How will this help my child?

1. Clearing basic concepts and building strong fundamentals

• Mindspark has a built in adaptive logic that allows a student to move at her own pace, depending on the level of comfort in a particular concept. For instance, for a student currently in grade 8 who has not had a strong foundation in Algebra, the system will automatically serve up fundamental algebra questions that would help him clear his basics.
• A special feature of the Mindspark programme is the way in which the questions are graded. The extremely fine gradation of questions allows the system to make sure that a child is truly thorough with a sub-concept, before moving on to the next. Also, it helps in pinpointing exactly where the child is having difficulties.
• This adaptive logic ensures that the child does not have trouble in higher classes due to a problem with the basics.

2. Overcoming errors and misconceptions

• Many students have misunderstanding of basic concepts that they carry forward from an early age. It is important to identify those and help the child overcome them. Most often, a child does not try to clear these misconceptions due to a lack of opportunity or fear of embarrassment.
• Whenever a student goes wrong in a particular type of question in Mindspark, a detailed, concept based explanation is provided for it. Often, the explanations are visual or animated rather than just textual, to facilitate quick grasping. This system of providing explanations allows the student to revisit the concept, and quickly figure out how to tackle subsequent problems on the concept.

3. Promoting real understanding and analytical abilities

• One of the most unique features of the Mindspark programme is its focus on understanding and analytical thinking, not just knowledge of facts, or drill in procedures.
• This is one of the key factors that really distinguish the Mindspark programme from any other learning programme. But today, what any student really needs to move ahead in life is real understanding, and analytical abilities – and that is what the Mindspark programme aims to foster.