Educational desk mat, system and method for motivating and instructing students
OwnerLinda Kaye Lehmkuhlinventor
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Abstract
An educational desk mat, system and method for motivating and instructing students includes a merit indicator on a desk mat that is readily visible on a student's desk. The system includes a desk mat for each student and a behavior chart for a teacher. Individual merit indications from the desk mats are recorded on one or more behavior charts, permitting the teacher to track the merit indicators of each student over a school term or other time period. The education desk mat, system and method are also useful in home or home-schooling environments.
Claims15
A system for use in a teaching environment, said teaching environment having at least one student provided with a work surface, wherein said system comprises:
- at least one desk mat adapted to be positioned on a surface of a desk directly in front of a student seated at said desk;
- wherein said at least one desk mat contains at least one merit indicator;
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- at least one behavior chart separate from said desk mat for recording merit indicator values from said at least one desk mat.
A planar desk mat comprising:
- an exposed upper surface having graphical features implementing at least one merit indicator for indicating a merit level to an individual student;
- wherein said merit indicator indicates a warning level;
- wherein said at least one merit indicator includes a plurality of graphical items for indicating said warning level to an associated student by uncovering items within said merit indicator;
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- a concealed lower surface under said first surface, for placement conformal to a student's work surface.
A method of modifying the behavior of students in a classroom, wherein each of said students has a desk including a desk mat, said method comprising the steps of:
- providing a desk;
- providing a desk mat containing at least one merit indicator;
- positioning said desk mat on a surface of said desk directly in front of a student seated at said desk;
- determining that a merit indication of said student has changed;
- in response to determining that said merit indication has changed, indicating a current merit indication on said student's desk mat.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.