»November 25, 2009: Knewton Thanksgiving
Team members were asked to name their favorite Thanksgiving side dishes.The term "supplementals" has a different meaning on turkey day. Some responses: Chris H. — Yams with apples, walnuts, and marshmallows on top! Cassie — Sweet Potato Casserole David C. — Dumplings made from canned biscuits Amy – I make an awesome Chinese-style T-day turkey. The turkey is ma... ... (MORE)
»November 23, 2009: Karen Cator
Alex Sarlin is Lead Verbal Developer for Graduate Programs at Knewton, specializing in GMAT prep. Karen Cator, the former Director of Education and Leadership at Apple, was just appointed as the US Department of Education’s new head of the Office of Educational Technology. Combined with the fact that $650MM that has been committed to educational tech by the federal government, this mea... ... (MORE)
»November 18, 2009: What to read to help your GMAT Reading Comprehension
GMAT test-takers often ask about reading materials that help prepare them for the Reading Comp section of the test. While we always remind them that the reading comprehension section, at heart, is about reference and not real reading, we also acknowledge that for those who have been working too hard to pick up a book or magazine, it can be enormously helpful to re-catch the reading bug. Here is... ... (MORE)
»November 16, 2009: Join Conference Call with Admissions Director at Booth (UChicago)
Chris is the Director of Test Prep at Knewton. As the admissions season rolls along, Knewton is excited to bring you a special event by way of our friends at APBM. Tomorrow morning (Tuesday 11/17) at 9am EST, you can join a conference call with Rose Martinelli, the Admissions Director at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. The call will last an hour and feature a 20-minute Q&... ... (MORE)
»November 16, 2009: Great GMAT Essay from Knewton student
Josh Anish is Senior Editor at Knewton. I read A LOT of GMAT essays. Alex Sarlin and I read every single essay sent in by every single Knewton student. More and more are coming in every day. We usually offer words of encouragement followed by a points of constructive critique — don’t use first-person pronouns in the intro, don’t pay too much deference to the other side of the ... ... (MORE)
»November 10, 2009: Video games and failure-based learning
I used to teach afterschool in City of New York/Parks & Recreation’s Computer Resource Center program. Kids in the program spent a lot of time playing educational games like Logical Journey Of The Zoombinis and The Incredible Machine.The kids would literally fight with each other to get to be the first to play these games, with an intensity that surprised me. I mean, the games are fun... ... (MORE)
»November 9, 2009: The Halls and the Oateses
Try your hand at this question: Two family reunions are happening at the same hotel, the Oates reunion and the Hall reunion. All 100 guests at the hotel attend at least one of the reunions. If 40 people attend the Oates reunion and 62 people attend the Hall reunion, how many people attend both reunions? (A) 2 (B) 5 (C) 10 (D) 16 (E) 22 Answer after the jump. Explanation: The question asks ... ... (MORE)
»November 9, 2009: Business-like approach to GMAT math
The GMAT quantitative section is different from most math tests. You don’t usually see Data Sufficiency questions outside the GMAT, for one thing. They’re tricky, and mastering them requires a high level of familiarity. The good news is that the answer choices are the same for every question, and precise calculations are often unnecessary. Then there are the word problems. All that ... ... (MORE)
»October 27, 2009: Knewton and Pandora: Adaptive Learning at Work
Here at Knewton, our adaptive learning engine is centered around the idea that education is optimized when students receive exactly the content that they need at exactly the right time. We’re able to achieve this by mapping educational concepts at the atomic level, and adapting students’ learning experience around how they perform on the various tests and assignments. So we’... ... (MORE)
»July 23, 2009: A Plethora of CATs
Knewton VP of Research David Kuntz uses the English language to explain the numbers behind his Science.Computer-adaptive tests (CATs) come in all shapes and sizes, and you meet them everywhere: getting your driver’s license, achieving an IT certification like MCSE or CCNA, or applying for admission to business school. Even the TV show “Are You Smarter Than A Fifth-Grader?” c... ... (MORE)
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