WO1999012141A1 - Learning and game device - Google Patents

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WO1999012141A1
WO1999012141A1 PCT/FR1998/001891 FR9801891W WO9912141A1 WO 1999012141 A1 WO1999012141 A1 WO 1999012141A1 FR 9801891 W FR9801891 W FR 9801891W WO 9912141 A1 WO9912141 A1 WO 9912141A1
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G09—EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
    • G09B—EDUCATIONAL OR DEMONSTRATION APPLIANCES; APPLIANCES FOR TEACHING, OR COMMUNICATING WITH, THE BLIND, DEAF OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; DIAGRAMS
    • G09B3/00—Manually or mechanically operated teaching appliances working with questions and answers
    • G09B3/02—Manually or mechanically operated teaching appliances working with questions and answers of the type wherein the student is expected to construct an answer to the question which is presented or wherein the machine gives an answer to the question presented by a student
    • G09B3/04—Manually or mechanically operated teaching appliances working with questions and answers of the type wherein the student is expected to construct an answer to the question which is presented or wherein the machine gives an answer to the question presented by a student of chart form
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63F—CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • A63F9/00—Games not otherwise provided for
    • A63F9/18—Question-and-answer games
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G09—EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
    • G09B—EDUCATIONAL OR DEMONSTRATION APPLIANCES; APPLIANCES FOR TEACHING, OR COMMUNICATING WITH, THE BLIND, DEAF OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; DIAGRAMS
    • G09B3/00—Manually or mechanically operated teaching appliances working with questions and answers
    • G09B3/02—Manually or mechanically operated teaching appliances working with questions and answers of the type wherein the student is expected to construct an answer to the question which is presented or wherein the machine gives an answer to the question presented by a student

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  • the present invention relates to a learning and / or play device and more particularly to a sheet comprising questions and answers, for example course questions or exercises and answers to questions or solutions of the exercises.
  • a learning and / or play device can be used during school holidays to revise the lessons of the previous year and can be used by children or adolescents and even by adults.
  • Holiday notebooks are already known which are most often printed in four colors, which include a cardboard cover and intermediate sheets linked together and with the cover by means of a central clip or by means of a seam.
  • the sheets are printed and include a reminder of part of the course which is followed by questions or exercises. The answers to the questions and the solution of the exercises can be found at the end of the notebook, printed on the last sheets of it.
  • Such notebooks called “vacation notebooks” are commonly available commercially and are very widely used in order to have students review during the holidays, the courses they have taken during the previous school year.
  • GB-A-1 204 906 describes an apparatus for use with sheets including two columns, a column of exercises and a column of answer keys.
  • the device includes an opaque cover sliding along the columns and provided with a window allowing at any time to discover an exercise while covering the answer.
  • the sheets are therefore divided into a longitudinal column with exercises and a longitudinal column with solutions.
  • US-A-5,183,399 a device for training in differentiation by the coordination of symbols in numeric, alphanumeric, word and / or image form.
  • the device comprises a sheet which is divided into two longitudinal columns, the first column comprising at its upper part a "yes" zone and its lower part several questions.
  • the second column has a "no" area at the top and several questions at the bottom.
  • Document CA-A-1 073 666 describes an exercise book which consists of a sheet comprising on its right side, in the width direction, several questions and a sheet covering the left side of the sheet previous question and including the answer to the question across it.
  • None of these documents describes a device consisting of at least one sheet comprising in a longitudinal direction of the sheet, a first domain on which a question is printed and a second domain in which the answer to the question is printed, these fields being contiguous in the longitudinal direction and such that the first domain is directly visible and the second domain includes means preventing the response from being directly readable.
  • the present invention arises from the fact that one wishes to make a holiday notebook which has both a learning function and a fun function and which has the advantages of a holiday notebook and the advantages of a game comprising hidden inscriptions which can be discovered by the user.
  • the present invention aims to provide a learning and playful device which is not in the field of chance and therefore which does not include an immoral aspect.
  • An object of the present invention is therefore to provide a device which makes it possible both to learn and to have fun.
  • Another object of the invention is to provide a device which is attractive and pleasant for the user.
  • the invention relates to a device consisting of at least one sheet comprising, at least a first field on which a question is printed and at least a second field on which the answer to the question is printed, the first and the second fields being contiguous in the longitudinal direction of said sheet, the first field being directly readable and the second field comprising means preventing the answer from being readable directly.
  • the sheet comprises at least a longitudinal succession of first domains comprising questions and second domains comprising answers, each first domain comprising a question being followed by a second domain comprising the answer to the question of the first preceding domain.
  • the sheet more preferably comprises several longitudinal successions and according to a preferred embodiment of the invention, the sheet comprises at least three longitudinal successions.
  • the means preventing direct reading of the response allows its reading by an action of the user.
  • the means can be a cover such as a moving strip which is stuck on the response, and which can be torn off by the user.
  • the strip is glued to the answer using an adhesive that removes the strip and that allows the strip to be repositioned on the answer.
  • an adhesive is of the kind used for making repositionable butterflies of the "POST-IT" type (registered trademark).
  • the cover may be a removable varnish deposited on the response, this varnish not being transparent.
  • the means preventing direct reading of the response may be that the response is printed in the form of distorted alphanumeric signs which are illegible by the human eye and which can be read by optical means.
  • the answer is printed in the form of alphanumeric signs which are not legible with the naked eye, and which become legible by means of a magnifying glass, an optical lens or an optical strip.
  • the optical means are then supplied with the sheet.
  • the answers are printed in the form of microscopic characters which become visible using a magnifying means.
  • each longitudinal succession of questions and answers has at its upper part a directly readable field on which is printed a course reminder.
  • the sheet is a rigid non-transparent sheet.
  • the sheet may be a sheet of cardboard consisting of a sheet of black paper on which are glued two sheets of white paper.
  • the device according to the invention can consist of a sheet as above of A3 format ( Figure 2) which is folded in half to form a notebook of A4 format.
  • the device consists of two A4 format sheets (21cm x 29.7 cm) printed on its front and back sides.
  • the domain containing the response may also include an image unrelated to the solution and facilitating memorization.
  • Figure 1 is a perspective view of a device according to the invention.
  • Figure 2 is a flat view of a device according to the invention.
  • the device 1 consists of a sheet 2 which includes a domain 3 on which a question is printed and a second domain 4 on which the answer to the question of domain 3 is printed.
  • the first domain 3 and the second domain 4 are contiguous, that is to say that the domain 3 is located just above the domain 4.
  • the alphanumeric signs constituting the question which are printed on the domain 3 are directly readable.
  • directly visible is meant that one can read the question without performing a particular action, except to read.
  • the alphanumeric signs which constitute the answer and which are printed on the second field are not directly legible.
  • signals which are not directly legible it is meant that in order to read the signs constituting the response, the user must perform a particular action.
  • the second domain 4 includes a means preventing the response from being readable directly.
  • the means preventing direct reading is a moving strip which is stuck on the response.
  • This moving strip can be torn off by the user, who can then read the response.
  • This strip can for example be glued by means of an adhesive allowing the repositioning of the strip.
  • the means preventing direct reading of the response is a scratch-off varnish deposited on the printing of the response, this varnish not being transparent.
  • the sheet has a longitudinal succession 5 comprising, according to the particular embodiment shown, 3 first domains 3 comprising the questions and 3 domains 4 comprising the answers. Each domain containing the questions is followed by a domain comprising the answers.
  • the sheet A3 has 6 longitudinal successions (ie 3 longitudinal successions per A4 page). The sheet also presents at the top of each succession longitudinal a directly readable domain 6 on which is printed a course summary.
  • Each of the fields 4 which comprise the answers can present an area 7 on which is printed a drawing or an image unrelated to the answer.
  • the sheet is of A 3 format and folded in the middle. It is printed in four colors on both sides. Each longitudinal session has variable dimensions. Its width varies between 5 and 10 cm. The height of the sessions varies between 9 and 18 cm. The sheet has a total of between 12 and 30 sessions on each of its faces.
  • In area 3 of the questions are statements of short exercises or multiple choice questions or questions. Sufficient space is left in the field to be able to write the answers or the solutions.
  • the answer in answer area 4 is accompanied by a small image and a legend of around 1 cm 2 . Each response is associated with a different image unrelated to the question, but related to the subject matter and intended to better memorize the answer.
  • images represent illustrious scholars or inventions or images of botany or animals.
  • the images can represent illustrious characters from Anglo-Saxon history or representing famous English or American monuments, etc.
  • the images can also represent prizes which are won. For example, for each device the user can win an automobile, a bicycle, or other less renowned objects.
  • the advantages of the invention are numerous.
  • the device is inexpensive since it consists of a sheet of cardboard A4 or A3 folded in half. It is synthetic: the child can quickly revise the program for the year in a subject. Once all the areas of answers have been scratched or discovered, there remains for the child a card summarizing the essential of the course to know that he can keep.
