Patents by Inventor Karen S. Kutiper

Karen S. Kutiper has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 6626679
    Abstract: A reflective analysis methodology based upon an interactive, dynamic questioning procedure that implements reflective practices of individual learners. Comprehensive educational activities are designed to model cognitive behaviors of successful students. During interactive diagnostic testing, the learner is asked to reflect on the degree of certainty for each of his answers. After completing the diagnostic test, reflective questions are posed specifically responsive to the learner's answers to selected items. This series of reflective questions is designed to cause the student to search for patterns, clues, and problem-solving strategies related to the specific content being studied. In so doing, thinking behaviors that the student has used or should have used are analyzed, and concomitantly constructs strategic modeling from a database of comprehensive instructional activities for addressing a given concept or skill in the future.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2003
    Assignee: AceSync, Inc.
    Inventors: Sharon E. Skeans, Karen S. Kutiper, Leah Ellen Harrison, Mary Ann Norton, Betty D. Capel, Deborah Magoulick
  • Publication number: 20020081561
    Abstract: A reflective analysis methodology based upon an interactive, dynamic questioning procedure that implements reflective practices of individual learners. Comprehensive educational activities are designed to model cognitive behaviors of successful students. During interactive diagnostic testing, the learner is asked to reflect on the degree of certainty for each of his answers. After completing the diagnostic test, reflective questions are posed specifically responsive to the learner's answers to selected items. This series of reflective questions is designed to cause the student to search for patterns, clues, and problem-solving strategies related to the specific content being studied. In so doing, thinking behaviors that the student has used or should have used are analyzed, and concomitantly constructs strategic modeling from a database of comprehensive instructional activities for addressing a given concept or skill in the future.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2001
    Publication date: June 27, 2002
    Inventors: Sharon E. Skeans, Karen S. Kutiper, Leah Ellen Harrison, Mary Ann Norton, Betty D. Capel, Deborah Magoulick