Patent ID: 6840774

Claim:
A method for teaching arithmetic facts to students comprising: creating a database that contains all possible problems for the arithmetic functions of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division of single digit numbers, said problems arranged in sets, each set representing a specified level of difficulty; specifying the arithmetic function to be taught to a student and the problem set to be used in that teaching session; randomly choosing a problem from said problem set, and displaying said problem on a computer screen; measuring the time interval between display of said problem and entry of a student's response thereto on said computer screen; determining whether an answer entered in response to said displayed problem is correct and, if said time interval for response is less than a preset standard and said answer is also correct, designating said answer as a super answer; displaying each incorrectly answered problem on the computer screen for at least one additional time and, if said displayed problem is not answered correctly, displaying the correct answer thereto on said computer screen; continuing the random selection and display of problems until all of the problems within the set have been chosen, and thereafter ending said teaching session; and generating a progress report that measures and records a students performance and mastery of the arithmetic facts being taught.