Question types

A question is built in 2 steps. A lesson author picks an interaction family: what the learner does, such as choose, type or put in order. Then a question type of that family sets its options, such as a true-or-false layout or a typed number on a keypad.

The family decides the shape of the answer and how it is checked. The question type decides how it looks. So 2 question types of one family are checked the same way.

Status

• refined: its design is settled.
• draft: it plays, but it is still being worked on.
• idea: it is only proposed.

After a miss

A question type either marks the parts the learner missed, so they fix only those, or marks the whole step. A miss is shown in red pen, and the words a child reads never call it wrong.

Every question type

This table is generated from the lesson kit’s catalog when the docs are built. Each name links to its page in the playground, where it plays in both languages.

Choose choose

Picks one option, or every option that applies.

Question type	What the learner does	Status	After a miss
True or false true_false	Decides whether one statement is true.	refined	marks the missed parts
Pick the number recognition	Picks the result from a few numbers, or the one word or sign that fills the gap in a line, shown in its place.	refined	marks the missed parts
Multiple choice lettered_choice	Reads a task and picks one of up to five answers in a numbered list, then checks.	refined	marks the missed parts
Pick all that apply multi_select	Picks every option that is true.	refined	marks the missed parts
Mark the numbers you need mark_numbers	Taps the numbers in a word problem that the answer needs, then checks.	refined	marks the missed parts
Compare fractions fraction_compare	Compares two fractions drawn as bars and picks <, = or > on three tiles; the sign shows in its place in the line.	refined	marks the missed parts

Enter enter

Types one value.

Question type	What the learner does	Status	After a miss
Type the answer production	Types one number, with no options to choose from, also one read off a number line.	refined	marks the whole step
Short typed answer short_text	Types a short answer: a maths word, a number in words or a command.	refined	marks the whole step
Type an expression expression	Writes a short expression, such as 2 × 5, on a keypad with signs.	refined	marks the whole step
Measure with a ruler measure	Slides a ruler along a picture and types the length it reads.	refined	marks the whole step

Slots slots

Fills the answer slots in a question body (a text, a table, a picture, a column, a pyramid), each typed or chosen, under one Check.

Question type	What the learner does	Status	After a miss
Fill in the gaps fill_gaps	Fills one gap or several in a sentence, an equation or a command, each typed or chosen from a short list.	refined	marks the missed parts
Fill the table fill_table	Fills the empty cells of a small table.	refined	marks the missed parts
Label the picture label_picture	Puts the right label at each marker on a picture, then answers below it.	refined	marks the missed parts
Written calculation column	Works a sum digit by digit in columns, as on paper.	refined	marks the missed parts
Number pyramid pyramid	Fills the empty bricks of a pyramid where each brick is the sum of the two below it.	refined	marks the missed parts
Read the clock clock_read	Reads the time off a clock face and writes the hours and the minutes.	refined	marks the missed parts
Count the money money_count	Counts the coins and notes in a purse and writes the złote and the grosze.	refined	marks the missed parts

Sequence sequence

Puts items in order; the position matters.

Question type	What the learner does	Status	After a miss
Put in order order	Puts steps or values in the right order, or builds a row from a bank of tiles.	draft	marks the whole step

Group group

Puts each item into a group; only the group matters.

Question type	What the learner does	Status	After a miss
Sort into groups bucket	Puts each item into one of two or more groups.	draft	marks the missed parts
Match the pairs match	Pairs each item on the left with one on the right by reordering the right column.	draft	marks the missed parts

Place place

Marks a position on a line, a picture or a grid, or draws a graph bar by bar.

Question type	What the learner does	Status	After a miss
Place on the number line number_line_place	Places a number on a line.	draft	marks the whole step
Tap the picture hotspot	Taps the right place on a picture.	draft	marks the missed parts
Build a rectangle spatial_build	Builds a rectangle of dots for a multiplication.	draft	marks the whole step
Draw a graph draw_graph	Draws a bar graph, a picture graph, a line plot, a dot plot, a line graph or a histogram from the data given.	draft	marks the missed parts
Set the clock clock_set	Moves the hands of a clock to show a time.	draft	marks the missed parts
Pay the amount money_pay	Pays an exact amount by moving coins and notes into a tray.	draft	marks the whole step
Shade the fraction fraction_shade	Shades the parts of a bar, a circle or a rectangle that a fraction names.	draft	marks the whole step
Split the rectangle area_model	Builds a rectangle for a multiplication, then splits it into two easier ones.	draft	marks the missed parts

Explain explain

Explains a reason, aloud or typed; the tutor judges it.

Question type	What the learner does	Status	After a miss
Explain in your own words explain	Explains an idea in their own words, typed today and spoken later.	draft	marks the missed parts