Patent ID: 6869287
Filing Date: 2005-03-22
Classification: G09B

Abstract:
1. A method of teaching reading text to a student using audio tape-recorded text, the method being adapted to assist the student in guiding the process of reading, the student being placed in one of a plurality of reading skill levels under the method that are designed to accommodate students with various degrees of reading problems, the method comprising the steps of: (a) teaching the student the concept of excellent reading, wherein excellent reading is defined as an oral reading free of symptoms comprising: (b) having a student perform a cycle, including: (c) repeating the cycle in steps (b) until the student indicates that he can now excellently read the text; (d) having the student read the text aloud; (e) determining whether the student's oral reading was excellent or not; (f) having the student determine whether his oral reading was excellent or not; (g) if the student's oral reading was excellent and the student says it was, returning to step (b) using different text; (h) recording one occurrence of excellence misjudgment, if: (i) recording one occurrence of cycle confusion indicating that the student did not perform enough cycles to achieve excellent reading, if the student's oral reading was not excellent and the student says it was not; and (i) repeating steps (b) through (i) until: