Patent ID: 7918666

Claim:
A method for studying materials using machine implemented feedback techniques, the method comprising the computer implemented steps of: a person designating study material on a computer system; the person designating a specific portion of the designated study material on the computer system as the question and answer to a specific study question; the person designating a segment of the designated question and answer as the answer to the specific study question; the computer system designating the remaining non-designated segment of the designated question and answer as the question of the specific study question and reformatting the question to be in the form of a question; the computer system displaying the designated question and answer, wherein the correct answer to the designated question is the answer designated by the person; the person accepting the displayed designated question and answer or modifying the displayed question and answer and then accepting the modified question and answer; the computer system storing the accepted question and answer; the computer system querying the person with accepted questions; the computer system gauging said person's response to said accepted questions according to said person's evaluation of an answer to said accepted questions; and the computer system repeating accepted questions to said person according to said response; whereby said person is repeatedly questioned about materials about which said person has a weaker understanding in preference to materials about which said person has a stronger understanding, wherein the person is determining whether or not the person's answers to the specific questions are correct; wherein said person's evaluation of said answer is selected from the group consisting of: incorrect, correct and easy, correct and difficult.