Kyron: MEP in the Middle School Classroom

Joined 2023

Kyron lesson view with a math instructor on video and synced transcript highlighting place value explanations.

Partners

  • Kyron Learning

  • LEANLAB Education

What are we building?

  • An AI-authoring tool (Kyron Studio) that allows teachers to build customizable, interactive, video-based math lessons using features to support multilingual learners

  • Editable, adaptive math lessons that support motivation, engagement, and persistence through differentiated instructional pathways and varied student interactions emulating a 1:1 learning experience

  • Teacher-controlled tools that provide personalized supports and remediation prompts to guide students toward conceptual goals

  • Learning experiences specifically designed to support English Language Learners through tailored language and instructional scaffolds

  • Easy-to-follow lesson transcripts with pop-up key terms and definitions to support language acquisition and to build academic vocabulary

What are we learning?

  • How to support the motivation and engagement of middle school math students, especially English Learners and students from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds

  • How AI-powered lesson design can meet the needs of students who may not be well-supported in traditional learning environments

  • Whether learners benefit more when tasks are presented in their native language alongside targeted language development supports

Products

  • Kyron Studio platform for lesson creation and AI-driven adaptation

  • Bilingual math lesson templates supporting MEP and conceptual understanding

  • Research insights into effective lesson design for culturally and linguistically diverse learners


Kyron Studio screen showing instructor options, with Olivia Martens available in English and Spanish.

Kyron Studio panel displaying a misconception labeled Fraction Division Confusion with an explanatory note.
Kyron Studio interface for adding key terms and definitions, showing the term denominator with its definition.
 
Kyron Studio screen showing selectable video layout templates with different arrangements of text, graphics, and instructor.
Kyron Studio screen showing options to create a lesson, practice problems, or a scenario using AI templates.

Kyron Studio screen showing selectable video layout templates with different arrangements of text, graphics, and instructor.
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