  • the rigidity of the sheet allows it to be used in any location (at the beach, in the grass, by car, by train, by plane, etc.). It serves as a memory aid.
  • Its synthetic appearance is reassuring and not off-putting for the user. The scraping and the images provide relaxation and a reward for each exercise performed.
  • the low number of pages is reassuring and encouraging and increases the clarity of the notebook.

Abstract

The invention concerns a device comprising particular prints for learning and playing. The device consists of at least one sheet comprising at least a first zone (3) on which a question is printed at least a second zone (4) whereon is printed the answer to the question. The invention is characterised in that the first and second zones are contiguous, the first zone (3) being directly legible and the second zone (4) comprising means preventing the answer from being directly legible. The sheet comprises at least a longitudinal series (5) of first zones containing questions and of second zones containing answers, each first zone containing a question being followed by a second zone comprising the answer to the question of the preceding first zone. The sheet comprises several longitudinal series. The means preventing direct reading of the answer is a mobile strip glued on the answer, and which can be torn off by the user. The invention is useful as a holiday workbook

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DISPOSITIF D'APPRENTISSAGE ET LUDIQUE LEARNING AND PLAYING DEVICE
La présente invention concerne un dispositif d'apprentissage et/ou ludique et plus particulièrement une feuille comportant des questions et des réponses, par exemple des questions de cours ou des exercices et des réponses aux questions ou solutions des exercices. Un tel dispositif peut être utilisé pendant les vacances scolaires pour réviser les cours de l'année précédente et peut être utilisé par des enfants ou des adolescents et même par des adultes.The present invention relates to a learning and / or play device and more particularly to a sheet comprising questions and answers, for example course questions or exercises and answers to questions or solutions of the exercises. Such a device can be used during school holidays to revise the lessons of the previous year and can be used by children or adolescents and even by adults.
On connaît déjà des cahiers de vacances qui sont imprimés le plus souvent en quadrichromie, qui comportent une couverture cartonnée et des feuilles intermédiaires reliées entre elles et avec la couverture au moyen d'une agrafe centrale ou au moyen d'un couture. Les feuilles sont imprimées et comportent un rappel d'une partie de cours qui est suivi par des questions ou des exercices. La réponse aux questions et la solution des exercices se trouvent à la fin du cahier, imprimées sur les dernières feuilles de celui-ci. De tels cahiers, appelés "cahiers de vacances" sont disponibles couramment dans le commerce et sont très largement utilisés dans le but de faire réviser aux élèves pendant les vacances, les cours qu'ils ont suivis pendant l'année scolaire précédente.Holiday notebooks are already known which are most often printed in four colors, which include a cardboard cover and intermediate sheets linked together and with the cover by means of a central clip or by means of a seam. The sheets are printed and include a reminder of part of the course which is followed by questions or exercises. The answers to the questions and the solution of the exercises can be found at the end of the notebook, printed on the last sheets of it. Such notebooks, called "vacation notebooks" are commonly available commercially and are very widely used in order to have students review during the holidays, the courses they have taken during the previous school year.
Ces cahiers ont pour principal inconvénient, qu'ils sont peu attractifs pour les utilisateurs et ceux-ci ne les utilisent que partiellement. De plus, du fait que les réponses sont placées en fin du cahier, l'utilisateur a tendance à regarder les solutions et donc ce cahier ne remplit que très mal sa fonction d'apprentissage et sa fonction éducative. De plus, les parents de l'utilisateur n'ont pas un contrôle sur l'avancement des travaux de révision car l'enfant peut tricher en regardant les solutions en fin de cahier. On connaît par ailleurs des jeux de hasard qui sont constitués d'un ticket de feuille de papier non transparent sur laquelle sont placés des signes alphanumériques qui sont recouverts d'une couche de vernis non transparent. La couche de vernis est grattable, de manière à faire apparaître les signes. Si certains signes particuliers apparaissent lors du grattage, le ticket est gagnant. D'autres jeux de hasard comportent un ou plusieurs signes alphanumériques, souvent accompagnés d'un logo, qui ne sont pas recouverts de vernis et qui sont donc apparents. Ces tickets comportent en outre des signes recouverts de vernis. Lorsque le joueur gratte le vernis disposé sur ces signes, il gagne si certains signes découverts sont en correspondance avec les signes non cachés.The main drawback of these notebooks is that they are not very attractive to users and they only use them partially. In addition, because the answers are placed at the end of the notebook, the user tends to look at the solutions and therefore this notebook fulfills its learning and educational functions only very poorly. In addition, the user's parents do not have control over the progress of the revision work because the child can cheat by looking at the solutions at the end of the notebook. Games of chance are also known which consist of a ticket for a sheet of non-transparent paper on which alphanumeric signs are placed which are covered with a layer of non-transparent varnish. The layer of varnish is removable, so as to reveal the signs. If certain particular signs appear during scratching, the ticket is a winner. Other games of chance include one or more alphanumeric signs, often accompanied by a logo, which are not covered with varnish and which are therefore visible. These tickets also include signs covered with varnish. When the player scratches the varnish placed on these signs, he wins if certain discovered signs are in correspondence with the non-hidden signs.
