US 4,045,884 AGranted

Teaching device for the correction of reading, spelling and writing learning disabilities

OwnerFrances Lee Zandinventor

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Abstract

Serious learning disabilities that are encountered by students learning to read, write and spell include the mirror image reversal of letters, the writing of letters upside down and letter reversals in words. Corrections of these disabilities is achieved by providing a correct or standard version of the letter or word symbol, a matching element with the correct version of the letter or word symbol and indicia thereon which indicate proper orientation of the matching element for testing the match of the standard symbol with a series of test symbols aligned along a row, a majority of which are identical to the matching symbol on the matching element. The standard symbol and the test symbols that are used may be printed on a sheet or card and the matching symbol may be printed on a transparent overlay.

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Dependent claims

A teaching device comprising first means with at least one standard symbol, which is representative of a letter, depicted thereon and at least three test symbols depicted on said first means for each of said standard symbols, each of said test symbols being aligned in a set with an associated standard symbol in a normal reading direction, a majority of said test symbols being identical to, and having the same orientation as, their associated standard symbols, and at least one second means with a matching symbol depicted thereon which is identical to said standard symbol and which is constructed so that said matching symbol may be overlaid selectively on said associated standard symbol or on said test symbols which are aligned with their associated standard symbol to provide a visual test of whether or not said test symbols correspond to their associated standard symbol with which they are aligned, wherein said teaching device is useful for the correction of learning disabilities involving mirror image reversals, recognition and orientation learning disabilities relating to letters, said standard symbols each comprise a standard letter, said test symbols each comprise a test letter and at least one, but not more than a minority, of said test letters are a letter that is a mirror image reversal of its associated standard letter, or a letter that is identical to the associated standard letter but is improperly oriented with respect thereto or a properly oriented letter that is similar in some respects, but is not identical, to the associated standard letter and the matching symbols each comprise a matching letter that corresponds to one of said standard letters.

A teaching device comprising first means with at least one standard symbol which is representative of a word depicted thereon and at least three test symbols depicted on said first means for each of said standard symbols, each of said test symbols being aligned in a set with an associated standard symbol in a normal reading direction, a majority of said test symbols being identical to and having the same orientation as their associated standard symbol and at least one second means with at least one matching symbol depicted thereon which is identical to said standard symbol and which is constructed so that said matching symbol may be overlaid selectively on said associated standard symbol or on said test symbols which are aligned with their associated standard symbol to provide a visual test of whether or not said test symbols correspond to their associated standard symbol with which they are aligned, wherein said teaching device is useful for the correction of learning disabilities relating to letter reversals in words, said standard symbols each comprise a standard word, said test symbols each comprise a test word and at least one, but not more than a minority, of said test words is a word which has a letter reversal with respect to its associated standard word and the matching symbols each comprise a matching word that corresponds to one of said standard words.

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