The Knewton Blog

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 her Mrs. T — has several decades of experience under her belt and knows that if Stu simply moves on to the next topic without… Read more

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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 for each student. Knewton is working hard to solve this problem. In particular, we on the Knewton Adaptive Instruction Team have worked to create a… Read more

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