A thorough and nuanced understanding of educational content is central to the Knewton approach to adaptive learning. Every time we generate a recommendation for a student in a Knewton-enhanced course, we rely not only on data about that student’s activity, but also on a comprehensive understanding of the conceptual relationships… READ MORE
I’d like to paint a scenario that reflects a common occurrence in classrooms nationwide. A student in an introductory algebra class — we’ll call him Stu — receives a score of 63%, a D, on his quiz from chapter 13 on adding and subtracting polynomials. The teacher — let’s call… READ MORE
It’s an unavoidable problem in traditional classrooms: teachers, in the challenging position of teaching a class of 30 students or more with a wide variety of abilities and needs, are struggling to understand exactly what those needs and abilities are and to provide the instruction that will be most helpful… READ MORE
