Honor Teaching Machine Roll (1963 - late 1960s) | Museum of Obsolete Media (original) (raw)
The Honor Push-Button Teaching Machine was produced by the Honor Products Company in the US, and appears to have been introduced in 1963. Promoted as a personal tutor, the machine itself was battery-powered and used interchangeable paper rolls that covered a variety of topics such as grammar, spelling, mathematics, geography and science.
The rolls were punched and one of four buttons (A, B, C, or D) was correctly pressed to reveal the answer to the question as the paper was automatically wound on to the take-up spool to show the next frame. Some questions were multiple choice, while for others the students needed to think of the answer (for example, a missing word) before revealing it.
Whilst mostly aimed at school-age children, the system was also promoted to adult learners, for example in magazines such as Popular Science as a way of improving their English and maths skills.