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by hmahallati 1092 days ago
Congrats! Curious if you have observed any outcomes/patterns, for example, to what topics students are naturally gravitating most, that surprised you.
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Hi there! Yes - we have learned a lot!

- kids love any stories that involve witches and magical powers. I guess the Harry Potter phenomenon still reigns supreme.

- kids love Roblox and we learned A LOT about community engagement by incorporating these elements into Litnerd.

- kids are competitive!! The Leader Board is a huge incentive for kids to keep pushing on the app.

- kids prefer LitQuizzes over any other way of earning Litcoin. Something about immediate gratification compared to, for example, worksheets that are manually graded by our team so you don’t see the Litcoin tally for this until grading is done.

As for outcomes, with just 4 months of daily usage, our average user improves Comprehension by 70% and Phonics improvement of 42% This is huge for us!