Having command of the key terminology in a subject can make a real difference, not just in answering “state”, “define” and “describe” questions, but reflecting upon and understanding the course content too.

Experienced teachers and examiners have created a set of terms that are specific for each course being studied. This was done by forensically exploring specification documents, teacher guidance documents, examination board topic packs, past paper mark schemes, clarification documents and popular textbooks.

When new mark schemes are released annually, the terms are updated.

Smart Terms provides students with pre-written flashcards that can be used in two different modes: reflective and interactive. Reflective mode only requires students to read a definition and RAG rate their understanding before moving to the next card. Interactive mode requires students to write a definition to the term in addition to RAG rating themselves.

A teacher can:

1. Enable either Terms reflective and/or interactive mode.
2. Set the topic filters to just the topics that have been studied to limit the cards that are visible to the students.
3. Use the Analytics – Smart Terms – Student overview report to see understanding of a topic at a glance.
4. Use the Analytics – Smart Terms – Terms analysis report to see the top ten least understood terms.
5. Use the Analytics – Smart Terms – Student responses report to see a more detailed analysis of each term and change the recorded confidence for a student.

A student can:

1. Select Terms reflective or interactive mode as directed by their teacher.
2. Read the topic specific term, write a definition and RAG rate their understanding. In doing so, promoting or demoting a card to a different deck.
3. See the last definition they wrote before writing a better one.
4. Filter the decks of cards that are visible to facilitate the Leitner system.