Physics

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.

All students start on the topic assigned by the instructor, and rather than relying on periodic diagnostics, the platform continuously monitors students’ performance and adapts in real-time to maximize their learning outcomes.

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.

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Knewton Alta is now available for algebra-based physics

Knewton Alta for College Physics

College Physics is designed for a two-semester algebra-based introductory physics course and provides an environment that builds prerequisite skills and student confidence by bridging knowledge gaps with multimodal detailed answer explanations, just-in-time instruction and prerequisite remediation, and math boosters

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Interactive free-body diagram drawings powered by Desmos also provide students with critical hands-on exercises to master this skill. Combined with targeted instruction, remediation to close learning gaps, and thorough answer explanations, students are guided down a personalized path to mastering physics that adapts to their needs.

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In addition to text and video instruction, Knewton Alta offers opportunities for students to interact wit concepts in a constructive and meaningful way.

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Here’s what makes Knewton Alta so powerful.

Adaptive technology is at the heart of a personalized learning experience for each student.

Detailed Answer Explanations

Knewton Alta provides immediate and detailed feedback tailored to each question for correct and incorrect answers. This reinforces key concepts and helps students understand any misconceptions or validate how they achieved the correct answer. Select pieces of feedback will also include an animation built by Wiley’s subject matter experts.

Math Boosters

Are math skills, or lack thereof, a challenge for incoming physics students? Knewton Alta’s Math Boosters help students build the necessary foundational math skills that are needed to achieve mastery on core learning objectives.

Dynamic Remediation

Knewton Alta adapts to students’ proficiency levels with each interaction. If a student struggles on an assignment, Alta recognizes their knowledge gap immediately and provides just-in-time remediation – even when it requires reaching back to a prerequisite concept.

Integrated Instruction

Knewton Alta puts learning front and center with multimodal, text or video, instructional resources that are integrated within the adaptive experience and targeted to the specific needs of individual students. All of Knewton Alta’s instructional content is organized by learning objective and served up at the precise moment a student needs it.

Knewton Alta makes an impact on learning outcomes for students of all ability levels.

Check out our student data insights:

81% average

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Description: 81% average quiz score of students who had completed assignments in Knewton Alta (vs. 55% for those who didn’t)
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38% increase

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Description: 38% increase on quiz scores of struggling students after using Knewton Alta
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87% Mastery

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Description: 87% of students using Knewton Alta achieved mastery on their assignments
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Continuous improvement is something we all strive for, especially when it comes to course design. Did you know there’s a community of people with this very mission in mind who are ALL using Knewton Alta? You can join them in the Knerd Studio.

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