Modular instruction using cognitive constructs

[0010]a) ordering k learning packets for a given body of knowledge in a sequence j from 1 through k, wherein k is less than or equal to the total number of learning packets available for the given body of knowledge, b) presenting the instructional material associated with a jth learning packet to a student, c) presenting the post-instruction assessment of the instructional material associated with the jth learning packet to the student, d) comparing a result of the post-instruction assessment of the instructional material associated with the jth learning packet to a standard for the jth learning packet, and e) repeating steps b) through d) using the next learning packet in the sequence if the result of the post-instruction assessment of the instructional material for the previous learning packet is found to be at least substantially equal to the standard for the previous learning packet in step d). Preferably, step a) includes ordering the learning packets from a remote site via the Internet. The method can also include rearranging a sequence of the learning packets either before any learning packets have been presented to the student or after at least one learning packet has already been presented.

[0011]The present invention further provides a method of modular instruction comprising the steps of

The organization employed by known methods of instruction, however, is not easily modifiable.

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