Amy
Learning and science
automated tutoring
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How HN took it
1 positive, 2 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 0 critical, out of 3 comments about the project.
Execution: 1 for, 0 against
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What people liked
Step-by-step feedback and button-based input help students focus on maths, not input errors.
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Sure thing. Here is the main interaction. You will see how amy gives you feedback after you do something. The interaction is step by step. Instead of "give me the full answer at…
BrandiATMuhkuh on HNNo. What you see are buttons so select from. Too often do students give the wrong answer because their input is wrong and not their math. We took at unnecessary pitfall out of…
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Used in university classrooms with anecdotal reports of usefulness.
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It's still in use. We have like 400 classrooms and like 400 T.A. so it's difficult to get a good statistic. We have some anecdotal evidence from students and T.A. that say that…
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Objections
Commenter asked why the student gives five replies, unclear from the screenshot.
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Why does the student give 5 replies? How does the student add the fractions? Do you have a wysiwyg editor? (I don't expect everyone to type LaTeX.)
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Requests
Provide a WYSIWYG editor for entering fractions rather than typing LaTeX.
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Why does the student give 5 replies? How does the student add the fractions? Do you have a wysiwyg editor? (I don't expect everyone to type LaTeX.)
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Share screenshots of the interface.
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Do you have any screenshots?
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Questions
Does the tool have measured learning outcomes?
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That's pretty cool. Is it still in use? And what affect did it have on the students. Did they learn well with it?
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Alternatives named
Khan Academy
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Moodle quizzes
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We did something similar with Moodle for the students of the fist year of my University. The fist quiz includes fractions, because they still can operate with fractions :( . One…
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