| The app is written from scratch. Kept from the current app: |
| - the exercises (app/math_algebra9.json) |
| - the drawing board (static/math-board.js, static/board-math.js, static/vendor/mathlive) |
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| Glossary: |
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| - skill (诪讬讜诪谞讜转): a specific topic like 驻讬专讜拽 讟专讬谞讜诐 |
| - exercise (转专讙讬诇): a qustion on a certain topic, can be either open ended or multiple choice |
| - lesson (砖讬注讜专): set of skills like 讟讻谞讬拽讛 讗诇讙讘专讬转 1 |
| - quiz (讘讜讞谉): a test on a single lesson, can be retaken, best grade wins. each retake draws new questions. |
| it is the only quiz type (no one-time summary quiz); its best grade is the lesson's grade |
| - exrcise test (诪讘讞谉 转专讙讜诇): a timed test on a set of a lessons, can be retaken, best grade wins |
| - simulation test (诪讘讞谉 住讬诪诇讜爪讬讛): a timed test on a set of a lessons, one time only |
| - test: real life test, appears in app as a date + the lessons it covers + number of questions and time limit |
| (default 12 questions, 90 minutes). set by the teacher |
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| Goals: |
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| The app helps the student to: |
| 1. master the skills - done by the path |
| 2. get ready for the real life tests - done by the test countdown plan |
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| Goal 1: Mastering the skills (the path) |
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| Each skill goes through these stages: |
| 1. worked example: the student sees a full solution and is asked "why this step?" |
| 2. faded examples: steps are removed one at a time, the student fills them in |
| 3. practice: immediate feedback that names the specific mistake. |
| after a wrong answer, the student gets a similar question (not the same one) |
| 4. mastered: 3 correct answers in a row, without hints, across at least 2 different days. |
| a mastered skill stays mastered (math does not rot) |
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| Skill states: |
| - not started |
| - learning |
| - mastered |
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| Path rules: |
| - all lessons are open: the student can enter any lesson at any time, in any order |
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| Goal 2: Getting ready for the real test |
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| The teacher sets the test date and the lessons it covers. |
| The app plans backwards from the date: |
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| - until 9 days before: finish the path for all the covered lessons |
| - 9-7 days before: exercise tests (诪讘讞谉 转专讙讜诇) - timed, mixing all the covered lessons. |
| each result points back to the weak skills in the path (see "Exercise tests" below) |
| - final week: simulation test (诪讘讞谉 住讬诪诇讜爪讬讛) - required. one attempt, open until the test day, |
| same length and timing as the real test, feedback only at the end |
| - last days: targeted review of the skills that failed in the simulation, |
| light mixed review the day before |
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| Exercise tests: |
| - assigned by the app: created automatically when the teacher sets the test, |
| and placed on the student's countdown |
| - the teacher can also send one to the class as an assignment |
| - the student can start or retake one at any time. each retake draws new questions, best grade wins |
| - same length and timing as the simulation test, feedback only at the end |
| - weak skill: a skill in "learning" state, or one failed in a previous exercise test |
| - 2 exercise tests, then the simulation test: |
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| | days before the test | step | weak skills | other covered skills | |
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| | ~9 | exercise test 1 | 60% | 40% | |
| | ~7 | exercise test 2 | 30% | 70% | |
| | ~5 | simulation test (required) | - | like the real test | |
| | 4 -> 1 | review the skills that failed in the simulation | |
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| - if the test is set less than 9 days ahead, keep the same order with shorter gaps |
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| Readiness meter (per test): |
| - % of the covered skills that are mastered |
| - recent exercise test grades |
| - simulation test grade |
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| Student Screen: |
| - home |
| - my assignments (讛诪砖讬诪讜转 砖诇讬): homewords submitted by the teacher |
| - remider on the upcoming test: days left, readiness meter, today's task (from the closest test) |
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| - path |
| - grades |
| - collection |
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| Teacher Screen: |
| - assignments |
| - give an assignment. load it from: |
| - the computer (file upload) |
| - the app's drawing board (math-board.js) |
| - a picture (camera) |
| - check assignments: review each student's submitted answers and give feedback/grade |
| - tests |
| - set a real life test: date + the lessons it covers |
| - see who took the required simulation test |
| - class heat map |
| - rows: students, columns: skills |
| - each cell is colored by the skill state (not started / learning / mastered) |
| - period tabs: sep-dec, jan-jun |
| - student lesson coverage |
| - rows: students, columns: lessons |
| - each cell shows how much of the lesson the student covered: % of its skills mastered + the best quiz (讘讜讞谉) grade |
| - period tabs: sep-dec, jan-jun |
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