What is the timeline for a student of learning a new word?

Here we explain in further details the learning journey undertaken for an individual word or knowledge item.

When a learner takes a pre-test, a word or knowledge item will be classified as one of the following:

  • "Knew word":  the learner got this word was correct in their pre-test
  • "Learning": the learner for this word was incorrect in their pre-test


When a learner reaches their post-test, a word or knowledge item will be classified as one of the following:

STATUS

EXPLANATION OF STATIS

RETEACH OR RECAP

KNOWLEDGE ORGANISER

"Knew word"

correct in the pre-test and correct post-test

END (word will not be re-served)

"I already know" column

"Learning"

correct in the pre-test and incorrect in the post-test

enters the reteach queue

"I am learning" column

"Learning"

incorrect in the pre-test and incorrect in the post-test

enters the reteach queue

"I am learning" column

"Learnt"

incorrect in the pre-test, correct in the post-test

enters the recap queue

"I have learned" column



When a word/knowledge item is served to the learner at reteaching stage, the word/knowledge item will be classified as one of the following:

STATUS AT RETEACH

CORRECT OR INCORRECT?

RETEACHING / RECAPPING

KNOWLEDGE ORGANISER

"Learning"

correct

Word becomes "learnt" and enters to recap queue

"I have learned" column

"Learning"

incorrect

Word stays at "learning" and re-enters the reteach queue

"I am learning" column

 


When a word/knowledge item is served to the learner at reteaching stage, the word/knowledge item will be classified as one of the following:

STATUS AT RETEACH

CORRECT OR INCORRECT?

RETEACHING / RECAPPING

KNOWLEDGE ORGANISER

"Learnt"

correct

Word stays "learnt" - this is the end of the journey for this word

"I have learned" column

"Learnt"

incorrect

Word status changes to "learning", enters the reteach queue, and the cycle starts again.

"I am learning" column


NOTE: The Bedrock algorithm works in the above ways, meaning that a word or knowledge item may resurface many times for a learner. This is intentional and ensure knowledge is solidified.