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Project Title

Rori: WhatsApp Math Tutor Chatbot to foster foundational math skills from anywhere

Project Summary

Rori is capable of reaching students without high-speed internet or high-powered devices, while delivering learning gains for under $5 per student per year. Rori’s curriculum is based on the Global Proficiency Framework and covers Grades 1-9. 

Rori incorporates elements of Teaching at the Right Level and Intelligent Tutoring Systems. Rori first assesses students’ ability and then encourages students to work through lessons at their level, each with a brief explanation and a series of scaffolded practice questions crafted by math experts. Students progress through topics at their own pace and the conversational format creates an engaging, friendly learning environment that promotes intrinsic meta-cognition. 

Rori’s goal is to combine cutting-edge technology (natural language processing, machine learning, and artificial intelligence) and high quality math curriculum to double the rate of math learning of students across Africa.

Rori’s Impact

  • Rising Academies more than doubled learning gains with Rori in a group of about 500 students in Ghana over the course of six months. Learn more.

 

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What have teachers and students said about Rori?

  • Middle School Math Teacher, “Rori AI has been more than impactful and helpful. One unique thing is that no matter how long you spend solving, it never stops responding!! Rori doesn’t get tired. The part which I enjoyed most is when examples are used to help solve problems when students attempt a similar question more than two times. Rori AI is forever available and accessible.”
  • Student, “When I make a mistake, it makes me try again and again until I get a correct answer, or if I cannot, it will give me the answer and give me a different question.”
or contact Shabnam Aggarwal at shabnam.aggarwal@risingacademies.com

Team Members

Shabnam Aggarwal
Chief Technology Officer at Rising Academy Network
George Cowell
Chief Strategy Officer of Rising Academy Network
Owen Henkel
Graduate Researcher at the University of Oxford