Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
244 words
An instructional apparatus that gives feedback to the user as to his or her correct or incorrect responses by the use of: a computer that is programmable and is linked to input and output sources; an instructional sheet that contains response areas that represent possible correct answer choices to multiple choice, true-false, or cross matching questions, said response areas being located at some of the coordinates of a grid pattern, said instructional sheet overlying a number of electroconductive and nonconductive components that are held in a holding frame and are organized so that when downward pressure is exerted at any response area, which may be at any of the coordinates of the grid pattern, that two electric circuits are closed by this downward pressure, one of the closed circuits indicating which of the longitudinal coordinates in the grid was energized, and the other circuit that was closed indicating which perpendicular coordinate of the grid was energized; said information as to the two circuits that are closed being sent to the computer by wires, relays, and other appropriate means, said computer having been previously programmed with said grid coordinates to identify some of the coordinates of where the longitudinal and perpendicular coordinates intersect as being correct response areas, and designating the remaining grid coordinates as incorrect response areas, said computer receiving and evaluating this input from the teaching apparatus, and having means sending information immediately back to the user as to correct and incorrect responses.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
244 words
An instructional apparatus that gives feedback to the user as to his or her correct or incorrect responses by the use of: a computer that is programmable and is linked to input and output sources; an instructional sheet that contains response areas that represent possible correct answer choices to multiple choice, true-false, or cross matching questions, said response areas being located at some of the coordinates of a grid pattern, said instructional sheet overlying a number of electroconductive and nonconductive components that are held in a holding frame and are organized so that when downward pressure is exerted at any response area, which may be at any of the coordinates of the grid pattern, that two electric circuits are closed by this downward pressure, one of the closed circuits indicating which of the longitudinal coordinates in the grid was energized, and the other circuit that was closed indicating which perpendicular coordinate of the grid was energized; said information as to the two circuits that are closed being sent to the computer by wires, relays, and other appropriate means, said computer having been previously programmed with said grid coordinates to identify some of the coordinates of where the longitudinal and perpendicular coordinates intersect as being correct response areas, and designating the remaining grid coordinates as incorrect response areas, said computer receiving and evaluating this input from the teaching apparatus, and having means sending information immediately back to the user as to correct and incorrect responses.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
43 words
The invention as claimed in claim 1, where the apparatus has a testing mode and retains said information in its memory, and gives this information as to correct and incorrect responses to the tester at a later time on command of the tester.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
16 words
The invention as claimed in claim 1, where response areas are printed on the instructional sheets.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
18 words
The invention as claimed in claim 1, where the response areas are holes punched in the instructional sheets.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
25 words
The invention as claimed in claim 1, where the electroconductive elements that define the longitudinal and perpendicular coordinates of the grid pattern are elongated conductors.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
49 words
The invention as claimed in claim 1, wherein said computer is programmed to evaluate, analyze and summarize information about a student's performance over time and in a number of subject areas, and to make the same available to a teacher or other evaluator on command from the computer's memory.