Home Study is billed as "a very user-friendly program that will allow you to keep all your school course-work on disk in a form that makes revision much easier."
The key to this program is that the informa-tion it contains is supplied by the student. This ensures that it is strictly relevant, and in the form most useful to that particular student. Each school or college subject is dealt with under a separate heading, for example Geography, Geology or Chemistry. The first thing to do is enter data on each subject. This takes the form of questions and answers. You may enter 99 questions for each subject (mem-ory permitting - free memory is displayed at the top of the screen). You are then able to 'hide' certain words in your question. When the question is later displayed, you must fill in the hidden word. An example is the question "The Battle of H.......took place in 1066." To answer, you type in the hidden word. The *prompt' letter (H in this case) can be omitted to make the test that much harder. Also, more than one word can be hidden if required. For example "The Battle of H....... took place in ...." Using this format, lessons can be built up, and can be as specialised or as general as desired. Of course, the very act of inputting and manipulating the data is itself an act of revision, and the Trivial Pursuit-like questions and answers stick in the mind. Colour and sound aren't employed, but this isn't particularly noticeable. The program has many other features, such as a correct answer register, giving an accuracy percentage and a words-per-minute counter. It's easy to use, change and tailor to your own needs. Options exist to print out lessons or save them to disk. The whole program is very flexible and would certainly be useful as part of a revision program. GOOD NEWS: - Easy to use, simple but effective.
- Very flexible and easily tailored to suit individual needs.
BAD NEWS:- Is really just a memory aid. lt won't explain or 1each' anything, just help you to learn by rote.
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