exercise-designer

Purpose

The exercise-designer skill helps educators create varied, evidence-based practice exercises that target specific learning objectives and apply proven strategies from cognitive science. This skill designs exercises with appropriate difficulty progression, spaced repetition opportunities, and clear assessment criteria.

Constitution v4.0.1 Alignment: This skill implements evals-first exercise design—defining success criteria BEFORE creating exercises, integrating Section IIb (AI Three Roles Framework) co-learning exercise types, and aligning with Section IIa (4-Layer Method) for layer-appropriate exercises.

When to Activate

Use this skill when:

• Educators need practice exercises for Python concepts
• Designing homework assignments or problem sets
• Creating varied exercise types beyond simple coding problems
• Applying evidence-based learning strategies (retrieval practice, spaced repetition)
• Establishing difficulty progression across exercise sequences
• Generating test cases and rubrics for exercises
• Evaluating existing exercises for pedagogical effectiveness

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