Khan Academy
Bibliographic
Information
Khan Academy. Khan Academy: Our Mission. 2014.
9 May 2014.
Description
Khan Academy is a non-profit with the goal of changing education for the better by providing free, online, world-class education for anyone, anywhere. All of the site's
resources are available to anyone. Khan Academy's materials and resources are completely
free of charge. Their library of videos covers math
from early math through calculus, science topics such as biology, chemistry,
physics, the arts and humanities, economics and finance, computing, and test
prep. Khan Academy also provides instruction through partners such as The
Museum of Modern Art and The Stanford School of Medicine.
If
users choose to sign up for a free account, they can track their personal
progress, earn badges and become a coach. Coaches can add students and track
their progress and activity. There is also an option for Common Core Math.
Users can select the grade level and they will be provided with quizzes that
are grade appropriate. Each problem is randomly generated, so there is always
new practice material. If users need a hint, every single problem can be broken
down, step-by-step, with one click. If users need more help, they can always
watch a related video.
Khan Academy
students earn points and badges.
“We've heard of students spending hour after hour
watching physics videos and 5th graders relentlessly tackling college-level
math to earn Khan Academy badges. Some of the smaller badges are very easy, but
the most legendary badges might require years of work.” (Khan Academy)
Quantitative Reading Level
Because of the wide range of levels of the videos, it would
be impossible to assign a single quantitative reading level to the hundreds of
videos on the website. For the Quantitative Reading levels below I used the text
from the ‘Our Mission’ page.
Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level: 9.2
Flesch-Kincaid Reading Ease: 59.1
ATOS Level: 8.9
Qualitative Reading
Level- Website Navigation
Purpose: Low. The purpose is explicitly stated.
Structure: Middle Low. The organization is simple, there are
explicit connections between ideas and conforms to the conventions of the genre. Graphics and text features are simple and
support navigation throughout the website.
Language: Low. The language used is contemporary and
conversational. It is clear and explicit and easy-to-understand.
Knowledge Demands: Middle Low. Everyday practical knowledge is largely
necessary, discipline-specific knowledge is helpful, but not necessary.
Content Area
All Subject Areas
Subject Area Tag
Media Item
Content Area Standard
Khan Academy covers
such a wide range of subjects that it addresses numerous content area
standards.
Curriculum
Suggestions
- Use videos to Flip the classroom and have students watch the videos for homework and work on the homework problems in class.
- Sign up as a Coach so that you can track students’ progress
- Use as supplement to classroom instruction
Links to Supporting
Digital Content
Khan Academy app: iTunes
Optional:
I love, love, love this website. Until this project, I
didn’t know that there were videos for early math. I’ll be staring those with
my kids asap!
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