"They could do it on pen and paper for free, while they're learning"
And that active engagement with the text is the important thing! The student making their own mind map/flash cards/linear notes/annotations on past papers. Whatever.
I like the node quiz idea though, and shall use that on the whiteboard one day (UK based maths teacher).
Indeed, the most valuable part of flashcards for me has always been distilling a semester into a set of questions that are suitable for the format. Then the flashcard is a marker into a larger corpus of information that is in my head, instead of the sum total of information I have on a topic.
And that active engagement with the text is the important thing! The student making their own mind map/flash cards/linear notes/annotations on past papers. Whatever.
I like the node quiz idea though, and shall use that on the whiteboard one day (UK based maths teacher).
PS: nice e-book