First, you choose a study
group. A study group can include a themed assortment of passages[1]
from throughout the Bible (e.g. Prayer, Personal Guidelines), passages from a
chapter or section (e.g. 1 John Chapter 1, The Beatitudes, The Sermon on the
Mount) or the contents of an entire book of the Bible (e.g. 1 Peter). VerseMem
comes with many study groups already loaded. You also have to option to create
new study groups and share them.
Once a study group has been
selected you can began studying the passages. Study consists of completing exercises.
Examples of exercises include rearranging shuffled up sentences, filling in
missing words from multiple-choice selections, and matching a passage (e.g.
“For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son.”) with its
reference (e.g. John 3:16). As you progress through your study the exercises will
become more difficult with levels ranging from 1 (Beginner) to 5
(Advanced). For example, filling in the missing words from a passage at
level 1 evolves into completing missing phrases from that passage at
level 2.
If the selected study group is a
chapter, book or other sequential section the first study passage will always
be the first passage of the study group. Otherwise, VerseMem selects a random
passage from the study group to begin with. As the user progresses with study
more passages from the study group are gradually introduced. For example, if
Beatitudes is the selected study group, Matthew 5:3, “Blessed are the poor in
spirit for theirs is the kingdom of heaven,” will be the first passage. After
some exercises practicing Matthew 5:3 have been completed, Matthew 5:4 will be
added and exercises will now incorporate both passages.
Continuing with the Beatitudes
study group example above, after you’ve had several sessions over the course of
the week the exercises incorporating Matthew 5:3 will have probably increased
to level 5. At some point the VerseMem will announce that the passage has been mastered.
This decision is based on a combination of exercise difficulty level, average
performance on those exercises, and the number of exercises completed. The
mastered passage is removed from the passages actively being studied and will
now appear infrequently. In the example, if Matthew 5:3 is mastered on Monday,
the user might not see the passage again until Friday or Saturday. With time,
the frequency with which a passage appears will continue to decrease. However,
passages will never be removed completely.
In addition to the exercises,
there are additional activities that can be accessed via the main
screen. These activities include games matching Biblical characters with facts
about them, ordering books of the Bible, and matching passages and references.
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