Words Rock Online is powered by the advanced EdAlive Adaptive Learning System.

Automatically optimises each child’s progression

The system uses complex algorithms to automatically create and maintain an optimised learning pathway for each child. This is power cloaked in simplicity.

• Analyses each student’s responses in real-time.
• Rapidly establishes each student’s base learning level.
• Automatically challenges and progresses each student.
• Frees teachers and parents from the tedium of analysing children’s responses and manually creating learning sequences.
• Acts as an intelligent, dedicated tutor, continually monitoring and progressing each child.
• Teachers can set up an entire class in a matter of moments and be confident that each child is progressing at their optimal rate.
• Liberatingly simple to use.

Constant automatic levelling

At the commencement of each round of Questions the EdAlive Adaptive Learning System analyses the student’s recent results and then automatically chooses the new content to present.

• The questions will come from a range of Steps.
• Correct answers enable Questions to be drawn from more difficult Steps.
• Incorrect answers or the use of the Too Hard button will reduce the difficulty of the Steps from which the Questions are drawn.
• The system will gradually introduce more difficult content as students prove that they are ready for it.
• The design challenges students whilst building their confidence.

Concurrent Multi-Topic operation

By default the EdAlive Adaptive Learning System concurrently and automatically progresses students in multiple Topics. Each Topic is presented in a discrete channel with the levelling of the Questions in each channel being independent from those in the other channels e.g. progress in the Spelling Topic within its channel is independent from progress in the Grammar and Punctuation Topic within its channel. When the “All Content” option is chosen the Adaptive Learning System mixes Questions from all of the Topic channels together in the one stream of questions.

Single Topic operation

The EdAlive Adaptive Learning System can be configured to present Questions from only one Topic at a time. e.g. you can choose to be presented with Questions from the Spelling Topic channel only.

Generating your Adaptive Learning Questions

Once either All Content or a single Topic has been specified the Adaptive Learning System then chooses the most appropriate Questions to present based on the user’s previous answers.

1. The first time the EdAlive Adaptive Learning System is used it presents the user with range of Questions of varying difficulty chosen from the sequenced Steps for each Topic.
2. As the user answers the presented Questions the EdAlive Adaptive Learning System will automatically learn which Step to select the Questions for the user from.
3. There is always an element of challenge - enough to keep students engaged and learning but not too much so that they get too many wrong and become discouraged.

Power cloaked in simplicity

The EdAlive Adaptive Learning System is incredibly simple to use but behind the scenes it is working hard to give you just the right Questions to keep you learning

• From time to time it will challenge you with harder Questions.
• If you get a run of Questions wrong or use the Too Hard button too frequently you will find that you will be levelled down and your Questions will come from an easier Step.
• If you are getting your Questions for a Topic correct you will be levelled up and your Questions will come from a more difficult Step.
• All this happens invisibly and automatically Topic-by-Topic and Step-by-Step.
• Behind the scenes the EdAlive Adaptive Learning system is doing lots of complicated calculations to keep you learning. That’s where the power comes in!

Inputs to the EdAlive Adaptive Learning System

The EdAlive Adaptive Learning System is constantly evaluating the inputs from the students. Accordingly it dynamically adjusts the level of content being presented. The algorithm that controls the function of the EdAlive Adaptive Learning system is complex and takes account of a range of factors including the history of correct and incorrect answers, the use of the Too Hard button and use over time.

• Unanswered Questions have no effect on the levelling.
• If, as sometimes happens, another party operates in a student’s account (like an older sibling or parent demonstrating their literacy prowess), the system will quickly reset to the student’s level once they resume use of the account.

The Adaptive Learning Question Screen

The Adaptive Learning Question Screen displays in the question in the Words Rock game and when the Questions Only Adaptive Learning option is chosen.

Adaptive Learning Result Summary

At the conclusion of each Words Rock game or after the completion of each Question set in the Questions Only Adaptive Learning Mode an Adaptive Learning Results Summary screen is shown.