Khan Academy is a non-profit educational organization created in 2006 by educator Salman Khan with a goal of creating an accessible place for people to be educated.
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3. KHAN ACADEMY
• Khan Academy is a non-
profit educational
organization created in 2006
by educator Salman Khan
with a goal of creating an
accessible place for people
to be educated. T
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• Basically, Khan Academy’s math
program is a video game, where
the content happens to be
solutions to equations. Instead of
blowing up aliens or driving cars
through urban war zones, players
race against time to solve
problems correctly.
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• Each answer is immediately
scored right or wrong.
Correct answers get happy
faces and accumulate
points.
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• Mistakes get round yellow sad
faces, but you still have to get
the answer right before
progressing to the next problem.
You can ask for a hint (that resets
your streak) or watch the video
that covers the topic you’re
practicing (no penalty for that).
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• Users immediately know what
they did well and where they
messed up. Compare that to your
typical math test in high school;
by the time you got the
corrected test back, you couldn’t
remember, much less care about,
the questions and answers.
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• The positive feedback builds on
itself cumulatively, so the stakes
increase with each correct answer.
Instead of fading or zoning out, as I
did so many times in long math
classes, my kids get more engaged
and determined as their streak
increases and they have more to
lose.
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• When they achieve
milestones, they are invited
and encouraged to share
their success with their
Facebook community.
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• Most of these milestones are
predictable: you need so many
energy points to win each level
of badge, beginning with the
meteorite badge. That’s in
keeping with motivation theory:
give people a clear path to
success.
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• But Khan Academy also
offers Black Hole badges
(legendary and unknown,
they are the most unique
Khan Academy awards).
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• Just as animal trainers discovered that
unpredictable rewards sprinkled in with
predictable ones increased dedication
and speed of learning, Khan Academy
tantalizes students with the promise of a
“legendary and unknown” treasure, to
generate fanatical devotion and
commitment. Students aren’t just doing
math; they’re engaged in an epic quest.
