Knowledgehook helps school boards build Short Learning Cycles into everyday mathematics teaching. Teachers check understanding, act on what they find and measure growth within the same week, while there is still time to change the outcome.
The time between a student struggling and a teacher acting is where mathematics achievement is won or lost. Each cycle works on one curriculum expectation, moves through four steps, and closes with evidence that the gap has narrowed.
Mathematics is cumulative. Each week a misconception goes unaddressed, new lessons are built on top of it, and every one of them has to be revisited. Move the slider to see how reteaching time grows the longer it waits.
Illustrative model for one misconception. Assumes 20 minutes to address it in the week it appears, with reteaching time growing by about a quarter for each week that new lessons are built on it.
"The increase in math test scores at the TDSB schools is truly remarkable. It is evidence that the tools and strategies developed by Knowledgehook can enhance teaching and learning fairly quickly. Other schools should take note."
"Today's EQAO mathematics results are trailing indicators."
"Knowledgehook has shown that its impact can be repeated. The work in Niagara demonstrated what was possible across 50 schools, and the early results from 100 priority schools in Canada’s largest school district show that the same approach can scale."
Knowledgehook's annual report on Short Learning Cycles and mathematics achievement in Ontario's school boards, with case studies from the classrooms where the work is happening.
| Content Grade Level | Number | Algebra | Measurement | Spatial Sense | Data |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 72.9% | 76.7% | 83.3% | 94.4% | – |
| Grade 1 | 88.4% | 90.1% | 100% | 46.2% | 90.4% |
| Grade 2 | 84.6% | 82.2% | 50% | 76.9% | 87.3% |
| Grade 3 | 70.4% | 85.5% | 94.5% | 88.7% | 91.2% |
| Grade 4 | 80.7% | 86.5% | 85.2% | 81.6% | 78.9% |
| Grade 5 | 80% | 87.6% | 66.5% | 90.6% | 85.9% |
| Grade 6 | 83% | 91% | 88.8% | 88.5% | 70.1% |
Directors, superintendents and ministry teams see where Short Learning Cycles are running, where misconceptions cluster and whether growth is moving, in October when there is still time to act.
Our team works alongside each board from planning through the school year, until Short Learning Cycles are part of how mathematics is taught in every participating school.
A 45-minute briefing for system leaders on what the Short Learning Cycle would look like across your schools and the growth evidence from systems like yours.
