Teaching and testing system for reinforced programmed learning

Claim 1

IN A TEACHING SYSTEM ADAPTED FOR CLASS RESPONSE, A TESTING DEVICE COMPRISING CIRCUIT MEANS FOR INDICATING A RESPONSE TO A STIMULANT, A MASTER MATRIX COUPLED TO SAID CIRCUIT MEANS COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF PAIRS OF CONTACT ELEMENTS, CIRCUIT ACTUATING MEANS SELECTIVELY OPERABLE BY A TEACHER FOR COOPERATING WITH AT LEAST ONE PAIR OF SAID CONTACT ELEMENTS TO PREPARE A PREFERRED CIRCUIT FOR COMPLETION THROUGH SAID CIRCUIT MEANS, A STUDENT RESPONSE MATRIX REMOTELY SITUATED FROM SAID MASTER MATRIX COUPLED TO SAID CIRCUIT MEANS AND MASTER MATRIX AND CONTROLLABLE BY A STUDENT TO INDICATE HIS RESPONSE TO SAID STIMULANT, SAID RESPONSE MATRIX COMPRISING A NETWORK OF RESPONSE UNITS FROMED OF PAIRS OF ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE ELEMENTS COUPLED TO SAID PLURALITY OF PAIRS OF CONTACT ELEMENTS OF SAID MASTER MATRIX, A DATA GATHERING CARD ELEMENT INDEXABLE WITH THE ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE ELMENTS OF THE RESPONSE MATRIX, AND PROBE MEANS SELECTIVELY OPERABLE BY A STUDENT FOR APPLYING A RESPONSE TO A SELECTED AREA OF THE CARD ELEMENT WHEN INDEXED WITH THE RESPONSE MATRIX AND FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY ENERGIZING THE CIRCUIT VIA ELECTRICAL CONTACT WITH A SELECTED RESPONSE UNIT CORRELATED TO SAID SELECTED AREA OF THE CARD, WHEREBY THE CIRCUIT MEANS FOR INDICATING A RESPONSE TO SAID STIMULANT IS COMPLETED WHEN A STUDENT MAKES HIS RESPONSE VIA HIS PROBE MEANS, A DESIRED RESPONSE BEING INDICATED WHEN THE STUDENT COMPLETES THE PREFERRED CIRCUIT PREPARED BY THE TEACHER AS COMPARED TO AN UNDESIRED RESPONSE WHEN THE PREPARED CIRCUIT IS NOT COMPLETED.