The Use of Khan Academy in Chilean Classrooms: Study of an Intel Funded Pilot Program in Chile

Abstract

Educational policy makers around the globe often talk about Khan Academy with great expectations for deeply transforming learning and "flipping the classroom". To explore how teachers are actually using Khan resources, we researched an Intel funded a pilot of Khan Academy in Chile. What we found in this developing-country context was something less radical, at least in the context of math. In these Chilean schools we found Khan Academy being used in ways that probably improves students' math skills by engaging them in doing more math and enabling them to feel successful at math.