A holistic AI tutor
Flexi aspires to replicate the following aspects of a human tutor at scale for free!
1. assess
Continuous Student Assessment
Just like a human tutor, Flexi continuously evaluates a student’s knowledge state as they progress through their learning journey.
A. Conversations with Flexi
Flexi assesses a student's understanding of various topics through interactive conversations.
B. Lesson Engagement
Flexi guides students through lessons, continuously evaluating their comprehension.
C. Adaptive Practice
Flexi uses CK-12's adaptive quizzes to determine a student's skill level on various topics.
D. Learn with Flexi
Flexi uses its predictive AI capabilities to estimate each student's performance in the future: estimating their knowledge gaps and mastery levels.
2. Plan
Study Plan & Study Tools
Like a human tutor, Flexi helps students by creating a study plan and ensuring they stick to it. This plan is dynamic and adjusts based on the each student's evolving knowledge state.
A. Assignments & Homework
Flexi aspires to be a daily companion for every middle and high school student by assisting with homework and assignments, igniting curiosity, and helping them develop problem-solving skills.
B. Prepare for Tests
Many students feel anxious about tests, and are unsure if they are adequately prepared. Flexi helps them build confidence and study effectively.
C. Spaced Repetition
Flexi incorporates proven learning methodologies such as spaced repetition, concept interleaving, and active recall to maximize students’ knowledge retention.
3. Engage
Personalized Content Delivery
An effective human tutor personalizes instructional content to match a student's interests, hobbies, goals, and skill level—so does Flexi.
A. Interests & Hobbies
Tailoring instruction to an individual student's interests and hobbies is more engaging and helps develop an intuitive understanding of concepts.
Flexi uses its AI capabilities to achieve this for every student.
Flexi uses its AI capabilities to achieve this for every student.
B. Knowledge State
Flexi goes beyond Lexile levels, offering simpler or more detailed explanations on request, based on a student's understanding of individual concepts. It can also localize explanations to the student's native language and geography.
C. Higher Education Goals
Flexi learns each student's higher education aspirations to maximize their readiness to achieve their dreams.
D. Localized Content
Flexi caters to students all over the world, using powerful AI to localize content, including currency, units, language, and region.
4. reflect
Help Students Reflect
Human tutors are particularly effective because they provide constant feedback, encourage reflection, point out blind spots, and celebrate achievements. Flexi excels at this.
A. Personal Progress Insights
Providing students with rich qualitative and quantitative feedback is a key instructional strategy for celebrating their success and revealing their blind spots.
Flexi achieves this by integrating various signals into an easy-to-understand student reflection dashboard.
Flexi achieves this by integrating various signals into an easy-to-understand student reflection dashboard.
B. Addressing Misconceptions
A student asks, 'If there is no oxygen in space, how does the sun burn?' Flexi quickly recognizes that the student is confusing chemical and nuclear reactions.
Flexi helps students identify and correct misunderstandings at the source.
Flexi helps students identify and correct misunderstandings at the source.
C. Test Readiness
Student test anxiety is real. Flexi can help.
Flexi not only prepares students for tests but also supports them in developing valuable confidence.
Flexi not only prepares students for tests but also supports them in developing valuable confidence.
D. Higher Education Readiness
Many students enter higher education unprepared, often discovering this too late and having to take 'remedial' courses.
Flexi proactively works with high school students, providing insight into their foundational math and science knowledge to better prepare them for success in higher education.
Flexi proactively works with high school students, providing insight into their foundational math and science knowledge to better prepare them for success in higher education.
5. support
Support Students
Master tutors provide exceptional support, motivation, and empathy to bring the best out of their students. They make themselves available to students and are very approachable. Flexi provides this support in a digital medium.
A. Student Motivation
Flexi motivates students by providing content tailored to their:
- Interests and hobbies
- Higher education goals
- Skill levels
Flexi also offers encouragement when students struggle and engages in supportive conversations to help them.
B. Scaffolding
Clever scaffolding is a key aspect of a master tutor. Flexi strives to provide that same quality of scaffolding and assistance to all students, personalized to each student’s learning needs.
C. Available 24/7
Flexi is available to all students, 24/7, on all devices. Flexi comes integrated with all CK-12 courses, but students can use Flexi with any curriculum.
D. Safe, Non-Judgmental Environment
Flexi provides a safe, non-judgmental environment for all students, allowing them to be themselves.
Fear of judgment often prevents students from asking questions that could benefit them most.
Fear of judgment often prevents students from asking questions that could benefit them most.
6. PARTNER
Active Student Partnership
Human tutors are proactive, engaging with students to draw them into learning. Flexi does the same, acting as a holistic tutor rather than just a question-answering engine.
A. Active Dialogue
Like a human tutor, Flexi does not solely rely on student initiative.
Flexi actively initiates dialogue with students to provide a comprehensive tutoring experience.
B. Timely Reminders
A human tutor ensures that a student sticks to their study plan. Flexi does the same.
Flexi monitors academic progress—past, present, and future—so nothing falls through the cracks.
Flexi monitors academic progress—past, present, and future—so nothing falls through the cracks.
7. improve
Student & Tutor Improvement
Flexi's main goal is to enhance student engagement and improve learning outcomes.
A. Student Improvement
Flexi’s goal through personalized 1-on-1 tutoring is to improve student outcomes by providing the right content and assistance at the right time.
The more that students use Flexi regularly, the better it can support and enhance their learning.
B. Tutor Improvement
The more Flexi teaches, the better it becomes!
That's what you would expect from an AI tutor, and Flexi lives up to that expectation flawlessly.
That's what you would expect from an AI tutor, and Flexi lives up to that expectation flawlessly.
