Khan Academy’s teaching assistant, who directs the student with questions and tips.
Take a step where the student gets confused
Khanmigo helps the student to explain the course of the decision. Instead of a general request for help, it is useful to show a draft and name a step that seems controversial. The student can answer the counter question, correct the recording and continue. Khan Academy connects the assistant with its teaching materials.
Such a dialogue is especially convenient when the type of task is known, but it is not clear how to apply the rule. If you immediately open the ready answer, it is difficult to notice which assumption turned out to be wrong.
Dialogue on the cost of a notebook
In the training example, three notebooks and a pen for 40 rubles together cost 190 rubles. The student began by dividing 190 by three. Ask for a hint that will help you decide what to do with the cost of the pen, and show your next step.
After completing the solution, substitute the price found in the condition. If the student independently explains the order of actions and solves a similar example with other numbers, the conversation has completed its task. It is better to check the incomprehensible or controversial remark of the assistant on the textbook or discuss with the teacher.
Different ways of access
For a personal student subscription, the conditions indicate the adult account holder, residence in the United States and payment address in the United States. For children, the developer describes access through a parent or school with an appropriate partnership. The teacher’s abilities have separate conditions. Before paying, you should open the page of your script and check whether the training dialogue is available.
Suitable tasks
- Dealing with a wrong step in the learning task
- Check your explanation of the rule
- Continue the exercise after the hint
Strengths
- Dialogue with clarifying questions
- Link to Khan Academy's educational content
Limitations
- Personal access has regional conditions
- The answer and the hint are checked with the lesson material
Selection and conditions
- Free access
- Not confirmed
- Trial period
- Not confirmed
- No sign-up required
- Not confirmed
- Russian interface
- Not confirmed
- Local installation
- Not confirmed
- API
- Not confirmed
“Not confirmed” means there is not enough information. The feature may still be available; check the developer’s terms.
- Input formats
- Text
- Result
- Text
Terms
For personal subscription, age and regional conditions are indicated. School access is arranged separately.From task to first result
Practical example
- Task
- Dealing with a wrong step in the learning task
- What to prepare
- Educational task: three identical notebooks and a pen for 40 rubles together cost 190 rubles.
Task brief or prompt
I started with the expression 190 divided by 3. Ask me a question that will help me verify this step. Don't mention the price of the notebook until my next attempt.
Expected result
A hint to help the student make an equation on their own.
How to check the result
- Substitute the price found in the task condition.
- In your own words, explain why the cost of the pen is taken into account separately.
An editorial teaching example of a task brief, not the result of hands-on testing of the service. Check that the required mode is available, that you have rights to the source material and that the intended use of the result is permitted.
Check details
Official sources
- Khanmigo and its training modes
- Opportunities and conditions for the student
- Certificate of the training model
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