QUERIUM CORPORATION — Department of Education SBIR Phase I: edIES15R0005

QUERIUM CORPORATION — SBIR Phase I award from Department of Education.

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Amount
$149,924
Agency
Department of Education
Program / Phase
SBIR · Phase I
Topic
edIES15R0005
NAICS
Place of performance
TX
Period
2015-05-01 → 2015-11-01

Description

This project team will develop and test a prototype of the StepWise Virtual Tutor, designed to be an artificial intelligence software tutoring program for Algebra I students. The tutor will track students as they answer questions, catch algebraic and arithmetic errors, provides hints, and aggregate reports in an instructor dashboard. In the Phase I pilot research with 100 Algebra I middle and high school students, the researchers will examine whether the prototype functions as planned, whether students receive useful feedback, and whether teachers find the reports useful for informing practice.