Carrel apparatus for use in learning
OwnerIrene Burns Hoeflinger, Diana Coheninventors
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Abstract
A teaching carrel comprising a desk having a cover movable to a down position wherein the top thereof provides a first learning area and to an open position wherein the underside thereof and the exposed desk top comprise, respectively, second and third learning areas. A manually rotatable drum having learning aids is included in the desk with the drum having a window for access to the drum. Various demonstration surfaces can be affixed to the second and third learning areas to demountably receive the learning aids. As the learner progresses, the cover is pivoted down whereby the first learning area and hence the carrel resemble the conventional desk.
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A learning carrel having various learning aids adapted for display on demonstration surfaces comprising a desk having two learning areas one of which is movably connected with said desk for movement to and from an open learning position with the open position being substantially perpendicular to the other of said learning areas, means for attaching the various learning aids to the demonstration surfaces of said learning areas so that the various learning aids can be detachably affixed to said learning areas, said desk having a top side defining said other of said learning areas, a rotatable drum disposed in the carrel comprising a plurality of compartments wherein the various learning aids are selectable from said drum and storable therein, and an access window defined in said desk top side to permit access therethrough to said plurality of compartments.
Apparatus for use in learning and adapted to display objects on a selected surface and having a first learning area, a second learning area and a third learning area, said apparatus comprising the combination of a desk having a top side, a cover with an upperside and an opposed underside and adapted to move between a closed and an open position relative to the desk top, and means for attaching the selected surface to the desk top and the cover underside so that when said cover is in the closed position the upperside thereof defines the first learning area and when said cover assumes the open position, the underside thereof defines the second learning area, with the third learning area being defined by the desk top whereby the objects can be detachably mounted on the second and third learning areas, a member on said apparatus rotatable to present a compartment wherein learning objects are stored, and an opening in said third learning area to provide access to said compartment and the objects therein.
In a carrel for use in reinforced learning that includes a desk having a top side learning surface and a cover movable thereon, the cover operable to move between an open and closed position relative to the desk top thereby providing a plurality of learning areas, a drum rotatably disposed in the desk and having a plurality of compartments, means for turning said drum so that one of said plurality of compartments is accessible from the top side of the desk, wherein the top side of the desk has an access window disposed therethrough, and wherein each of said plurality of compartments is adapted for serial placement thereunder.
Apparatus for displaying learning aids on a selected surface for use in reinforced learning including first, second and third learning areas, the apparatus comprising the combination of a carrel having a top, a hinged cover defined by a top side and an underside, said cover being adapted to move between an up and a down position, in the down position said cover closing the carrel top with the top side of said cover comprising the first learning area, in the up position the underside of said cover acting as the second learning area with the now exposed carrel top acting as the third learning area, a window positioned in the carrel top, a drum having at least one compartment, means for rotating said drum and adapted to maintain registration of the selected compartment under said window, at least one modular tray adapted for placement in the compartment, and means for attaching the selected surface to the second and third learning areas.
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