Method and apparatus for automated learning and performance evaluation

Patent 5545044 Issued on August 13, 1996. Estimated Expiration Date:

April 25, 2015. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventors

Application

No. 428890 filed on 04/25/1995

US Classes:

434/322, QUESTION OR PROBLEM ELICITING RESPONSE434/323, Cathode ray screen display included in examining means434/335By means including electrical component

Examiners

Primary: Apley, Richard J.
Assistant: Richman, Glenn E.

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Baker & Botts, L.L.P.

International Class

G09B 005/00

Abstract

A method and apparatus is provided for automated learning and performance evaluation of a group of items by a user. The apparatus, which can be a digital computer, has input means for receiving a user's response, a display means for presenting the material to be learned and logic means for sorting the items. The method, which can be practiced on a digital computer, has steps of querying the user as to whether items are believed to be known or unknown, sorting the items into groups of perceived known and unknown items and generating a sequence of items to be displayed. An important feature of this invention is that the user is tested regarding his belief as to whether the item is known or unknown not as to his actual knowledge.