Reward enriched learning system and method

A computer-aided-educational apparatus for rewarding a student for attaining a milestone in a subject, which is divided into line-items with at least one line-item being more difficult than another line-item, the apparatus comprising:

• a milestone setter for setting a plurality of milestones, with each milestone being related to a line-item, and with an instructor providing inputs to the milestone setter to set each line-item that has a milestone to be reached;
• a reward setter, coupled to the milestone setter, for setting a reward for each milestone based on inputs from the instructor;
• a performance analyzer coupled to the milestone setter for accessing the milestones with the corresponding information on the rewards, and determining whether the student has reached a milestone;
• a reward determinator coupled to the performance analyzer for determining a reward for the student if the performance analyzer indicates that the student has reached a milestone;
• a reward-storage medium for storing the reward;
• a reward generator, coupled to the reward determinator, to generate the reward for the student by accessing it from the reward-storage medium;
• a reward-received-storage medium for storing the reward if the student desires to postpone receiving the reward, and for storing the one or more milestones reached by the student so as to prevent the student from getting a reward twice through reaching the same milestone a second time;
• a report generator coupled to the reward determinator for accessing and reporting the milestone reached by the student;
• a report-storage medium coupled to the report generator for storing the milestone reached by the student so as to keep a record of milestones reached by the student, and for providing to the report generator a history of all the milestones reached by the student so that the report generator can report on the history;
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• a query processor coupled to the report generator for querying the report to find out if the student has reached a milestone.

A method of rewarding a student for attaining a milestone in a subject through a computer-aided-educational system, the subject being divided into line-items with at least one line-item being more difficult than another line-item, the method comprising the steps of:

• setting with a milestone setter, a plurality of milestones, with each milestone being related to a line-item;
• determining by a performance analyzer whether the student has reached a milestone;
• determining by a reward determinator, a reward for the student if the student has reached a milestone;
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• generating by a reward generator, the reward for the student.