✦ K–12 & Higher Education

Where students learn to think

ThinkSmith is not another AI that does the work for your child. It's the AI that makes them do it themselves — and shows exactly how their thinking grows.

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Thinking Outcome

Overall competency

76%

Developing Well

5 competencies
assessed

Knowledge & Understanding81%

Creative Thinking74%

Critical Thinking70%

Communication72%

Application68%

The problem with AI in education

Most AI makes students stop thinking. ThinkSmith makes them think harder.

Every other AI tool

The AI does the thinking

Students paste a question. The AI produces an answer. The student copies it. The teacher marks it. Nobody learned anything. The Thinking Outcome is empty.

ThinkSmith

The student does the thinking. The AI makes it harder to avoid.

Students write their own answer first — before seeing anything else. There is nothing to copy from. The only way to get a strong Thinking Outcome is to actually think.

The five-part journey

Every challenge follows the same path

Whether a student is exploring a topic from curiosity or working through a course syllabus, the thinking process is always the same five parts. Ms. Rivera, the AI teacher, is available throughout every part — to review their work, answer questions, or simply help them find their own thinking.

Write your own thinking

Before seeing anything else. Raw and honest.

Check peer thinking

Three AI peers at different quality levels. Read and give specific feedback.

Receive peer feedback

The peers respond to your thinking. Write your reflection.

Revise if needed

Return to your solution with new understanding. Peers regenerate.

Thinking Outcome

Evidence-based competency scores built from your own writing.

For parents

Not a grade. A genuine picture of how they think.

The Thinking Outcome is not a score for getting the right answer. It is a competency assessment built entirely from evidence in your child's own writing — with direct quotes.

✓ Five competency scores with evidence quotes from their actual writing
✓ A personal narrative summary of how their thinking developed
✓ A growth trajectory across all four parts of the journey
✓ Downloadable as a PDF to share with instructors

Low early scores are normal and expected. They mean the assessment is honest.

Thinking Outcome — Emily S. · White Forest Cake Recipe

Knowledge & Understanding81%

Creative Thinking74%

Critical Thinking71%

Communication78%

Application70%

Evidence — Communication "Emily's explanation of the cultural significance of the recipe demonstrates clear communication... her feedback to Riley showed she could identify what was missing in another student's reasoning."

✦ Developing Well · Overall 76%

Ms. Rivera — AI Teacher

She asks questions. She never gives answers.

ThinkSmith is built differently to the AI tools that have caused concern. Ms. Rivera is not a chat AI, a companion, or a counsellor. Every response she gives is constrained, structured, and tied to the learning activity — she cannot wander, improvise emotionally, or go beyond her role.

If your child shows distress

Ms. Rivera immediately stops all academic feedback and responds with care, directing your child to speak with a trusted adult. She does not escalate or send any alert to you or any authority.

ThinkSmith is not a crisis centre

Ms. Rivera responds with care in the moment — but does not contact parents or authorities. If your child is struggling, please maintain open conversations at home.

Ms. Rivera

AI Teacher · ThinkSmith

I don't get why compound interest grows so much faster. Can you just explain it?

You've already started to explain it in your own writing — you mentioned that interest gets added to the total each year. What do you think would happen if that total kept getting bigger every year?

Oh... so the next year you're earning interest on more money than before?

Exactly. You've got it. Now — how would you write that in your own words in a way that someone who'd never heard of interest would understand?

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Guides, never answers She asks the question that helps you find your own thinking. She will never write your work for you.

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Adapts to your level She reads your writing and adjusts her language, complexity, and questions to match where you actually are — not where you should be.

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Notices when something's wrong If she sees signs of distress, she responds as a person first. If she sees copied work, she names it warmly. She never blocks — but she never ignores it either.

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Your conversation counts Asking Ms. Rivera for help is part of the evidence for your Thinking Outcome. Engagement with your AI teacher strengthens your score — not just your understanding.

Four ways to start

Every learner has a different starting point

ThinkSmith works for students with a course syllabus, students exploring a topic out of curiosity, and homeschool families building from scratch.

Option 1

I have or need a course syllabus

Paste or upload your syllabus and ThinkSmith maps your units and generates challenges drawn directly from your course material. Or let ThinkSmith generate a full course from your subject, grade, and region.

Enrolled students Homeschooling

Option 2

I'm stuck on something specific

Ms. Rivera has a short conversation to help you name your challenge clearly. She reflects it back so you can confirm before starting. Your activity lands in your personal learning space.

Any learner · Any level

Option 3

I want to explore a single topic

Enter a topic and level. ThinkSmith generates six challenges progressing from foundational to complex — all ready to start immediately, in any order you choose.

Independent learners

Why it works

Built on 30 years of learning design research

17.5%

Improvement in student outcomes across 1,700 students in the founding research

Competencies assessed with direct evidence from the student's own writing

Part journey — every challenge, every student, every time

Times Ms. Rivera will write your work for you

"My daughter came away from the activity having actually changed her mind about something. Not because she was told the right answer — but because writing it down, reading other perspectives, and reflecting on feedback forced her to really examine what she thought."

— Parent pilot participant, Ontario

"I was skeptical about an AI teacher. But Ms. Rivera never once gave my son an answer. She kept asking him questions until he figured it out himself. By the end he was explaining it to me."