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Adaptive Teaching
All learners are different. However, most educational presentations and materials are
the same for all. This creates a learning problem, by putting a burden on the learner to
figure out how to engage with the content. It means that some learners will be bored,
others will be lost, and very few are likely to discover paths through the content that
result in optimal learning. Adaptive teaching offers a solution to this problem. It uses
data about a learner’s previous and current learning to create a personalized path
through educational content.Adaptive teaching systems recommend the best places to
start new content and when to review old content. They also provide various tools for
monitoring one’s progress. They build on longstanding learning practices, such as
textbook reading, and add a layer of computer-guided support. Data such as time
spent reading and self-assessment scores can form a basis for guiding each learner
through educational materials. Adaptive teaching can either be applied to classroom
activities or in online environments where learners control their own pace of study.