Data-Driven Continuous Improvement Math Exercises

Math Exercises That Keep Getting Smarter

For years, data-driven analysis has transformed the software industry by providing valuable user feedback, enabling developers and designers to create better versions of their software with improved user interfaces and experiences. Now, for the first time, theMYMATH team is bringing this data-driven approach to education with our innovative math exercises.

"theMYMATH is not your typical math exercises. Watch your child engage with theMYMATH independently and have fun while doing it."

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How did we do it?

We use real data from student performance to identify obstacles within our math tutoring exercises, enabling us to refine our online tutoring methods, exercises, examples, and hints. Unlike traditional education, which often relies on one-way information transfer from a teacher to a student and a teacher’s intuition about the best teaching methods, our system creates a dynamic feedback loop. This loop collects data and systematically identifies the most effective ways to teach, allowing us to continuously improve our teaching resources.

This revolutionary approach allows us to proudly say that each of our exercises is carefully designed and regularly updated to remove learning roadblocks, empowering students to learn independently and effectively.

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How It Works:

1. Pinpoint Learning Roadblocks: We analyze our student mistakes to identify common challenges.
2. Update Teaching Resources: We then refine our exercises, examples, and hints to address these challenges, ensuring the materials better guide students toward mastering the concepts.
3. Continuous Monitoring: Our updated resources are continuously monitored to validate their effectiveness and are further refined if necessary.

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Case Study:

First, we analyze and identify which exercises have a low correct rate.

As shown in the photo above, we focus on exercise 4A-37, where students, on average, answer correctly only 78.1% of the questions. We then dive deeper to pinpoint the issues by question and discovered that the existing example does not adequately cover all the types of questions on the page. To address this, we updated the example to better demonstrate the underlying concept.

After updating the exercises, examples and hints (not shown here), we reintroduced the revised exercise sheet for students to use. We also set up a monitoring system to collect data on the new exercises and compare the results to previous versions to evaluate the effectiveness of the changes.

Our goal is to help students overcome the confusion from the earlier version and improve the correct answer rate. If the correct percentage does not improve, we repeat the process, approaching the issue from a different perspective.

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Why It Matters:

By adapting our resources based on real student performance, we eliminate learning obstacles, enabling students to confidently tackle challenges and complete our exercises independently. This self-directed learning fosters a deeper understanding, better performances, and a more personalized educational experience.

Kids who dislike math don't really dislike the subject itself, rather, they dislike feeling frustrated and confused. By eliminating friction in the exercises, we build resilience and self-confidence to help kids believe in their abilities and that given time and patience, they can find a solution to any problem.

Ready to see the difference for yourself? Contact us today to learn how our data-driven approach can help your child excel in math!

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