System and method for assisting in classroom education

Abstract

An instructional system having a simultaneously viewable multi-question display, a participant input device associated with said set of participant information in communication with a computer readable medium, a set of question information contained within said computer readable medium having a plurality of questions, a response section for each participant, a plurality of response portions included in said response section associated with a question, a question indicator for indicating which question is the current question, and a set of computer readable instructions for displaying said response section and said question indicator, receiving participant input, actuating said question indicator to display a received answer indicator in response to receiving participant input for indicating that participant input as been received, and associating said participant input with said current question.

1 . An instructional system having a simultaneously viewable multi-question display comprising: 
 a computer readable medium;    a multi-viewable display in communication with said computer readable medium;    a participant input device in communication with said computer readable medium;    a set of question information contained within said computer readable medium having a plurality of questions;    a response section displayed on said multi-viewable display for each participant of said participant information;    a plurality of response portions included in said response section wherein each response portion is associated with a question from said set of question information;    a question indicator included in said response section for indicating which question from said set of question information is the current question selected by the participant for association with said participant input; and,    a set of computer readable instructions contained in said computer readable medium for displaying on said multi-viewable display said response section, response portions, and question indicator, receiving participant input from said participant input device, actuating said question indicator to display a received answer indicator in response to receiving participant input from said participant input device for indicating that participant input as been received from said participant input device, and associating said participant input with said current question.    
   
   
       2 . The system of  claim 1  including: 
 valid answer information associated with each question of said question information representing a valid response to each of said questions; and,    said computer readable instructions include instructions for comparing said participant input for said current question with said valid answer information associated with said current question and actuating said response section to display a valid answer indicator if said participant input is valid.    
   
   
       3 . The system of  claim 1  wherein said computer readable instructions include instructions for receiving a second participant input from said participant input device for said current question, comparing said second participant input with said participant input for said current question and actuating said response section to display a changed answer indicator if said participant input and said second participant input differ.  
   
   
       4 . The system of  claim 1  wherein said computer readable instructions include instructions for receiving a second participant input from said participant input device for said current question and actuating said response section to display a answer exists indicator so that the participant is informed that a previous answer for the current question exists.  
   
   
       5 . The system of  claim 1  wherein said computer readable instructions include instructions for determining if participant input has been received for each question in said set of questions and actuating said response section to display an all answers exist indicator so that the participant is informed that participant input has been received for all questions.  
   
   
       6 . The system of  claim 1  wherein said computer readable instructions include instructions for sizing at least one response portion of said response section according to the number of response portions in said response section so that said response portions generally extend to the width of said response section.  
   
   
       7 . The system of  claim 1  wherein said computer readable instructions include instructions for refusing to accept participant input from said participant input device when said computer readable instructions have a status of decline answers and for accepting participant input from said participant input device when said computer readable instructions have a status of accept answers.  
   
   
       8 . The system of  claim 1  including: 
 point information associated with each question in said set of question information; and,    said computer readable instructions include instructions for determining a score according to said participant input and said point information for each participant.    
   
   
       9 . A method for interacting with participants using a simultaneously viewable multi-question display comprising the steps of: 
 displaying on said multi-viewable display a response section for each participant so that said response section is simultaneously viewable;    displaying a plurality of response portions on said multi-viewable display associated with said response section wherein each response portion is associated with a question to be presented;    displaying a question indicator on said multi-viewable display associated with said response section for indicating the current question representing the currently selected question selected by the participant for association with participant input;    receiving participant input;    actuating said question indicator in response to receiving participant input for indicating that participant input as been received; and,    associating said participant input with said current question.    
   
   
       10 . The method of  claim 9  including the steps of: 
 determining whether said participant input is valid; and,    actuating said response section to display a valid response indicator if said participant input is valid.    
   
   
       11 . The method of  claim 9  including the steps of: 
 receiving a second participant input from the participant for said current question;    comparing said second participant input with said participant input for said current question; and,    actuating said response section to display a changed answer indicator if said participant input and said second participant input differ.    
   
   
       12 . The method of  claim 9  including the steps of: 
 receiving a second participant input from the participant for said current question; and,    actuating said response section to display an answer exists indicator so that the participant is informed that a previous answer for the current question exists.    
   
   
       13 . The method of  claim 9  including the steps of: 
 determining if participant input has been received for each question; and,    actuating said response section to display an all answers exist indicator so that the participant is informed that participant input has been received for all questions.    
   
   
       14 . The method of  claim 9  including the step of sizing at least one response portion of said response section according to the number of response portions in said response section so that said response portions generally extend to the width of said response section.  
   
   
       15 . The method of  claim 9  including the steps of: 
 determining whether participant input should be accepted according to a status indicator;    refusing to accept participant input when said status indicator is set to decline answers; and,    accepting participant input when said status indicator is set to accept answers.    
   
   
       16 . The method of  claim 9  including the steps of: 
 providing point information associated with each question to be presented to the participant; and,    determining a score according to said participant input and said point information for each participant.    
   
   
       17 . An instructional system having a simultaneously viewable multi-question display comprising: 
 a computer readable medium; and,    a set of computer readable instructions contained in said computer readable medium for displaying on said multi-viewable display a response section for each participant having a plurality of response portions wherein each response portion is associated with a question to be presented to the participant and a question indicator included in said response section for indicating which question is the current question selected by the participant for association with participant input from a participant input device, receiving participant input from said participant input device, actuating the said question indicator to display a received answer indicator in response to receiving participant input from said participant input device for indicating that participant input as been received, and associating said participant input with said current question according to said question indicator.    
   
   
       18 . The system of  claim 17  wherein said computer readable instructions include instructions for comparing said participant input received from said participant input device for said current question with a set of valid answer information associated with each question of said question information representing a valid response to each of said questions and actuating said response section to display a valid answer indicator if said participant input is valid.  
   
   
       19 . The system of  claim 17  wherein said computer readable instructions include instructions for receiving a second participant input from said participant input device for said current question, comparing said second participant input with said participant input for said current question and actuating said response section to display a changed answer indicator if said participant input and said second participant input differ.  
   
   
       20 . The system of  claim 17  wherein said computer readable instructions include instructions for receiving a second participant input from said participant input device for said current question and actuating said response section to display an answer exists indicator so that the participant is informed that a previous answer for the current question exists.  
   
   
       21 . The system of  claim 17  wherein said computer readable instructions include instructions for determining if participant input has been received for each question in said set of questions and actuating said response section to display an all answers exist indicator so that the participant is informed that participant input has been received for all questions.  
   
   
       22 . The system of  claim 17  wherein said computer readable instructions include instructions for sizing at least one response portion of said response section according to the number of response portions in said response section so that said response portions generally extend to the width of said response section.  
   
   
       23 . The system of  claim 17  wherein said computer readable instructions include instructions for comparing said participant input received from said participant input device for said current question with a set of valid answer information associated with each question of said question information representing a valid response to each of said questions and actuating said response section to display an invalid answer indicator if said participant input is invalid.  
   
   
       24 . The method of  claim 9  including the steps of: 
 determining whether said participant input is valid; and,    actuating said response section to display an invalid response indicator if said participant input is invalid.    
   
   
       25 . The system of  claim 1  including: 
 valid answer information associated with each question of said question information representing a valid response to each of said questions; and,    said computer readable instructions include instructions for comparing said participant input for said current question with said valid answer information associated with said current question and actuating said response section to display an invalid answer indicator if said participant input is invalid.