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I found it very interesting how he applied data-analysis techniques [at time 12:33 in the video] to provide teachers with a better and correct understanding of

I found it very interesting how he applied data-analysis techniques [at time 12:33 in the video] to provide teachers with a better and correct understanding of each student's shortcomings (probably from his insights from his earlier profession on the Wall St.) that will take the student/tutor interaction to a new level!

solarmist 16y ago
What I found more interesting was that lack of those tools in current teaching. I can't believe no one's made those kind of analysis tools available to teachers before.
- kamens 16y ago
  Can't agree with this enough. Every time we make a new chart I think to myself, "Well that wasn't rocket science," and then when we show teachers they go absolutely nuts.
  - snarknet 16y ago
    Maybe I'm just tired, but what do you mean by chart? A personalized one tailored to a student? Edit: Ignore this, read your blog, very insightful.
- ianl 16y ago
  In a traditional class room its not possible to collect that data in a practical sense. Teachers are already over worked and technology is in short supply. Which is why tools like these are not available, its only possible here because all students are interacting with the khanacademy.org system.
  - piguy314 16y ago
    Low hanging fruit: -Import scantron test data into a database to analyze which questions students got right/wrong (http://www.scantron.com/cognition/faqs.aspx http://www.scantron.com/cognition/faqs.aspx) -Analyze teachers gradebooks (most are already in excel or an LMS) to see which types of assignments students excel/do poorly at. -Provide comprehensive SAT9/STAR/PISA test data to schools for analysis on individual student strengths/weakesses Seems like the problem is not necessarily lack of data... In fact when the freakonomics team applied econometric analysis to large quantities of data already possessed by the Chicago school district they were able to prove cheating on standardized tests (http://www.wikisummaries.org/Freakonomics:_A_Rogue_Economist_Explores_the_Hidden_Side_of_Everything#Chapter_1:_What_Do_Schoolteachers_and_Sumo_Wrestlers_Have_in_Common.3F http://www.wikisummaries.org/Freakonomics:_A_Rogue_Economist...)

solarmist 16y ago

What I found more interesting was that lack of those tools in current teaching. I can't believe no one's made those kind of analysis tools available to teachers before.

kamens 16y ago
Can't agree with this enough. Every time we make a new chart I think to myself, "Well that wasn't rocket science," and then when we show teachers they go absolutely nuts.
- snarknet 16y ago
  Maybe I'm just tired, but what do you mean by chart? A personalized one tailored to a student? Edit: Ignore this, read your blog, very insightful.
ianl 16y ago
In a traditional class room its not possible to collect that data in a practical sense. Teachers are already over worked and technology is in short supply. Which is why tools like these are not available, its only possible here because all students are interacting with the khanacademy.org system.
- piguy314 16y ago
  Low hanging fruit: -Import scantron test data into a database to analyze which questions students got right/wrong (http://www.scantron.com/cognition/faqs.aspx http://www.scantron.com/cognition/faqs.aspx) -Analyze teachers gradebooks (most are already in excel or an LMS) to see which types of assignments students excel/do poorly at. -Provide comprehensive SAT9/STAR/PISA test data to schools for analysis on individual student strengths/weakesses Seems like the problem is not necessarily lack of data... In fact when the freakonomics team applied econometric analysis to large quantities of data already possessed by the Chicago school district they were able to prove cheating on standardized tests (http://www.wikisummaries.org/Freakonomics:_A_Rogue_Economist_Explores_the_Hidden_Side_of_Everything#Chapter_1:_What_Do_Schoolteachers_and_Sumo_Wrestlers_Have_in_Common.3F http://www.wikisummaries.org/Freakonomics:_A_Rogue_Economist...)