Retrieval practice
Actively bringing an answer to mind strengthens later recall and reveals what is not yet secure.
How learning sticks
Remembering is the work that strengthens memory.
Do Now turns evidence-informed learning principles into short, focused practice: retrieve an answer, receive useful feedback, then revisit knowledge at the right level of challenge.
Four principles, one useful loop
Timely feedback
Clear answers and explanations help correct errors while the attempt is still meaningful.
Spacing
Revisiting knowledge over time supports longer-lasting learning better than one concentrated burst.
Productive difficulty
Practice should require thought without becoming arbitrary. Do Now adjusts the route while keeping the learning goal visible.
From principle to product
What Do Now does
- Build: choose a stage, subject, focus and quiz format.
- Retrieve: learners answer before seeing feedback.
- Respond: the next questions and explanations use the available performance signals.
- Teach: Teacher Premium turns the quiz into class links, reports and editable classroom resources.
Research starting points
- Roediger and Karpicke (2006), test-enhanced learning
- Dunlosky and colleagues (2013), effective learning techniques
- Cepeda and colleagues (2008), spacing effects
These sources inform the design direction; they do not imply endorsement of Do Now or guarantee a particular learning outcome.