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Student Growth Insights: Teacher Guide

The Student Growth Insights (SGI) feature is designed to help you quickly understand how your students are learning, participating, and progressing. It brings together information from AI-powered conversations and classroom assessments, presenting you with concise summaries, engagement data, and actionable insights.

What You’ll See on the SGI Page​

Each SGI dashboard is organized into panels that make it easy to scan and interpret student learning patterns:

  1. Key Discussion Themes

    • Highlights the main academic topics students are talking about.
    • Example: “Students are focused on graphing linear equations and understanding slope-intercept form.”

  2. Common Questions

    • Shows recurring questions or areas of confusion across your class.
    • Example: “Many students are asking about the difference between point-plotting and equation-based graphing.”

  3. Student Interests

    • Surfaces what captures students’ curiosity—often connections to real-world topics or personal interests.
    • Example: “Students are linking photosynthesis to biomimicry and engineering applications.”

  4. Student Engagement

    • Provides an overview of how actively students are participating.
    • At both class level and individual level, you’ll see:
      • Number of conversations
      • Average length of conversations
      • Completion rates (for Teaching Aide assignments)
    • Example: “Engagement varies; some students dive deeply into problem-solving, while others start with off-topic testing before focusing.”

  5. Assessment Summary

    • Combines results from recent assessments to show class strengths and areas for growth.
    • Includes a short text summary and a bar chart showing average scores (converted to percentages).
    • Example: “Students are strong in labeling scientific diagrams but need more support explaining reasoning in open-ended responses.”

Filtering and Time Periods​

  • You can filter insights by time range (e.g., last week, last month).
  • When you adjust the filter, the system regenerates summaries so you only see conversations and assessments from that time window.
  • This helps you spot short-term trends and compare them with long-term progress.

How Summaries Are Generated​

  • Conversation Summaries condense individual student–AI chats into a few sentences.
  • Meta-Summaries then combine multiple conversations (for a class or a single student) to identify themes, questions, interests, and engagement patterns.
  • Assessment Summaries use assignment-level reports to highlight strengths and opportunities.
  • All summaries are generated in structured formats (JSON) behind the scenes but displayed as plain text for you.

Using Growth Insights in Practice​

Here are some ways you might use SGI in your teaching:

  • Lesson Planning:
    If many students are struggling with graphing linear functions, you might plan a reteach or add visual supports.

  • Targeted Support:
    If a student shows consistent medium engagement but frequent off-task behavior, you can plan one-on-one check-ins.

  • Personalized Content:
    Use the “Create Content” button to auto-generate rubrics, lesson plans, or slides that already incorporate student discussion and assessment insights.

  • Engagement Monitoring:
    Track whether interventions (like new classroom routines or scaffolds) increase participation and focus.

Teacher Feedback and Accuracy​

  • There will be a Feedback button next to the “Generate Insights” tool.
  • You’ll be able to rate summaries (1–5 scale for accuracy and usefulness) and flag if anything is missing or incorrect.
  • Your feedback is saved alongside the summary and linked conversation, helping improve future versions.

Student View (Coming Soon)​

  • Students will be able to see a simplified version of their own SGI under “My Learning Progress.”
  • This will include motivational badges (like “On-Time Streaks” or “Super Chatter”) and personalized growth summaries.

Key Takeaways​

  • SGI saves you time by summarizing conversations and assessments into digestible insights.
  • You stay in control with filters, feedback tools, and the ability to generate instructional content directly from insights.
  • Students benefit too, through improved personalization and clear visibility into their own progress.