From developer Marcia Lee: about a week ago, we released hovercards (not to be confused with hoverboards). the next time you watch a video on ka, mouse over the name of someone who has posted a …
Khan Academy Labs: Exploratory Exercises
From instructor Brit Cruise: One of the most exciting aspects of joining the Khan Academy team was the potential to explore new ways of integrating video and software. As a new faculty member, I hope …
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Understanding Topic Mastery with Bayesian Networks
Jace Kohlmeier is the scientist studying our statistics to figure out how Khan Academy users learn best. He’s working to answer questions like: What are the underlying concepts that relate …
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David tells the story of his internship at Khan Academy
Fall ‘11 intern David Hu created this incredible video about his experience at Khan. Teach ALL the Humans. If you want to change the world like David, sign up at khanacademy.org/r/jobs You can …
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How Khan Academy is using Machine Learning to Assess Student Mastery
Khan Academy developer David Hu writes a very interesting piece about how we’re running a number of experiments to improve our understanding of student mastery and encourage more learning from …
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New kids on the block
New exercises have been dropping by our knowledge map, and it’s time to give them a proper welcome!This week, we added exercises that introduce basic angle concepts, such as acute, obtuse, …