through the pages. The user determines the solution to each clue to locate the next clue and, ultimately, to locate the end of the search. The solutions are organized and displayed in a predictable way (e.g., alphabetically or numerically) so that the user can “look up” each solution.
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28 Claims
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1. A method of educating a user, comprising acts of:
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organizing a plurality of clues in a book, wherein a clue comprises content for which there is an unstated solution or answer; and providing at least one search including selected clues from the plurality of clues, wherein the at least one search is conducted in the book; and selecting at least one educational objective for the at least one search; and selecting a plurality of identifiers each of which consists of at least one word or number, wherein at least some of the identifiers represent correct solutions to the selected clues and at least some of the identifiers support the educational objective; and creating clues wherein the unstated solution to each clue is represented by at least one of the selected identifiers and wherein at least some of the clues support the selected educational objective; and organizing the selected identifiers in a predictable order and displaying them in that predictable order within the book; and determining an order in which the selected clues are to be found and solved during the search which is unpredictable to the user, wherein the user'"'"'s objective is to find and solve the clues in this predetermined order; and providing the location of at least one starting clue used to begin the at least one search; and displaying or associating each subsequent clue with each identifier that is a correct solution to the preceding clue in the search, and providing at least one reward, a reward comprising an illustration and/or text; and displaying or associating at least one reward with an identifier that is a correct solution to the final clue in a search, thereby providing a book in which the user can perform at least one search that involves finding a predetermined sequence of physically non-sequential clues, wherein the user determines the locations of the majority of the selected clues by solving the preceding clue in the search and looking up the solution among the predictably organized identifiers, thereby moving through the pages of the book in a non-sequential order to find the clues in their correct predetermined order, thereby also determining the correct predetermined order of the selected clue solutions represented as identifiers. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method of entertaining a user, comprising acts of:
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organizing a plurality of clues in a book, wherein a clue comprises content for which there is an unstated solution or answer; and providing at least one search including selected clues from the plurality of clues, wherein the at least one search is conducted in the book; and selecting a plurality of identifiers each of which consists of at least one word or number, wherein at least some of the identifiers are correct solutions to the selected clues; and creating clues wherein the unstated solution to each clue is represented by at least one of the selected identifiers; and organizing the selected identifiers in a predictable order and displaying them in that order within the book; and determining an order for the search clues and their corresponding solutions and identifiers which is unpredictable to the user, wherein the user'"'"'s objective is to find and solve the clues in this predetermined order; and providing the location of at least one starting clue used to begin the at least one search; and displaying or associating each subsequent clue with each identifier that is a correct solution to the preceding clue in the search; and providing at least one reward, a reward comprising an illustration and/or text; and displaying or associating the at least one reward with an identifier that is a correct solution to the final clue in a search, thereby providing a book in which the user can perform at least one search that involves finding a predetermined sequence of physically non-sequential clues, wherein the user determines the locations of the majority of the selected clues by solving the preceding clue in the search and looking up the solution among the predictably organized identifiers, thereby finding the clues in their correct predetermined order and determining the correct order of the clue solutions represented as identifiers. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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