GCSE History questions, generated and marked
cookie generates GCSE History questions from material you choose and marks what you write against criteria it produces with the question, including the source and interpretation questions that make up much of the paper. Because your deck is built from your own topic notes the questions are about the periods your course covers, and spaced repetition brings a period back before the detail goes.
Decks in the library for this
There are 4 public decks for this, built from published exam-board material. Import one and you get a private copy to practise from and change.
Source questions need a mark scheme, not an answer key
A History paper asks how useful a source is, or how far you agree with an interpretation, and the marks are in the reasoning rather than in a fact. An answer key cannot mark that and a textbook cannot either.
cookie produces the scheme alongside the question and marks against it, which means you find out that your answer used the source but never questioned its provenance.
Dates and detail, kept where you can reach them
History rewards knowing specific detail, and detail is exactly what decays first. The review schedule brings a topic back when you are about to lose it rather than on a fixed weekly rota, which is the difference between revising a period once and still knowing it in June.
Common questions
Which periods does it cover?
Whichever your notes cover. GCSE History syllabuses differ enormously between boards and schools, so a deck of your own material is usually a better fit than anything generic.
Can it ask a sixteen-mark essay question?
Yes, and it marks it in parts the way the real scheme does, with a worked answer afterwards to compare against.
Would you rather have a person as well?
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