Designing New Content for an Adaptive Learning Platform
DreamBox Learning offers an intelligent, adaptive mathematics learning program for students in grades K-3. In 2011, they developed additional curriculum and a new intermediate learning environment for older elementary students (slated for release in early 2012).
The design process for the new curriculum began with determining the desired outcomes, in terms of both content and pedagogy. The choice of content and pedagogical approach was informed by research in a way that Dr. Tim Hudson, Director of Curriculum Design at DreamBox Learning, describes as “both rigorous and intuitive.” The DreamBox team wanted students to master math concepts defined in the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) Focal Points and in the new Common Core State Standards. READ MORE