De tels tickets permettent de gagner des sommes d'argent plus ou moins importantes. Ils sont donc uniquement destinés à constituer des jeux de hasard et ont donc un aspect plus ou moins immoral. Cependant, ces tickets ont pour avantage qu'ils sont très attrayants, du fait qu'ils comportent des signes cachés que l'utilisateur souhaite découvrir le plus rapidement possible.Such tickets allow you to earn more or less large sums of money. They are therefore only intended to constitute games of chance and therefore have a more or less immoral aspect. However, these tickets have the advantage that they are very attractive, because they include hidden signs that the user wishes to discover as quickly as possible.
On a décrit dans GB-A-1 204 906 un appareil à utiliser avec des feuilles incluant deux colonnes, une colonne d'exercices et une colonne de corrigés. L'appareil comprend un cache opaque coulissant le long des colonnes et pourvu d'une fenêtre permettant à tout moment de découvrir un exercice tout en recouvrant la réponse. Les feuilles sont donc divisées en une colonne longitudinale comportant des exercices et une colonne longitudinale comportant les solutions. On a décrit dans US-A- 5 183 399 un dispositif d'entraînement à la différentiation par la coordination de symboles sous forme numérique, alphanumérique, mot et/ou image. Le dispositif comprend une feuille qui est divisée en deux colonnes longitudinales, la première colonne comportant à sa partie supérieure une zone "oui" et sa partie inférieure plusieurs questions. La seconde colonne comporte à sa partie supérieure une zone "non" et sa partie inférieure plusieurs questions.GB-A-1 204 906 describes an apparatus for use with sheets including two columns, a column of exercises and a column of answer keys. The device includes an opaque cover sliding along the columns and provided with a window allowing at any time to discover an exercise while covering the answer. The sheets are therefore divided into a longitudinal column with exercises and a longitudinal column with solutions. There has been described in US-A-5,183,399 a device for training in differentiation by the coordination of symbols in numeric, alphanumeric, word and / or image form. The device comprises a sheet which is divided into two longitudinal columns, the first column comprising at its upper part a "yes" zone and its lower part several questions. The second column has a "no" area at the top and several questions at the bottom.
Le document CA-A-1 073 666 décrit un livre d'exercices qui est constitué d'une feuille comportant dans sa partie droite, dans le sens de la largeur, plusieurs questions et d'une feuille venant recouvrir la partie gauche de la feuille précédente et comportant la réponse à la question en regard transversalement de celle-ci.Document CA-A-1 073 666 describes an exercise book which consists of a sheet comprising on its right side, in the width direction, several questions and a sheet covering the left side of the sheet previous question and including the answer to the question across it.
Aucun de ces documents ne décrit un dispositif constitué d'au moins une feuille comportant dans une direction longitudinale de la feuille, un premier domaine sur lequel est imprimé une question et un second domaine dans lequel est imprimé la réponse à la question, ces domaines étant contigus dans le sens longitudinal et tels que le premier domaine est directement visible et le second domaine comporte un moyen empêchant que la réponse soit lisible directement. La présente invention est issue du fait que l'on souhaite réaliser un cahier de vacances qui ait à la fois une fonction d'apprentissage et une fonction ludique et qui ait les avantages d'un cahier de vacances et les avantages d'un jeu comportant des inscriptions cachées et pouvant être découvertes par l'utilisateur. Cependant, la présente invention vise à fournir un dispositif d'apprentissage et ludique qui ne soit pas du domaine du hasard et donc qui ne comporte pas un aspect immoral.None of these documents describes a device consisting of at least one sheet comprising in a longitudinal direction of the sheet, a first domain on which a question is printed and a second domain in which the answer to the question is printed, these fields being contiguous in the longitudinal direction and such that the first domain is directly visible and the second domain includes means preventing the response from being directly readable. The present invention arises from the fact that one wishes to make a holiday notebook which has both a learning function and a fun function and which has the advantages of a holiday notebook and the advantages of a game comprising hidden inscriptions which can be discovered by the user. However, the present invention aims to provide a learning and playful device which is not in the field of chance and therefore which does not include an immoral aspect.
