US 20050196733A1
(19) United States
(12) Patent Application Publication (10) Pub. No.: US 2005/0196733 A1
(43) Pub. Date:
Budra et al.
(54) METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR
Sep. 8, 2005
No. 09/965,530, ?led on Sep. 26, 2001, noW Pat. No.
AUTOMATED TRAINING OF LANGUAGE
LEARNING SKILLS
6,726,486.
Publication Classi?cation
(75) Inventors: Elizabeth H. Budra, Albany, CA (US);
Elizabeth C. Cottle, San Francisco, CA
(51)
Int. Cl? ................................................... .. G09B 17/00
(US); Logan E. De Ley, San Leandro,
(52)
U.S. c1. ............................................................ ..434/178
CA (US); J e?'erson A. Dewey, San
Francisco, CA (US); William M.
(57)
Jenkins, Paci?ca, CA (US); Virginia A.
Mann, Laguna Beach, CA (US); Steven
L. Miller, Paci?ca, CA (US)
Correspondence Address:
HUFFMAN LAW GROUP, RC.
1832 N. CASCADE AVE.
COLORADO SPRINGS, CO 80907-7449 (US)
(73) Assignee: Scienti?c Learning Corporation, Oak
land, CA
(21) Appl. No.:
11/115,994
(22) Filed:
Apr. 27, 2005
Related U.S. Application Data
(63)
Continuation of application No. 10/788,182, ?led on
Feb. 26, 2004, Which is a continuation of application
ABSTRACT
A computer program for execution on a computing device is
provided to cross-train students in language development
skills such as letter-Word correspondence, Word recognition,
vocabulary, and sentence and paragraph comprehension. A
set of programs provide an adaptive methodology for train
ing a student in decoding (semantic, syntactic, phonological,
and morphological relationships), knowledge of rhymes,
synonyms, antonyms, and homophones, spelling, letter
Word correspondences, sentence comprehension, grammati
cal comprehension, Working memory, vocabulary, paragraph
comprehension, and improved reading comprehension. In
each program, students are presented With an animated scene
that poses a question, and a set of ansWers. The set of
ansWers contain a correct response, and a number of incor
rect responses or foils. The student advances to more com
plex levels by satisfying predetermined correct thresholds.
Through repetition and intensity, the student’s language
skills are developed.
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