Monday, September 19, 2011

Khan Academy mathematics

I like the learning tree on the Khan website. Austin is very motivated to earn points and badges. The site colours subjects in orange, if it's time for Austin to refresh what he has learned. Then, he can return to that subject and answer questions to demonstrate that he has remembered what he learned.

Austin spends most of his time with the Khan Academy, working independently. However, I worked with him on angles last week. We watched the video, "The Angle Game," together, and he intuitively was able to solve for the missing angles. Before Salman told us that two lines were parallel, Austin assumed that they were, so was able to identify corresponding angles and solve for supplementary ones. He was very quick with these exercises, clearly enjoying the work.


The blue colour indicates that Austin is proficient in the subject, green indicates the subject is suggested, and orange is selected for review.

1 comment:

  1. It's been great to be able to see the effort and progresss that A's been making in both fields of Mathematics and Science! I've talked to lots of people about the Khan Academy and hope others use it like he is.

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