What do you get when you review a word with flashcards or a spaced repetition system? When you can go through a list and give all the correct answers, what have you accomplished? Do you know the words or are you simply adept at reciting answers? What does it mean to “know” a word? At [...]
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What Did Your Last Test Teach You?
I’ve never been a fan of tests or reviews for the simple reason that they are rarely used to move you forward. Did poorly on a test because you had difficulty understanding the material? That’s nice, the class will be moving on now. Reviews, Tests, Quizzes and the like are typically used to determine what [...]