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Khan Academy's LearnStorm: A math challenge to help students learn how to learn

72 points by gokhan 11y ago

NDizzle 11y ago
Does anyone know why this is region based? I'm about 40 miles outside of the Bay Area range that they include and my 4th grader would love it.
- dangoor 11y ago
  It's region based because there are in-person events and effort that goes in to getting kids signed up. We also have regional sponsors that help provide prizes and make the events great.
mkertajaya 11y ago
Any plans to include other areas?
- dangoor 11y ago
  The regions are set for 2016. We may expand in 2017
j2kun 11y ago
Are there any details about what they actually do? This is just a sign up form with the claim that they reward "hustling."
- dangoor 11y ago
  "Hustle" in LearnStorm is intended to reward productive persistence in learning how to tackle a new math skill. We don't go into the details of how we measure that because we want the kids to just do the challenge as they naturally would.
  - j2kun 11y ago
    It looks like it's just a scoreboard on top of the existing Khan Academy.
    - dangoor 11y ago
      The leaderboards are built on top of Khan Academy infrastructure, but the "hustle" calculation is not reflected (or computed, for that matter) anywhere else on Khan Academy.
criddell 11y ago
I'd like to see a challenge to help educators learn how to teach. There's a lot of variation yet our primary education model is still one teacher presenting material in one way to 20-30 kids.
- wodenokoto 11y ago
  I believe one of the goals for Khan Academy in schools is to reverse teaching and homework, so that students watch videos at home and does homework under teacher supervision in school.
  - criddell 11y ago
    Some of my daughters' classes are like that. That's a pretty minor change and doesn't really alter the model of "everybody learn this the same way at the same rate".
electricblue 11y ago
Any reason why these regions in particular? Seems very rando. Maybe focus on areas with problems teaching math?
- dangoor 11y ago
  These are regions in which we were able to get sponsors, school district support, etc.
jonesb6 11y ago
I feel like the gamification of education is a double edged sword. It can get rather cheesy and I imagine it would turn some kids off to learning, as I was from some of the videos / workbooks / whatever I was exposed to in middle school. I'd be interested in how effective these approaches are. My faith is in Khan Academy though, amazing work they're doing.

72 points by gokhan 11y ago

Does anyone know why this is region based? I'm about 40 miles outside of the Bay Area range that they include and my 4th grader would love it.

dangoor 11y ago
It's region based because there are in-person events and effort that goes in to getting kids signed up. We also have regional sponsors that help provide prizes and make the events great.

mkertajaya 11y ago

Any plans to include other areas?

dangoor 11y ago
The regions are set for 2016. We may expand in 2017

j2kun 11y ago

Are there any details about what they actually do? This is just a sign up form with the claim that they reward "hustling."

dangoor 11y ago
"Hustle" in LearnStorm is intended to reward productive persistence in learning how to tackle a new math skill. We don't go into the details of how we measure that because we want the kids to just do the challenge as they naturally would.
- j2kun 11y ago
  It looks like it's just a scoreboard on top of the existing Khan Academy.
  - dangoor 11y ago
    The leaderboards are built on top of Khan Academy infrastructure, but the "hustle" calculation is not reflected (or computed, for that matter) anywhere else on Khan Academy.

criddell 11y ago

I'd like to see a challenge to help educators learn how to teach. There's a lot of variation yet our primary education model is still one teacher presenting material in one way to 20-30 kids.

wodenokoto 11y ago
I believe one of the goals for Khan Academy in schools is to reverse teaching and homework, so that students watch videos at home and does homework under teacher supervision in school.
- criddell 11y ago
  Some of my daughters' classes are like that. That's a pretty minor change and doesn't really alter the model of "everybody learn this the same way at the same rate".

electricblue 11y ago

Any reason why these regions in particular? Seems very rando. Maybe focus on areas with problems teaching math?

dangoor 11y ago
These are regions in which we were able to get sponsors, school district support, etc.

jonesb6 11y ago

I feel like the gamification of education is a double edged sword. It can get rather cheesy and I imagine it would turn some kids off to learning, as I was from some of the videos / workbooks / whatever I was exposed to in middle school. I'd be interested in how effective these approaches are. My faith is in Khan Academy though, amazing work they're doing.