01
How a Math Student Gets “Unstuck” using CircleIn’s AI Tutor
National Science
Foundation Grantee
Award #1951222 (SBIR Phase I, II and IIB)
02
School: Hawkeye Community College, Summer 2025 Term
Student Name: Todd Melton
Course: Statistics
Case for an AI Tutor: For commuter or online students with a tight schedule, who might juggle balancing work and family obligations, getting to campus for an appointment for academic help can be extremely difficult.
CircleIn’s AI Tutor was designed to bridge this gap by providing personalized, on-demand, step by step academic assistance to all students. Our AI Tutor is “cheatproof”, a responsible use of AI, which is unlike other AI applications that act as “answer engines” and they are fundamentally misaligned with the pedagogical goals of higher education tutoring.
See what Todd Melton entered into the AI Tutor and follow his learning journey…
03
Todd: I need help with applying the binomial formula.
04
Todd: n would be 5
The AI Tutor’s first question to Todd seen on the prior slide, asks him to confirm if he knows what n, p and k are, recall.
Todd: 2?
05
Todd: 50%
After finding the initial values, The AI Tutor encourages Todd to try the next step by himself.
06
Todd: I am unsure.
As Todd analyzes what to do next, he finds he needs more help in understanding the problem…
The AI Tutor is supportive and encourages Todd to apply what the he just learned from the tutor about the binomial coefficient and how it ties into his problem.
07
Todd: 180?
The AI Tutor gives feedback and tried to help Todd by breaking down the formula step-by-step
08
Todd: 5! would be 120.
Todd: 2! would be 2
Todd: and 3! would equal 6
09
Todd: 10\
The AI Tutor confirms Todd’s logic is correct and encourages him to solve the next part of the formula
10
Todd: 25 and 0.125
After Todd makes a mistake, the tutor explains the steps again to help him get to the right result.
Todd: 0.25 and 0.125
11
Todd: 0.312
The AI Tutor is motivational, inspiring and confirms Todd has completed his learning journey with a correct answer!
Todd: I understand it better now, thank you
12
How Todd Melton, a Math Student Gets “Unstuck” using CircleIn’s AI Tutor
Let’s schedule the “AI Tutor Challenge” for your professors, so they can experience the power of how our AI Tutor can help their students the moment they need assistance.