The following describes common terms and contextual references that should be known in order to better understand the application logic.
Represents a field of work.
Represents one of
- "reading" (Lesen)
- "writing" (Schreiben)
- "math" (Rechnen)
- "language" (Sprache)
Represents an informal level of difficulty.
Represents a formal level of competency, is not related to level. Mostly used in
diagnostics.
A collection of unit-sets for a given dimension and level
A collection of units, including a "story" that provides a contextual environment including certain actors, sceneries and topics.
A unit provides a singular topic for which the items are designed. It contains multiple "pages" and there is always one item per page.
An item in the technical sense of this software is not to be confused with the definition of item from test-theory, item-response-theory or psychometrics in general.
In this software an item refers to an interactive type that resolves around specific items:
A choice item asks to select a single or multiple choices regarding a certain question or statement.
The cloze item format provides a text or word groups, where characters, words or sentences are represented by a text input. Users have to enter the correct character, word or sentence.
A highlight item asks a user to select (highlight) a word or character.
Each item format requires a specific scoring implementation that fits the structure of the source. The scoring generally works by matching user responses with correct responses and assign a true/false score for a given set of linked competencies.
The differences in the scoring implementations is mostly to cover the different data strucutres that are used be the item formats.
The session tracks the current "state" of the user. It's used to determine, which unit was the last edited one, in case the user returns to the app after a certain time.
The progress tracks in a read-optimized fashion, how many units have been completed for a given field and how many competencies have been achived.
Stores a (scored) response to an item on a page of a given unit. It is design to allow the complete association between a user's response, a given unit and the related competencies.