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Hidden on the student's screen when the count ended · marked on the server- Category
- Memory and recall. Shown, hidden, asked.
- The student gives
- One option
- Marked
- By rule, at once
- The prompt carries
- Text, and anything you add
- In the builder
- Now.
- Allow going back to change an answerThe template has no going back.
- Allow skipping a questionThe sequence is fixed.
- Negative markingThe template has no skipping, so no blank can be left.
About memory recall.
Why this shape
Content shown, hidden, then asked: recall over a delay is what learning is, and this is the shape that tests it.
An example. Study the list for ten seconds. Which items were on it?
What it is
Memory questions show something, hide it, and then ask. A list, a passage, an image or a sequence appears for a counted number of seconds, and the question comes when it has gone.
Why it is needed
Retention over a delay is what learning is. A question asked while the material is still on the screen tests reading; the same question asked after it has gone tests what the student holds. Memory shapes turn the quiz into the drill that the research on retrieval practice recommends: recall, not recognition.
When to use it
Use them for vocabulary, sequences, facts that must be held without notes, and for study drills where the student wants to know what they truly remember. Use short reveals for span and detail, longer ones for a passage.
How to write one well
Set the reveal time to the size of what is shown: a few seconds for a short list, longer for a passage. Ask one thing about what was shown. Tell the student before the reveal what they will be asked, or keep it a surprise on purpose, and be consistent within a quiz.
For memory recall in particular. Match the seconds to the size of what is shown.
Mistakes to avoid
A reveal too short to read. A question about a detail the student could not have known mattered. Several questions about one reveal without saying so. Using memory shapes for material the student is allowed to look up.
How EdProcto marks it
EdProcto hides the reveal on the student's screen when the count ends and marks the answer by rule against the accepted list, or by a reader for open answers. The reveal and its seconds are set per question.
Questions.
- How does a student answer a memory recall question?
- One option. Content is shown, disappears, and then the question comes.
- How is memory recall marked?
- By rule, the moment the answer is given: the mark needs no reader.
- Can Procto AI write memory recall questions?
- Yes: from a chapter, notes or a handout, in this shape, at the level of thinking you set, written from your material only if you say so.