31. A software program adapted for execution in a computer including a display device and an input device for entering selections, said software program performing a method for guiding a student's acquisition of additional terminology for use in the student's vocabulary through structured inductive reasoning when executing in the computer, said method comprising the steps of: displaying on the display device information indicating the derivation of a current target word to be added to the student's vocabulary; displaying on the display device first and second clues that relate to the information indicating the derivation of the current target word and do not use the current target word, said clues offering a predetermined number of answers, respectively, for selection by the student using the input device; displaying on the display device last and next to last clues that relate to and do use the current target word, said clues offering said predetermined number of answers, respectively, for selection by the student using the input device; displaying on the display device the student's selected answer to a clue and a legend asking the student to try again if the answer selected by the student for the clue was incorrect; displaying on the display device the correct answer to a clue and an explanation of that answer if the answer selected by the student for the clue was correct; and displaying on the display device the correct answer to a clue and an explanation of that answer after a given number of incorrect answers have been selected by the student for the clue.
31. A software program adapted for execution in a computer including a display device and an input device for entering selections, said software program performing a method for guiding a student's acquisition of additional terminology for use in the student's vocabulary through structured inductive reasoning when executing in the computer, said method comprising the steps of: displaying on the display device information indicating the derivation of a current target word to be added to the student's vocabulary; displaying on the display device first and second clues that relate to the information indicating the derivation of the current target word and do not use the current target word, said clues offering a predetermined number of answers, respectively, for selection by the student using the input device; displaying on the display device last and next to last clues that relate to and do use the current target word, said clues offering said predetermined number of answers, respectively, for selection by the student using the input device; displaying on the display device the student's selected answer to a clue and a legend asking the student to try again if the answer selected by the student for the clue was incorrect; displaying on the display device the correct answer to a clue and an explanation of that answer if the answer selected by the student for the clue was correct; and displaying on the display device the correct answer to a clue and an explanation of that answer after a given number of incorrect answers have been selected by the student for the clue. 32. The software program of claim 31 wherein a first clue directly references information in the derivation display, a second clue asks the student to combine common knowledge with information in the derivation display, a third clue uses the current target word in a sentence and asks the student for a synonym, a fourth clue is an analogy using the current target word, and a fifth clue is a sentence completion exercise showing a sentence using the current target word and including a blank space where a word is missing.