Quill Mission Statement
Quill provides personalized grammar lessons for every student.
At Empirical we tailor each interactive lesson to meet the needs and interests of each student. With instant feedback and personalized exercises, we help ensure that students can advance as quickly as possible, and that teachers can spend more time teaching and less time grading.
First, Quill presents students with stories that have grammatical errors placed within them. The student’s task is to find and correct all of the errors. Upon submission students are given instant feedback on their work.
Next, our website creates a personalized lesson for each student that reviews the concepts the student missed. This gives students additional practice and experience with concepts they found difficult, turning their weaknesses into strengths and reinforcing their language skills.
All of our practice questions require students to write complete sentences. By doing so, students retain more of what they learn. We never use the multiple-choice format, as we want students to articulate their answers and gain experience with language in its most natural form. Several language-learning research studies have proven that students’ language skills develop more quickly and thoroughly when writing sentences, as opposed to answering multiple choice questions.
Repetition is an important aspect of the personalized lessons. Since we provide instant feedback on each student’s work, students may repeat these lessons until they obtain grammatical proficiency. Each exercise is logged, allowing parents and educators to monitor and complement the student’s progress.