Classmate Quizcards for reinforcement learning

I thought I could contain myself and say I'm delighted to introduce the Classmate Quizcards, but that would be a lie becaused I'm excited! to eventually configure quizcards digitally and still have utility as print cards. I was lucky to experience quizcards in my Std 9 (Grade 11) science class in 32 years ago as my then educator created cards with science questions in cigarette cardboxes. While I found the quiz sessions to be unfair as my group always won and the contributions of R1 per learner ended in my pocket every Friday, I have always been cognisant of the power organised and structured quiz sessions have.

Now that I have cracked the code for digital quizcards (not flashcards) I am very excited. My excitement is fuelled by the possibilities of conceptual learning we can achieve with quiz sessions, individually, in groups or in class. Even better, I have spent the last few months learning and writing about 'Learning How to Learn', and being a mathematics educator I decided to focus on my first love 'Learning How To Learn Mathematics'. I have learned a great deal about learning and I think quizcards will accelerate learning of mathematics and every other subject for that matter.

I can imagined how they will be of great use in retrieval practice, interleaving, spaced repetition and encoding concepts into the long-term memory (LTM). I have learned a lot about neuroplasticity and its role in growing the cognitive function of our prefrontal cortex and the effect of neurochemistry in understanding intrinsic motivation and how we could persue learning addiction like that of social media and other addictive substances.

As such I have designed the Classmate Quicards Bot to incorporate most of these learnings such that the use of quizcards improves lerner's intellectual capacity through increasing synaptic connections with configurations to increase dopamine and serotonin secretion for addictive motivation.

But it's not just about answering quiz questions. Learners are required to rate their understanding of the selected question, opening the lid on the blackbox of question comprehension. Learners can also indicate if they know the answer, unsure of the answer or do not know the answer. Now, before any confusion, let me hasten to say that quizcards are formative and not summative assessment tools. So, if the learner is unsure or does not know the answer, the bot redirects the lerner to conceptual notes specific to the quiz question (will include video in the future) for the learner to read. Here's a note for the quiz card in this post:

Once the learner has read the notes they have to indicate their understanding of the question once more and then answer the question. The Classmate Bot uses a Leitner system for Spaced Repetition. Please watch the video below to see how the Leitner Systems works.

I will share a specific video for using the Leitner system on the Classmate Bot.

I am developing at least 100 conceptual quastions with corresponding notes per topic. This will translate to about 1000 quizcards for each grade in FET Mathematics. I will release the Functions quizcards by 02 February and they will be available through the Teachmate Bot.

I will share more details in the next week.