Device for self-monitoring of learning content

Abstract

Device for self-monitoring of learning content, comprising at least one flat information carrier (9) with planar information in the form of task fields (13) and each associated solution fields (14), and an opaque device for covering at least one task and / or solution field, characterized in that the opaque device for covering a task and / or solution field is designed as a board (22) that is at least partially writable, readable, and erasable for temporarily fixing an answer (21), which is guided on at least one information carrier (9) such that it lies parallel to the base of an information carrier (9) and is capable of relative displacement with respect to the information carrier (9) parallel to its base.however, only (anti-)parallel to a single spatial direction and limited by a stop element (5) to limit the relative displacement of the panel (22) relative to the information carrier (9) in one direction, wherein the stop element (5) is designed as the underside or base or contact surface (5) of a cuff- or shell-shaped lower part (3) with height hU, which is covered by a lid (4) with height hD for closing, where hD − hU = hA + hR, where hA is the height of one of the task fields (13) and hR is the height of the edge (19) of the information carrier (9), wherein the lid (4) almost completely surrounds the lower part (3) in the closed state, such that the lid (4) placed on the lower part (3) is frictionally fixed, wherein furthermore the front and back sides (6) of the lid (4) are the wider sides of the lid (4), and wherein each information carrier (9) is printed on both sides, in such a way that each side,Both the front (11) and the back (12) each have a plurality of task fields (13) and solution fields (14), wherein on the front (11) as well as on the back (12) of each information carrier (9) an even number of field pairs, each consisting of a task field (13) and a solution field (14), are arranged, wherein the fields (13, 14) are arranged symmetrically to a horizontal center line (16) that divides the information carrier (9) into two halves (17), and wherein the fields (13, 14) are each provided with a label (18) that is oriented so that it is always legible when the information carrier (9) is rotated so that the relevant label (18) is located above the center line (16).

Description

[0001] The invention relates to a device for self-monitoring of learning content, comprising a flat information carrier with flatly displayed information in the form of task fields and each associated solution fields, as well as an opaque device for covering a task and / or solution field.

[0002] The written or pictorial recording of information for the purpose of conveying and learning it is widespread. This includes all textbooks, but also self-created vocabulary notebooks, etc. Acquisition usually occurs through repeated memorization of the learning content. To check whether the acquired learning content is readily available in memory, with the current state of technology a second person must ask questions, which the student then has to answer.

[0003] However, if a second person is not available, conscientious checking is not possible. In this case, the student must cover the answer fields with one hand and try to give the correct answers from memory. However, the corresponding answer field should be uncovered immediately after each answer is found, in order to be able to recall the answer without doubt and to critically assess one's own solution as correct or incorrect. With this approach, however, there is a lack of an overview of correct or known and incorrect or unknown answers, which is important for the learning process and would allow learning progress to be observed and evaluated. Even if a tally of correct and incorrect answers is kept, ultimately there is no information about which learning content has been "retained" and which has not.

[0004] The student would therefore have to practice the same learning content repeatedly until the correct solution is memorized. However, it is inefficient from a learning perspective to only repeat one learning content at a time, since when subsequently practicing further learning content, previously acquired information is often forgotten.

[0005] The disadvantages of the described prior art give rise to the problem that initiates the invention: to create a means for critical and efficient self-monitoring of progress in the acquisition of learning content. This means of self-monitoring should be achievable with minimal effort and repeatable as often as desired in order to observe learning progress.

[0006] This problem is solved by the fact that the device for covering a task and / or solution field or a part (inextricably) connected to it or a part connectable to it is designed as a board that is at least partially writable, readable and erasable for temporarily fixing an answer, which is guided on at least one information carrier in such a way that it lies parallel to the base surface of an information carrier and is capable of a relative displacement with respect to the information carrier parallel to its base surface, but only (anti-)parallel to a single spatial direction and limited in one direction by a stop element.

[0007] The concept according to the invention thus comprises writing the answer(s) directly onto the cover device or a part (permanently) connected or connectable to it, while simultaneously holding the cover device in a specific relative orientation and also serving as an information carrier, so that the given solutions cannot be accidentally revealed. After the answers have been given, the board / The cover is moved until the relevant answer field becomes visible. The given answer can then be compared with the correct answer. The student immediately learns whether their answer was correct or not, allowing them to memorize it more effectively. The board is then erased. The cover is moved further until the next answer field becomes visible, and the student must consider and write down the corresponding answer. The stop element, which limits relative movement in one direction, creates a defined reference position, with an information carrier in a predetermined location. A suitable stop element could be, for example, the base and / or contact surface of a cuff- or shell-shaped device, which may also have openings to allow the contained information carrier(s) to be pushed out.The panel can also be attached to a part that is detachable from the cover device, for example to allow it to be folded for storage (a plug connection and / or a magnetic connection is suitable for this purpose); however, this does not correspond to the normal case, where the panel is connected to the cover device for the sake of simplifying the construction and also to prevent individual parts from getting lost.