Un but de la présente invention est donc de fournir un dispositif qui permette à la fois d'apprendre et de s'amuser.An object of the present invention is therefore to provide a device which makes it possible both to learn and to have fun.
Un autre but de l'invention est de fournir un dispositif qui soit attractif et plaisant pour l'utilisateur.Another object of the invention is to provide a device which is attractive and pleasant for the user.
Encore un autre but de l'invention est de fournir un dispositif qui évite à l'utilisateur de tricher et qui permette à une personne autre que l'utilisateur de contrôler si ce dernier avance correctement dans son apprentissage. Un autre but de l'invention est de fournir un dispositif qui soit facile à fabriquer et donc bon marché.Yet another object of the invention is to provide a device which prevents the user from cheating and which allows a person other than the user to check whether the latter is progressing correctly in his learning. Another object of the invention is to provide a device which is easy to manufacture and therefore inexpensive.
A cet effet, l'invention concerne un dispositif constitué d'au moins une feuille comportant, au moins un premier domaine sur lequel est imprimé une question et au moins un second domaine sur lequel est imprimé la réponse à la question, le premier et le second domaines étant contigus dans le sens longitudinal de la dite feuille, le premier domaine étant directement lisible et le second domaine comportant un moyen empêchant que la réponse soit lisible directement. De préférence, la feuille comporte au moins une succession longitudinale de premiers domaines comportant des questions et de seconds domaines comportant les réponses, chaque premier domaine comportant une question étant suivi par un second domaine comportant la réponse à la question du premier domaine précédent. La feuille comporte plus préférentiel lement plusieurs successions longitudinales et selon un mode de réalisation préféré de l'invention, la feuille comporte au moins trois successions longitudinales.To this end, the invention relates to a device consisting of at least one sheet comprising, at least a first field on which a question is printed and at least a second field on which the answer to the question is printed, the first and the second fields being contiguous in the longitudinal direction of said sheet, the first field being directly readable and the second field comprising means preventing the answer from being readable directly. Preferably, the sheet comprises at least a longitudinal succession of first domains comprising questions and second domains comprising answers, each first domain comprising a question being followed by a second domain comprising the answer to the question of the first preceding domain. The sheet more preferably comprises several longitudinal successions and according to a preferred embodiment of the invention, the sheet comprises at least three longitudinal successions.
Le moyen empêchant la lecture directe de la réponse permet sa lecture par une action de l'utilisateur. Ainsi, le moyen peut être un cache comme une bande mobile qui est collée sur la réponse, et qui peut être arrachée par l'utilisateur. Par exemple, la bande est collée sur la réponse au moyen d'une colle qui permet l'enlever la bande et qui permet de repositionner la bande sur la réponse. Une telle colle est du genre de celle utilisée pour réaliser les papillons repositionnables du genre "POST- IT" (marque déposée).The means preventing direct reading of the response allows its reading by an action of the user. Thus, the means can be a cover such as a moving strip which is stuck on the response, and which can be torn off by the user. For example, the strip is glued to the answer using an adhesive that removes the strip and that allows the strip to be repositioned on the answer. Such an adhesive is of the kind used for making repositionable butterflies of the "POST-IT" type (registered trademark).
Le cache peut être un vernis grattable déposé sur la réponse, ce vernis n'étant pas transparent.The cover may be a removable varnish deposited on the response, this varnish not being transparent.
Le moyen empêchant la lecture directe de la réponse peut être que la réponse est imprimée sous forme de signes alphanumériques déformés illisibles par l'œil humain et devant lisibles à l'aide de moyens optiques. Ainsi par exemple, la réponse est imprimée sous forme de signes alphanumériques qui ne sont pas lisibles à l'œil nu, et qui deviennent lisibles au moyen d'une loupe, d'une lentille optique ou d'une réglette optique. Les moyens optiques sont alors fournis avec la feuille. Par exemple, les réponses sont imprimées sous forme de caractères microscopiques qui deviennent visibles à l'aide d'un moyen grossissant.The means preventing direct reading of the response may be that the response is printed in the form of distorted alphanumeric signs which are illegible by the human eye and which can be read by optical means. For example, the answer is printed in the form of alphanumeric signs which are not legible with the naked eye, and which become legible by means of a magnifying glass, an optical lens or an optical strip. The optical means are then supplied with the sheet. For example, the answers are printed in the form of microscopic characters which become visible using a magnifying means.
