Online math tutoring service uses AI to help boost students' skills and confidence

Like many students around the world, Eithne, 14, in Chorley, United Kingdom, was struggling to keep up in math at school after more than a year of COVID-19 related disruptions. In June 2021, her parents signed her up for a summer program offered by Eedi, an online math tutoring service. "Just dealing with lockdown, she hadn't had enough of a really good background," said her mother, Arianna. "She missed most of the Year 7 Maths, then Year 8. So, we thought, 'Let's give it a go, let's see where she needs a bit of help.'" Newly enrolled students on Eedi are asked to take a dynamic quiz of 10 multiple choice diagnostic questions that the service uses to learn where students struggle most in math. This information allows the service to place students on a learning pathway to overcome those specific obstacles, or misconceptions.