[0008] It has proven advantageous that at least one flat information carrier has two edges that are at least partially parallel to each other, so that it can be displaced parallel to these edges relative to the guide part.

[0009] In a preferred embodiment The flat information carrier can be designed as a card.

[0010] By designing the stop element as the underside or base or contact surface of a cuff- or shell-shaped device, the information carriers can each slide down to this base or contact surface and are thereby aligned with each other, so that a packing of several information carrier cards can be arranged in an orderly manner.

[0011] One or more openings in the underside or base or contact surface allow the orderedly aligned information carrier cards to be pushed out of the sleeve- or cuff-shaped case together and, for example, reinserted under a different orientation (upside down or turned over) or exchanged for another pack.

[0012] Several task and solution fields can be arranged on the flat information carrier, e.g. an entire lesson.

[0013] The task and solution fields should always be arranged alternately in a row running along the two parallel edges of the planar information carrier. In this case, the orientation of the guide element does not need to be changed when successively practicing different tasks.

[0014] If – as further provided by the invention – the board is bordered at least partially by a straight edge (running perpendicular to the direction of movement), the device for the relative alignment of the information carrier with respect to the board can be designed such that a free edge of the board always remains approximately parallel to a predetermined edge (running perpendicular to the direction of movement) of a task or solution field during any relative movement of the board. This ensures that all task and solution fields have the same or similar geometry and can be practiced sequentially by relative movement of the information carrier by equal distances with respect to the board.

[0015] The device for the relative alignment of the information carrier with respect to the board should grip the flat information carrier at two opposite edges so that it cannot move laterally. For this purpose, the device for the relative alignment of the information carrier with respect to the board can be designed as a single connected element (C-shaped cross-section) or as a double connected element (O-shaped cross-section).

[0016] The device for the relative alignment of the information carrier with respect to the board can be produced in a particularly simple way from a single-planar body, e.g. by bending its edges to form a body with a C-shaped cross-section.

[0017] While the information carrier is preferably designed to be detachable, the board can be integrated or connected to the device for its relative alignment. These parts never need to be separated from each other. Their connection reduces the risk of a part being lost.

[0018] The invention recommends that the board, together with the device for the relative alignment of the information carrier with respect to the board, be designed as a sleeve encompassing the information carrier. By having a sleeve encompass the information carrier (possibly completely), it is guided with particular precision yet with ease.

[0019] If the board has approximately the same width (±10%) as the distance between the enclosed edges of the information carrier, it covers the same over its entire width and a solution field with a corresponding area is completely invisible while answering a given task.

[0020] In a particularly simple embodiment, the cuff or sleeve can have a cutout into which the panel is integrated. The guide element thus forms, together with the panel, a band-shaped cuff or, for example, a five-sided sleeve with a constant width.

[0021] The board can also be arranged at a distance from the guide device, e.g., via a bridge. However, the connections of such a bridge to the board on the one hand and to the sleeve or casing on the other should be flexible so that the board can still be laid flat on the sleeve / guide device and peeping is impossible. Such a movable connection allows, for example, the board to be folded over for erasing from its back.

[0022] If the bridge is very short and is formed or fixed to both an edge or end face of the board and an edge or end face of the sleeve or cover, the board can be folded 180° from one side of the sleeve to the other. This embodiment is particularly suitable for boards that can be written on, read, and erased from both sides. In this case, the board could even be transparent, for example, like an overhead projection transparency, if the sleeve is opaque.

[0023] If the distance between the connecting lines of the bridge to the board on the one hand and to the sleeve or casing on the other hand corresponds approximately to half the distance between the enclosed edges of the information carrier, and the bridge connects approximately centrally to the back of the board on one hand and to a narrow side of the casing on the other, then the board can be completely pivoted from one flat side of the casing / casing / guide device to its opposite flat side, so that the problems on both sides of a flat information carrier can be solved without removing it from the casing / casing / guide device. This is particularly advantageous for information carriers in the form of an endless strip.

[0024] The board can also have a larger surface area than an information carrier. This is particularly advantageous if the information retrieved from an information carrier requires a certain amount of space when handwritten.

[0025] Especially when the board for recording the hypothesized solution is larger than an information carrier, the invention recommends arranging one or more compartments for storing additional information carriers to the side of a receptacle for one or more information carriers. This allows the area occupied by the board to be used optimally.