Selon un mode de réalisation de l'invention, chaque succession longitudinale de questions et de réponses comporte à sa partie supérieure un domaine directement lisible sur lequel se trouve imprimé un rappel de cours.According to one embodiment of the invention, each longitudinal succession of questions and answers has at its upper part a directly readable field on which is printed a course reminder.
De préférence, la feuille est une feuille rigide non transparente. Par exemple, la feuille peut être une feuille de carton constituée d'une feuille de papier noir sur laquelle sont collées deux feuilles de papier blanc. Le dispositif selon l'invention peut être constitué d'une feuille telle que ci-dessus de format A3 (Figure 2) qui est pliée en deux pour former un cahier de format A4.Preferably, the sheet is a rigid non-transparent sheet. For example, the sheet may be a sheet of cardboard consisting of a sheet of black paper on which are glued two sheets of white paper. The device according to the invention can consist of a sheet as above of A3 format (Figure 2) which is folded in half to form a notebook of A4 format.
Le dispositif est constitué de deux feuilles de format A4 (21cm x 29,7 cm) imprimées sur ses faces recto et verso. Le domaine comportant la réponse peut comporter en outre une image sans rapport avec la solution et facilitant la mémorisation..The device consists of two A4 format sheets (21cm x 29.7 cm) printed on its front and back sides. The domain containing the response may also include an image unrelated to the solution and facilitating memorization.
La description suivante, en regard des dessins annexés à titre d'exemple non limitatif permettra de comprendre comment l'invention peut être mise en pratique. La Figure 1 est une vue en perspective d'un dispositif selon l'invention.The following description, with reference to the accompanying drawings by way of non-limiting example, will make it possible to understand how the invention can be put into practice. Figure 1 is a perspective view of a device according to the invention.
La Figure 2 est une vue à plat d'un dispositif selon l'invention.Figure 2 is a flat view of a device according to the invention.
Le dispositif 1 selon l'invention est constitué d'une feuille 2 qui comporte un domaine 3 sur lequel est imprimé une question et un second domaine 4 sur lequel est imprimée la réponse à la question du domaine 3. Le premier domaine 3 et le second domaine 4 sont contigus, c'est à dire que le domaine 3 est situé juste au dessus du domaine 4. Selon l'invention, les signes alphanumériques constituant la question qui sont imprimés sur le domaine 3 sont directement lisibles. Par l'expression "directement visible" on entend que l'on peut lire la question sans effectuer une action particulière, si ce n'est que de lire. Les signes alphanumériques qui constituent la réponse et qui sont imprimés sur le second domaine ne sont pas directement lisibles. Par l'expression "signes qui ne sont pas directement lisibles", on entend que pour lire les signes constituant la réponse, l'utilisateur doit effectuer une action particulière. Le second domaine 4 comporte un moyen empêchant que la réponse soit lisible directement.The device 1 according to the invention consists of a sheet 2 which includes a domain 3 on which a question is printed and a second domain 4 on which the answer to the question of domain 3 is printed. The first domain 3 and the second domain 4 are contiguous, that is to say that the domain 3 is located just above the domain 4. According to the invention, the alphanumeric signs constituting the question which are printed on the domain 3 are directly readable. By the expression "directly visible" is meant that one can read the question without performing a particular action, except to read. The alphanumeric signs which constitute the answer and which are printed on the second field are not directly legible. By the expression "signs which are not directly legible", it is meant that in order to read the signs constituting the response, the user must perform a particular action. The second domain 4 includes a means preventing the response from being readable directly.
Selon un mode de réalisation de l'invention, le moyen empêchant la lecture directe est une bande mobile qui est collée sur la réponse. Cette bande mobile peut être arrachée par l'utilisateur qui peut ensuite lire la réponse. Cette bande peut par exemple être collée au moyen d'une colle permettant les repositionnement de la bande. Ainsi, l'utilisateur peut lire la réponse en arrachant la bande, puis peut de nouveau cacher la réponse en replaçant la bande sur celle-ci. Selon un autre mode de réalisation de l'invention, le moyen empêchant la lecture directe de la réponse est un vernis grattable déposé sur l'impression de la réponse, ce vernis n'étant pas transparent.According to one embodiment of the invention, the means preventing direct reading is a moving strip which is stuck on the response. This moving strip can be torn off by the user, who can then read the response. This strip can for example be glued by means of an adhesive allowing the repositioning of the strip. Thus, the user can read the response by tearing off the tape, then can hide the response again by replacing the tape on it. According to another embodiment of the invention, the means preventing direct reading of the response is a scratch-off varnish deposited on the printing of the response, this varnish not being transparent.
