REMEMBER Remembering Apps that fit into the "remembering" stage improve the user's ability to define terms, identify facts, and recall and locate information. Many educational apps fall into the "remembering" phase of learning. They ask users to select an answer out of a line-up, find matches, and sequence content or input answers. Criteria When locating these "remembering" apps, consider the following questions. Does the app help the user: 1. Define information? 2,Name facts? 3.Recite information? 4. List facts or details? 5. Recall facts or ideas? 6. Locate facts or ideas? 7. Retrieve information? 8. Describe information? 9. Recognize facts or ideas in context?
UNDERSTAND Understanding Apps that fit into this "understanding" stage provide opportunities for students to explain ideas or concepts. Understanding apps step away from the selection of a "right" answer and introduce a more open-ended format for students to summarize content and translate meaning. Criteria When locating these understanding apps, consider the following questions. Does the app help the user . . . 1. Summarize facts and ideas? 2. Restate methods or procedures? 3. Interpret relationships? 4. Paraphrase information? 5. Predict consequences? 6. Give examples? 7. Retell information in own words? 8. Retell events? 9. State problem in own words? 10. Explain ideas or concepts? Determine importance?