The creation of Indian Math Online was inspired by one its co-founders, Bob Compton. During an extended trip through India he had opportunities to visit several schools - from kindergarten classes in Bangalore to high school classes in rural India.
After spending a short time in the schools, it became clear to him that Indians took education very seriously, especially when it came to Math.
Indian schools use a national math curriculum, which means that the teachers know exactly what should be taught, practiced and learned at each grade level, and, they focus only on teaching those topics.
After researching the Indian math standards, Bob assessed his daughter’s math skills and determined that they were at least two years behind the same aged children who studied in India. He also saw that Indian students were being evaluated more frequently and practiced math more intently.
So, Bob along with partner Suresh set out to develop an online system that would use the Indian standards to assess a child's math proficiency,
and then prescribe a series of
practice problems
as well as reading assignments to increase and reinforce their math proficiency.
Hence, the birth of Indian Math Online! |