Comme on le voit sur les Figures, la feuille comporte une succession longitudinale 5 comportant selon le mode de réalisation particulier représenté, 3 premiers domaines 3 comportant les questions et 3 domaines 4 comportant les réponses. Chaque domaine comportant les questions est suivi d'un domaine comportant les réponses. De plus, selon le mode de réalisation représenté, la feuille A3 comporte 6 successions longitudinales (soit 3 successions longitudinales par page A4). La feuille présente en outre à la partie supérieure de chaque succession longitudinale un domaine 6 directement lisible sur lequel se trouve imprimé un résumé de cours.As can be seen in the Figures, the sheet has a longitudinal succession 5 comprising, according to the particular embodiment shown, 3 first domains 3 comprising the questions and 3 domains 4 comprising the answers. Each domain containing the questions is followed by a domain comprising the answers. In addition, according to the embodiment shown, the sheet A3 has 6 longitudinal successions (ie 3 longitudinal successions per A4 page). The sheet also presents at the top of each succession longitudinal a directly readable domain 6 on which is printed a course summary.
Chacun des domaines 4 qui comportent les réponses peuvent présenter une zone 7 sur laquelle est imprimée un dessin ou une image sans rapport avec la réponse.Each of the fields 4 which comprise the answers can present an area 7 on which is printed a drawing or an image unrelated to the answer.
La feuille est de format A 3 et pliée en son milieu. Elle est imprimée en quadrichromie sur ses deux faces. Chaque session longitudinale a des dimensions variables. Sa largeur varie entre 5 et 10 cm. La hauteur des sessions varie entre 9 et 18 cm. La feuille possède au total entre 12 et 30 sessions sur chacune de ses faces. Dans le domaine 3 des questions se trouve des énoncés de petits exercices ou des questions à choix multiple ou des questions. Une place suffisante est laissée dans le domaine pour pouvoir écrire les réponses ou les solutions. La réponse dans le domaine des réponses 4 est accompagnée d'une petite image et d'une légende d'environ 1 cm2. A chaque réponse est associée une image différente sans rapport avec la question, mais ayant un rapport avec la matière concernée et destinée à mieux mémoriser la réponse. Par exemple, pour les mathématiques et les sciences, les images représentent des illustres savants ou des inventions ou des images de botanique ou d'animaux. Pour l'anglais, les images peuvent représenter des personnages illustres de l'histoire anglo-saxonne ou représentant des monuments célèbres anglais ou américains, etc. Les images peuvent aussi représenter des lots qui sont gagnés. Par exemple, pour chaque dispositif l'utilisateur peut gagner une automobile, une bicyclette, ou autres objets moins prestigieux.The sheet is of A 3 format and folded in the middle. It is printed in four colors on both sides. Each longitudinal session has variable dimensions. Its width varies between 5 and 10 cm. The height of the sessions varies between 9 and 18 cm. The sheet has a total of between 12 and 30 sessions on each of its faces. In area 3 of the questions are statements of short exercises or multiple choice questions or questions. Sufficient space is left in the field to be able to write the answers or the solutions. The answer in answer area 4 is accompanied by a small image and a legend of around 1 cm 2 . Each response is associated with a different image unrelated to the question, but related to the subject matter and intended to better memorize the answer. For example, for math and science, images represent illustrious scholars or inventions or images of botany or animals. For English, the images can represent illustrious characters from Anglo-Saxon history or representing famous English or American monuments, etc. The images can also represent prizes which are won. For example, for each device the user can win an automobile, a bicycle, or other less prestigious objects.
