However, DreamBox analyzes a student’s incorrect answers, and uses this analysis to offer the most appropriate follow-up lessons. In many cases, students who exit lessons do so because they are apprehensive about getting answers wrong. In worst case scenarios, where the student keeps exiting the same lesson repeatedly, and doesn’t try doing any other lessons, this can actually cause DreamBox to stop offering other lessons entirely! It’s hardly fair to give a student a bad grade every time they stop a lesson, so DreamBox chooses instead to ignore the results of the lesson entirely.įor this reason, if a student makes a habit of exiting lessons with the “Stop” button, instead of completing the lessons, then they won’t be assigned new, easier to understand lessons in a timely fashion. However, if a student does not complete a lesson, DreamBox does not make this assessment, as it assumes the student must leave for a non-academic reason (e.g. If a student finds that DreamBox is not making these adjustments, then you might want to check the way they are using DreamBox – chances are, they are using the “Stop” button to exit out of their lessons.ĭreamBox analyzes a student’s input on a click-by-click basis, and uses this input to assign the most appropriate follow-up lessons. As you know, DreamBox Learning’s GuideRight technology is designed to adjust the difficulty and variety of lessons offered, based on a student’s demonstrated instructional level and unique input. The short answer to this is “no, it’s not a bug”, and I will be more than happy to explain the problem. That was two weeks ago – now, she only has one activity available on her Lesson Map! This student says she’s been given the same activity over and over again, for the past two days, with no other options. However, one of my students was complaining that her activities were too hard for her.
“What my students enjoyed about Dreambox initially was the fact that they’re given a variety of activities to choose from, the activities adjust to their skill level, and they don’t have to work on only one activity for long periods of time. A teacher recently contacted me with the following issue: