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We do a lot of research as we refine our adaptive learning engine. Our most recent research concerned how two fancy-sounding educational concepts — content scaffolding and metacognitive scaffolding — can be used to help improve learning and increase engagement among students. Here’s what these two types of scaffolding are all about: Content scaffolding consists of reminding students of critical concepts, presenting a multi-step problem as a series of smaller problems, and otherwise breaking down… Read more

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Obviously, no one wants to get a low GMAT score. But at the same time, doing poorly on the test isn’t the end of the world, and beating yourself up over your score isn’t healthy, or productive. Instead, try to deal with your disappointment in a way that will help you prepare for the GMAT, round two – if and when you feel up to it. Here’s how to bounce back if you get a… Read more

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We recently sat down with David Liu, Knewton’s Chief Operating Officer and a graduate of Columbia Business School, to talk to him about his MBA experience. Why did you choose Columbia Business School? What makes it different from other business schools? I wanted to have a business education in the business capital of the world.  Being in NYC was a big factor in my choice of b-schools.  Columbia also had a very good percentage of… Read more

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Drawing precise diagrams is a key skill to master for GMAT geometry questions, but it’s not always easy. Ready for some hands-on practice? Let’s get started with a GMAT geometry problem from Knewton’s course. Draw a diagram first, and then we’ll come back for another look. A circular table consists of a glass center surrounded by a metal ring of uniform width. If the metal ring has a width of 2 inches, and the glass… Read more

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Good managers do more than just dole out assignments; those working under them appreciate seeing their boss from time to time tackling some of the same kinds of projects that they work on themselves. It shows that the boss doesn’t give assignments she wouldn’t be willing to do herself, and it shows she is competent, able to do the assignments she asks others to do. Still, a lot of the time, a manager’s job is… Read more

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We all know not to divide by zero. It is a rule from middle school—if not earlier—and the reasons for it are pretty straightforward. If you look at the graph of y = 1/x, the y value approaches +∞ as x approaches zero from the right, and the y value approaches —∞ as x approaches zero from the left. But the graph never reaches x = 0, because you cannot divide by zero. Dividing 1… Read more

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Kyle Hausmann is a Content Developer at Knewton, where he helps students with their GMAT prep. In the first installment of our MBA Life series, we talked to Knewton’s Nathan Lasche about his experience at HBS. We found out how Nate felt about class size, the people he met, Cambridge and Boston, and the weather. Now we’ll hear from Ben Jackson, friend of Knewton and current JD/MBA student at Stanford. And, in fantastic life-path chiasmus,… Read more

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Kyle Hausmann is a Content Developer at Knewton, where he helps students with their GMAT prep. Many of Knewton’s GMAT students are aiming for the top MBA programs in the world. Comparing those programs can be difficult —HBS and Stanford GSB both look pretty darn good on a resume, after all.  In the end, deciding between those two business behemoths largely comes down to personality. The learning experience will not be the same — the… Read more

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Kyle Hausmann is a Content Developer at Knewton, where he helps students with their SAT prep. Translating words to algebra is hugely important on the SAT. The test contains trickily worded problems that are crafted specifically to test this skill. Fortunately, it’s something you can easily improve upon with a little bit of practice! As you go through practice SAT math problems,  focus on phrases which signify an operation, a fraction, an equality or inequality…. Read more

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Kyle Hausmann is a Content Developer at Knewton, where he helps students with their GMAT prep. GMAT success depends not only on getting the right answer–but on getting it fast. Time management is key to conquering the GMAT: After all, test-takers only have an average of two minutes to spend on each question. Saving time isn’t just about answering the hard questions in less time–it’s also about answering easier questions faster. Every second you save… Read more

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