Les avantages de l'invention sont nombreux. Le dispositif est d'un faible coût puisqu'il est constitué d'une feuille de carton de format A4 ou A3 plié en deux. Il est synthétique: l'enfant peut réviser rapidement dans une matière le programme de l'année. Une fois tous les domaines de réponses grattés ou découverts, il reste pour l'enfant une carte résumant l'essentiel du cours à connaître qu'il peut garder. La rigidité de la feuille permet son utilisation dans n'importe quel endroit (à la plage, dans l'herbe, en voiture, en train, en avion, etc.). Il sert d'aide mémoire. Son aspect synthétique est rassurant et non rébarbatif pour l'utilisateur. Le grattage et les images apportent une détente et une récompense pour chaque exercice effectué.The advantages of the invention are numerous. The device is inexpensive since it consists of a sheet of cardboard A4 or A3 folded in half. It is synthetic: the child can quickly revise the program for the year in a subject. Once all the areas of answers have been scratched or discovered, there remains for the child a card summarizing the essential of the course to know that he can keep. The rigidity of the sheet allows it to be used in any location (at the beach, in the grass, by car, by train, by plane, etc.). It serves as a memory aid. Its synthetic appearance is reassuring and not off-putting for the user. The scraping and the images provide relaxation and a reward for each exercise performed.
Le fait que les solutions sont cachées permet aux parents de contrôler que l'enfant fait bien tout seul ses exercices et qu'il ne triche pas en regardant la solution. Les images qui sont dans le domaine des réponses permet une meilleure mémorisation de la réponse ou de la solution. Les images maintiennent la curiosité de l'enfant et l'incitent à continuer à faire les exercices de manière à découvrir d'avantage d'images.The fact that the solutions are hidden allows parents to control that the child is doing his exercises on his own and that he is not cheating by looking at the solution. The images which are in the field of responses allows better memorization of the response or the solution. The images maintain the child's curiosity and encourage him to continue doing the exercises so as to discover more images.
Le faible nombre de pages est rassurant et encourageant et augmente la clarté du cahier. The low number of pages is reassuring and encouraging and increases the clarity of the notebook.

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1. Dispositif constitué d'au moins une feuille comportant au moins un premier domaine (3) sur lequel est imprimé une question et au moins un second domaine (4) sur lequel est imprimé la réponse à la question, caractérisé en ce que le premier et le second domaines sont contigus dans le sens longitudinal de ladite feuille, le premier domaine (3) étant directement lisible et le second domaine (4) comportant un moyen empêchant que la réponse soit lisible directement.1. Device consisting of at least one sheet comprising at least a first area (3) on which a question is printed and at least a second area (4) on which the answer to the question is printed, characterized in that the first and the second domain are contiguous in the longitudinal direction of said sheet, the first domain (3) being directly readable and the second domain (4) comprising means preventing the response from being readable directly.
2. Dispositif selon la revendication 1 , caractérisé en ce que la feuille comporte au moins une succession (5) longitudinale de premiers domaines comportant des questions et de seconds domaines comportant les réponses, chaque premier domaine comportant une question étant suivi par un second domaine comportant la réponse à la question du premier domaine précédent.2. Device according to claim 1, characterized in that the sheet comprises at least one longitudinal succession (5) of first domains comprising questions and second domains comprising answers, each first domain comprising a question being followed by a second domain comprising the answer to the question from the first previous area.
3. Dispositif selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que la feuille comporte plusieurs successions longitudinales.3. Device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the sheet has several longitudinal successions.
4. Dispositif selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que la feuille comporte au moins trois successions longitudinales.4. Device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the sheet comprises at least three longitudinal successions.
5. Dispositif selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que le moyen empêchant la lecture directe de la réponse est une bande mobile qui est collée sur la réponse, et qui peut être arrachée par l'utilisateur. 5. Device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the means preventing direct reading of the response is a moving strip which is stuck on the response, and which can be torn off by the user.
6. Dispositif selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que le moyen empêchant la lecture directe de la réponse est un vernis grattable déposé sur la réponse, ce vernis n'étant pas transparent.6. Device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the means preventing the direct reading of the response is a removable varnish deposited on the response, this varnish not being transparent.
7. Dispositif selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que chaque succession longitudinale de questions et de réponses comporte à sa partie supérieure un domaine (6) directement lisible sur lequel se trouve imprimé un rappel de cours.7. Device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that each longitudinal succession of questions and answers has at its upper part a field (6) directly readable on which is printed a course reminder.
8. Dispositif selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que la feuille est une feuille rigide non transparente.8. Device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the sheet is a rigid non-transparent sheet.
9. Dispositif selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce qu'il est constitué de deux feuilles de format A4 (21 cm x 29,7 cm) imprimées sur ses faces recto et verso.9. Device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that it consists of two sheets of A4 format (21 cm x 29.7 cm) printed on its front and back sides.
10. Dispositif selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que le domaine comportant la réponse comporte en outre une image sans rapport avec la réponse. 10. Device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the domain comprising the response further comprises an image unrelated to the response.
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