In a nutshell: Starting today, August 19th, we’re reducing the Tutor Review State time period from one minute to twenty seconds.
We’ve updated the Tutor Review State Guide to reflect this change. The guidelines in prior posts about the Review State still apply, and you all still need to take the Pop Quiz we posted last week!
You’ll keep using the time in the Review State to understand the student’s assignment and get a sense of which ideas it covers. The difference is that now, you’ll more quickly start talking to your students about what they know and what issues they’re having. If you absolutely need more time to review the problem, simply ask for it after you introduce yourself, like so: I’ll need another moment to finish looking over your problem and then we’ll get started. Thanks for your patience! Note that we’re also keeping the Yup Bot in order to set student expectations and collect their work.
This decision is the result of weeks of data showing that the one-minute Review State doesn’t significantly impact important measures like the percentage of sessions reaching Gap Bridged. Our hypothesis: trying too hard to strategize without live input from the student produces marginal benefits at the cost of making anxious students wait for help!
Regards,
Team Yup