[0026] To remove the stored information carriers, one or more storage compartments can have a side opening. Alternatively, for this purpose, it is also possible for the panel to be designed as a part of packaging that can be pivoted outwards and / or upwards, so that the stored information carriers are accessible and can be removed when pivoted upwards.

[0027] Further features, advantages, properties and effects based on the invention will become apparent from the following description of a preferred embodiment of the invention and from the accompanying drawing. The drawing shows:

[0028] Fig. 1 shows a perspective view of a learning device according to the invention with at least one information carrier and at least one writable board in an unused, closed state;

[0029] Fig. 2 shows a representation of the same learning device corresponding to Fig. 1 in the open state, while solving a task;

[0030] Fig. 3 a pen for writing on the board from Fig. 1;

[0031] Fig. 4 shows the learning device from Fig. 2 in the same perspective, but after solving a task;

[0032] Fig. 5 shows the front sides of various information carriers for the learning device from Fig. 1; as well as

[0033] Fig. 6 shows the reverse sides of the information carriers from Fig. 5.

[0034] The device 1 for self-monitoring learning content has – purely externally speaking – the shape of a box 2, preferably made of cardboard or a comparable material, with a base 3 and a lid 4. The box 2 has a width b, a depth t, and a height h. The following applies: h > b > t. The base or contact surface 5 of the base 3 therefore has approximately a width b and a depth t.

[0035] In the closed state, the lid 4 almost completely overlaps the lower part 3. In the wider front and back sides 6 of the lid 4, an approximately semicircular area 27 is recessed along the lower, free edge 7, through which the front 8 of the lower part 3, which is otherwise almost completely concealed when the box 2 is closed, is visible and can be grasped in order to pull or lift off the lid 4, which is attached and thereby frictionally secured, from the lower part 3.

[0036] After removing the lid 4 from the lower part 3, it can be seen that the lower part 3 has a lower height hU than the height hD of the lid 4 : hU < hD.

[0037] If the lid 4 were placed on the empty base 3, it could slide down over the base's contact surface. Normally, however, the base 3 is filled with a plurality of card-shaped information carriers 9.

[0038] All information carriers 9 are rectangular and have the same base area. Their width is slightly smaller than the width b of the box 2, so that they can be inserted into the interior of the lower part 3. Their height corresponds approximately to the height h or the height of the lid 4. The thickness d of the card-shaped information carriers 9 corresponds approximately to the depth t of the box 2 divided by the number n of information carriers 9, or is slightly smaller than this dimension: d ≤ t / n.

[0039] Thus, after opening the box 2 according to Fig. 2, the information carrier cards 9 contained in the lower part 3 can be seen. These are positioned approximately by the dimension hD – hU over the upper edge 10 of the lower part 3.

[0040] The information carrier cards 9 are printed on both sides, as can be seen in Figs. 5 and 6. Each side – both the front sides 11 and the back sides 12 – has a plurality of task fields 13 and solution fields 14. Each task field 13 is assigned a solution field 14, i.e., the solution to the task posed in the assigned task field 13 can be found in a solution field 14. The task and solution fields 13 and 14, which are assigned to each other, are arranged in pairs and border each other along a common line 15, which, when inserted, runs parallel to the upper edge 10 of the box base 3 as shown in Fig. 2. As further shown in Fig. 5 and Fig. 6, an even number of field pairs, each consisting of one task field 13 and one solution field 14, are arranged on both the front 11 and the back 12 of each information carrier card 9.Fields 13 and 14 are arranged symmetrically about a horizontal center line 16, which divides each information carrier 9 into two halves 17. Fields 13 and 14 are each labeled 18, oriented so that the label is always legible when the information carrier 9 is rotated so that the label 18 is above the center line 16. Finally, each information carrier card 9 is surrounded by a border 19. This border provides space for numbering 20 of the different cards 9 (1, 2, 3, ...) and for a feature to distinguish between the front and back sides 11 and 12 (A, B).

[0041] When the cover 4 is lifted from the base 3, the uppermost field of the foremost information carrier 9, which is a task field 13, is visible. hD – hU = hA + hR, with: HD = Height of the lid 4 ; hU = Height of the lower part 3 ; Ha = Height of a task area 13 hR = Height of the edge 19 of an information carrier 9 .

[0042] The student reads the given task 18 and must try to give a correct answer. He writes this answer 21 on the front 8 of the lower part 3. For this purpose, this front 8 is provided with a writable, readable, and erasable board 22 and / or designed as such. This can be a plastic film or a slate or magnetic board, etc. In the illustrated embodiment, the front 8 of the lower part 3 is covered with a plastic film 22, the outline of which corresponds approximately to the outline of the front 8 of the lower part 3.

