Patent Document ID: 7933852
Application ID: 11423182

Base Claim:
1. A computer-implemented method for developing cognitive skills in a student, utilizing a computing device to present stimuli and to record responses, the method comprising: providing a stimulus set comprising a plurality of stimuli; via a display corresponding to the computing device, graphically presenting a representation of a stimulus from the stimulus set to the student; requiring the student to employ the computing device to respond to the stimulus; determining, via the computing device, if the response is correct; wherein said graphically presenting, said requiring, and said determining composes a trial; wherein a unit comprises a specified set of trials; and wherein said performing said graphically presenting, said requiring, and said determining for each of a plurality of stimuli comprises: performing trials in each unit of a plurality of units for each level of a plurality of levels; performing one or more introductory trials to demonstrate to the student what is required in performing a trial: performing said graphically presenting, said requiring, and said determining for each of a plurality of stimuli; and repeating said graphically presenting, said requiring, said determining, and said performing, in an iterative manner that is directed to improve the cognitive skills of the student.

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Claim 37:
37. The method of claim 1 , wherein said providing a stimulus set comprises providing a stimulus passage set comprising a plurality of stimulus passages, wherein each stimulus passage comprises a sequence of one or more pages; wherein said graphically presenting a stimulus from the stimulus set to the student via the computing device and said requiring the student to respond to the stimulus comprises: performing a sentence ordering task or a paragraph cloze task, with respect to a paragraph of a stimulus passage from the set of stimulus passages; wherein said determining if the response is correct comprises: determining if the student performed the sentence ordering task or the paragraph cloze task correctly; wherein said performing said graphically presenting, said requiring, and said determining for each of a plurality of stimuli comprises: repeating said performing and said determining for each paragraph of each page for each stimulus passage of the plurality of stimulus passages; and wherein said repeating builds skills in constructing and organizing multiple-paragraph stories and expository passages in the student.