Contrast

By understanding what something is not, we can better understand what it is.

Mammath is not:

• a teacher replacement

• a textbook replacement

• an edutainment platform

• a learning management system

Mammath provides the data needed to target interventions and track progress in the classroom. We provide granular topic assessments (quizzes) coupled with visual tools that help teachers teach. Effective teaching requires adapting to student data so that students are met in their Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD). In a classroom with diverse readiness to learn, this requires Differentiated Instruction. It is up to the teacher to manage the strategies (e.g. tiered lessons, adaptive groups with targeted instruction, etc.).

Mammath's focused assessment are easily matched to chapters of any book. Physical and digital textbooks provide excellent reference materials and structure for a topic. With vast quantities of questions that progress through each topic, they are important for students to practise, building fluency with new skills and understanding of new concepts. The granular nature of Mammath assessments complements these existing resources perfectly. Each book will sequence and combine topics in their own style.

Our focus is to determine what a student knows, not how quickly they can process and respond. Established services like Kahoot & Blooket can provide positive student engagement in the classroom. They are popular with students. They also allow teachers to make their own quizzes that meet specific needs, reflecting their own personality that of the cohort. Competition is incorporated into these activities which can motivate many students. Of course, competition can also de-motivate students who aren't as fast and rarely, if ever, reach the podium. Mammath deliberately avoids competitive attributes. We also don't present a timer.

Mammath is built to provide timely data, not timeless data. Hence it shouldn't be confused with some of the functions of a Learning Management System. We don't intend to provide archival records indefinitely into the future. If you need to capture data for reporting, we provide easy export of data in csv file format that you can integrate into your own system.