How It Works

M-Powering Teachers (MPT) tool

The workflow for generating feedback involves (1) recording sessions, (2) transcribing the recordings, (3) conducting natural language processing (NLP) analyses, and (4) generating the results and insights on a web page to educators.

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  1. Recording

  Classes can be recorded using any type of high-quality recording devices, or even with a teacher’s cell phone. Online classes can be recorded using Zoom. When considering what type of recording equipment to use, we acknowledge that better audio quality will lead to more accurate automated feedback.

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  2. Transcribing

  MPT transcribes and algorithmically analyzes the transcripts to identify various discourse-related phenomena.

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  3. AI-based analysis

  MPT analyzes components of speech related to several key teaching moves. For example, we measure the teachers’ uptake of students’ contributions. To do this, we quantify teacher talk time proportion using timestamps from the transcripts, teacher questions by relying on question marks, and the extent to which the teacher repeats students’ words.

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  4. Results and insights

  MPT offers positive, non-judgmental, and non-evaluative feedback, specific examples, and opportunities for reflection.

What does the automated feedback include?

• Communication Patterns

  Teacher-student talk ratio
  Talk length

• Teacher Instructional Moves

  Use of focusing (open-ended) questions
  Uptake of student ideas
  Mathematical language use

• Student Measures

  Mathematical reasoning
  Mathematical language use

• Coming Soon

  Attributing competence to students
  Teacher mathematical sense-making and reasoning
  And more!

Example Usage