摘要:
A method and apparatus for improving math skills is provided. The method and apparatus present groups of problems to a student in a sequential manner, and award points to the student when the student enters a correct response. Statistics regard the student's performance are recorded and may be viewed in a variety of selectable formats so that parents, teachers, and other interested parties can track the students progress.
摘要:
An instruction method for learning of mental arithmetic includes finger training, instruction instrument training and abstract training that are proceeded orderly and gradually in stages. The finger training mainly focuses on movements of ten fingers of user's two hands to form different gestures to match a calculation table to interpret the essentials of numeric decomposition and combination in calculations, and to practice finger exercises related to the calculations. The instruction instrument training aims to form graphics of numerals on a paper card to enable users to move and position the fingers on the paper card according to the numerals of different digits to do exercises of multi-digit calculations. The abstract training is executed after the user becomes skillful of the instruction instrument training to enable users to form naturally images of the paper card and finger movements and positions in the brain.
摘要:
Educational paraphernalia and methods for using same to introduce and teach very young children the basics of arithmetic commencing with first the recognition of individual numbers, then counting, followed by the rudiments of addition, subtraction, multiplication, division and fractions, including the recognition of coins and utilizing them for making proper payments and change.
摘要:
A device that teaches the relationship between a circle, its diameter and its radius. The device includes a circular ring that has a rigid intersecting bar representing its diameter. Attachment mechanism allows flexible diameter bars to be attached around the outer perimeter of the circle. Flexible bars the same size as the diameter or the radius are available to attach to the outer perimeter by way of the attachment mechanism. Additional flexible bars are available at 0.14 diameters and 0.28 radiuses in length. When the flexible diameter bars are attached to the circle, three diameters bars and one 0.14 diameter bar are affixed around the circle's circumference representing 3.14 diameters. When the flexible radius bars are attached to the circle, six radius bars and one 0.28 radius bar are affixed around the circle's circumference representing 6.28 radius.
摘要:
Methods of dynamically presenting transformations of expressions comprising symbols representing abstract concepts are described. Methods are presented of animating these symbols to exhibit the transformations and, optionally, link these animations with the corresponding animations of a concrete pictorial model. Additional methods are described linking these animations with computer controlled and,even computer calculated explanations of the process in both text and sound.The purpose is to present the rules for transforming abstract representations (for example equations) in ways that are much easier to understand and remember. Such animations are the modern dynamic “illustrations” of these transformations.Methods are described of computer controlled sequencing of the animations with corresponding animations of a concrete analogical model.
摘要:
A random problem generator selects a formula from a database of formulas, randomly generates an initial condition necessary to solve the selected formula, and generates a question involving the selected formula and the randomly generated initial condition. A random problem generator further randomly selects a cation from a table of cations, retrieves the cation name from the table of cations, randomly selects an anion from a table of anions, and retrieves the anion name from the table of anions. The random problem generator balances the charges of the cation and the anion and determines the subscripts for the cation and the anion. The random problem generator places the cation and anion together to form a chemical formula and the cation name and anion name together to form a chemical name. The random problem generator additionally generates either a question supplying the chemical name and asking for the chemical formula or supplying the chemical formula and asking for the chemical name.
摘要:
A measuring and instructional ruler device is provided for use by children and persons during the instruction of linear measurement, and for use in the measuring and drawing of objects. The device is comprised of a base panel having a top surface having standard units of measure delineated thereon, and at least one transparent sheet having fractional increments of the same standard unit of measure delineated thereon, wherein the transparent sheet is positionable over the base panel so that the delineated fractional increments of the standard unit of measure may be aligned with the delineated standard units of measure to demonstrate the relationship between the unit of measure and the fractional increments thereof.
摘要:
A mathematical teaching aid or game comprising a background grid having components and subcomponents each positioned within individual cells of the grid so that many mathematical arrangements and concepts can be displayed. Each component has a face color from a set of colors and contains on its face the outline of a geometric shape from a set of geometric shapes. Each component represents a unique pairing of color and shape outline. Each subcomponent has a shape congruent to the shape outline from the set of shapes and matches exactly one component with respect to color and shape outline. The components are mounted upon the grid cells and the subcomponents can be mounted upon either a grid cell or upon a corresponding shape outline. Various arrangements of components and subcomponents on the grid can be made to illustrate numerous mathematical principles from elementary to advanced: shape/color recognition and matching; concepts of addition, subtraction, multiplication; factoring composite numbers; squaring numbers; factoring quadratics; distinguishing between prime and composite numbers; identifying factors common to composite numbers.
摘要:
A Quincunx type of statistics training device having an improved ball-stop apparatus. The ball-stop comprises a base member having a plurality of forwardly extending pins. The base member is spring biased in a rearward direction and a latch mechanism is used to lock the base member in a forward position. Moving of the latch member allows the ball-stop to move rearwardly and thereby release any balls which had stacked up atop its pins.
摘要:
A two-stage training device for statistical studies permits the demonstration of advanced statistical principles. Balls are dropped from an upper reservoir through a maze of pins which scatters the balls into a histogram having that shape of a normal curve. The balls from individual cells of the histograms are dropped through a second maze of pins into a second set of vertical cells to form a series of histograms. Dropping subsequent sets of balls from many of the upper cells, visually demonstrates, that: "The Sum Of Normal Independent Sets Of Events Is Normal".