Knewton Alta chemistry
Personalized learning that’s impactful, accessible, and affordable
Knewton Alta is accessible, affordable, and adaptive courseware that provides students with the support they need at the moment they need it. The Alta learning experience goes beyond homework—it pairs practice with personalized learning that offers detailed answer explanations, integrated just-in-time instruction, and remediation of pre-requisite skill gaps, all based on student performance.
The data science behind the Alta technology is designed to ensure students can retain, recall, and apply knowledge in the future, and the gradebook gives instructors actionable data and insights into student performance and preparedness. The end result? Learning that lasts.
Experiment and learn with integrated Alchemie interactives
Hands-on exploratory learning is critical for chemistry students. Alchemie molecular visualization tools integrated within Knewton Alta deliver immediate feedback to students as they explore and learn content, gaining the deeper connections needed for long-lasting learning.
These fully-accessible interactives take Knewton Alta’s best-in-class adaptive experience to the next level for chemistry students.
Lewis structures
Build Lewis structures by attaching atoms with bonds and adding lone pairs. Track the formal charge and the number of electrons contributing to the octet of the atom. Fully screen reader-compatible and accessible with the keyboard control panel and auto-generated alt text descriptions.
VSEPR
Observe electron and molecular geometries in 3D as you add lone pairs of electrons and bonding groups to a generic central atom. Instantly receive additional information about geometries and bond angles through the Model Data box as you build. Fully screen reader-compatible and accessible with the ability to build using keyboard controls and receive audio descriptions of the model in real time.
Interactive equations
Write chemical equations with ease using the periodic table keyboard, the provided applicable elements, or by typing in with the computer keyboard. This tool can be used for balancing equations, writing half reactions, predicting the product, and more, all while receiving targeted feedback. Fully screen-reader compatible with keyboard controls.
Here’s what makes Knewton Alta so powerful
Adaptive technology is at the heart of a personalized learning experience for each student.
Are math skills holding your students back? How about a boost?
Knewton Alta continuously monitors student mastery and adapts accordingly to maximize learning outcomes. Students get what they need, when they need it, including booster assignments to fill gaps in foundational math skills. Available in General Chemistry, General Chemistry Atoms First, Introduction to Chemistry, and GOB, these Math Boosters provide integrated remediation of prerequisite mathematical skills that are the foundation of chemistry success for students.
New scaffolded problem-solving support
Scaffolded questions take students through a practice problem step-by-step, teaching the strategy behind the problem-solving process. Students see a stepped-out example, as an optional support to better enable them to solve a similar problem in the adaptive assignment.
Detailed answer explanations
Knewton Alta provides immediate and detailed feedback tailored to each specific question, regardless of answer correctness, to reinforce key concepts and fill knowledge gaps.
Integrated instruction
All of Knewton Alta's content — including instructional text and video, examples and assessment — is organized by learning objective, integrated within the adaptive experience, and served up at the precise moment a student needs it.
Dynamic remediation
Knewton Alta adapts to students’ proficiency levels with each interaction. If a student struggles on an assignment, Knewton Alta recognizes their knowledge gap immediately and provides just-in-time remediation — even when it requires reaching back to prerequisite concepts.
Actionable instructor analytics
Knewton Alta's instructor dashboards deliver meaningful data that’s actionable, easy to review, and easy to navigate, providing insights into where students are and what they need for success.
Performance Data - This student performance data provides transparency into how students are progressing toward mastery, allowing instructors to uncover class trends and easily identify at-risk students for early intervention.
Learning Pattern Insights – Students' learning patterns are captured so instructors know if they struggled, used supports, or mastered it right away. This offers insights into each student’s interactions and allows for meaningful, just-in-time intervention.
Test Readiness Dashboards - Test dashboards provide transparency into students’ exam preparedness and effort, while offering insight into how the work students complete in Knewton Alta prepares them for, and correlates to, assessment.
Explore all of our Knewton Alta courses for chemistry
Knewton Alta makes an impact on learning outcomes for students of all ability levels
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