[0043] Here, the student uses a pen 23, which is shown in Fig. 3. This pen 23 is adapted to the type of board 22, for example, as a magnetic pen for a magnetic board 22. In the present case, the pen 23 is a felt-tip pen with a tip 24 made of ink-soaked felt. A sponge 26 arranged in a holder 25 on the back of the pen 23 serves to erase the ink.

[0044] After writing the answer 21 on the board 22, the information card 9 is pulled out of the lower part of the box 3 until the solution field 14 adjacent to the task field 13 is visible and can be compared with the given answer 21.

[0045] If necessary, several task or solution fields 13 , 14 can be arranged next to each other, so that several tasks can be solved simultaneously.

Claims

[1] Device for self-monitoring of learning content, comprising at least one flat information carrier (9) with flatly displayed information in the form of task fields (13) and each associated solution fields (14), and an opaque device for covering at least one task and / or solution field, characterized in that the device for covering a task and / or solution field or a part (permanently) connected or connectable thereto is designed as a board (22) that is at least partially writable, readable and erasable for temporarily fixing an answer (21) which is guided on at least one information carrier (9) such that it lies parallel to the base of an information carrier (9) and is capable of a relative displacement relative to the information carrier (9) parallel to its base, but only (anti-) parallel to a single spatial direction. [2] Device according to claim 1, characterized by a stop element (5 ) for limiting the relative displacement of the board (22 ) relative to the information carrier (9 ) in one direction. [3] Device according to claim 2, characterized in that the stop element (5 ) is designed as the underside or base or contact surface (5 ) of a cuff- or shell-shaped device (3 ). [4] Device according to claim 3, characterized in that the underside or bottom or The base (5) has one or more openings. [5] Device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that at least one flat information carrier (9) has two edges that are at least partially parallel to each other. [6] Device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that at least one flat information carrier (9 ) is designed as a card. [7] Device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that several task and solution fields (13, 14) are arranged on the flat information carrier (9). [8] Device according to claim 7, characterized in that the task and solution fields (13 , 14 ) are always arranged alternately in a row one behind the other, which runs along the two mutually parallel edges of the planar information carrier (9 ). [9] Device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the plate (22 ) is bordered at least partially by a straight edge. [10] Device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the board (22 ) has approximately the same width (±10%) as the distance between the enclosed edges of an information carrier (9 ). [11] Device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the device (3 ) for relative alignment of an information carrier (9 ) relative to the board (22 ) is designed such that a free edge of the board (22 ) always remains approximately parallel to a predetermined edge of a task or solution field (13 , 14 ) during any relative displacement of the same. [12] Device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the device (3 ) for relative alignment of an information carrier (9 ) relative to the board (22 ) encompasses at least one flat information carrier (9 ) at two opposite edges of the same. [13] Device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the device (3 ) for relative alignment of an information carrier (9 ) relative to the board (22 ) is made of a planar body. [14] Device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the board (22 ) is integrated or connected with the device (3 ) for relative alignment of an information carrier (9 ) with respect to the board (22 ). [15] Device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the board (22 ) together with the device (3 ) for relative alignment of an information carrier (9 ) relative to the board (22 ) is designed as a shell (3 ) encompassing at least one information carrier (9 ). [16] Device according to claim 15, characterized in that the device (3 ) for relative alignment of the information carrier (9 ) relative to the board (22 ) is designed as a shell having at least one opening. [17] Device according to one of claims 15 or 16, characterized in that the casing (3 ) has a rectangular side surface in which the panel (22 ) is integrated. [18] Device according to one of claims 15 to 17, characterized in that the panel (22 ) is connected to the casing (3 ) via a bridge. [19] Device according to claim 18, characterized in that the connections of the bridge to the plate (22) on the one hand and to the shell (3) on the other hand are designed to be flexible. [20] Device according to one of claims 18 or 19, characterized in that the distance between the connecting lines of the bridge with the board (22) on the one hand and with the cover (3) on the other hand corresponds to approximately half the distance between the enclosed edges of an information carrier (9). [21] Device according to one of claims 18 to 20, characterized in that the bridge connects approximately centrally to the back of the panel (22). [22] Device according to one of claims 18 to 21, characterized in that the bridge connects to a narrow side of the casing (3 ). [23] Device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the board (22 ) has a larger area than an information carrier (9 ). [24] Device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that one or more compartments for storing further information carriers (9) are located laterally next to a receptacle for one or more information carriers (9). [25] Device according to claim 24, wherein indicates that one or more storage compartments have a side opening. [26] Device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the panel (22 ) is designed as a part of packaging that can be pivoted outwards and / or upwards.