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Ask students why they don’t like school, and you’ll get several answers: it’s “hard,” “boring,” “disconnected from reality” or “only for smart people.” The real answer is of course more complex than any of these responses would suggest. To get a deeper understanding of the matter, I recently read one man’s investigation: Daniel T. Willingham’s Why Don’t Students Like School: A Cognitive Scientist Answers Questions About How the Mind Works and What It Means for… Read more

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It’s easy to see how online adaptive learning can be used to improve the teaching of quantitative subjects such as math, a subject we perceive to be defined by drilling, discipline, “right/wrong” answers, and skills which build neatly upon one another. Subjects such as English, art history, and music seem to lend themselves less naturally to adaptive technology, whether it’s the “expressive” nature of the subject or the complexity of assessment (i.e. paper-grading) that lies… Read more

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Photo © Chronicle of Higher Education In an article released today titled “The Rise of Learning Machines,” The Chronicle of Higher Education profiles Knewton’s partnership with Arizona State University. (This fall, Knewton’s Adaptive Learning Platform™ will power ASU Online’s College Algebra and College Math courses). The article discusses some key features of Knewton’s Adaptive Learning Platform™ (“programs like Knewton can pace an entire math course using sophisticated tracking of skill development, instant feedback, and help… Read more

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David Kuntz is the Vice President of Research at Knewton If you’ve spent any time in the field of educational technology, you may have heard the term “adaptive learning,” or one of its many aliases: adaptive instruction, adaptive hypermedia, computer-based learning, intelligent tutoring systems, computer-based pedagogical agents… If you’re like most people, however, the precise definition of the term(s) probably still eludes you. So the question remains: What is adaptive learning? At the most basic… Read more

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