Example of how the Personal Deck works

1. Let's say that a teacher assigns an assignment that has two questions: the first question is on simplifying fractions, and the second question is on one-step equations.

2. When a student completes that assignment, both questions will go into that student's Personal Deck. Both of those questions will be "due" at a future date. How soon a question shows up again is determined by each student's prior performance on that question.

3. So, let's say that John struggled with the question on simplifying fractions, while acing the question on one-step equations. In this case, the question on simplifying fractions will show up earlier in the Personal Deck (in about 1 day). Meanwhile, the question on solving one-step equations would show up later (in about 1 week).

4. If a student consistently gets a question correct, then the question will get scheduled for review at an increasingly later date. For example, let's say that a week later, the question on solving one-step equations (which John previously got correct) shows up, and he gets it correct again. When he got it correct the first time, he saw it about 1 week later. Now that he got correct a second time in a row, he would see it at an even later date (about 3 weeks later). If he gets it correct a third time in a row, then the next review would be scheduled at an even later date (about 2 months).