Hear how students actually think.
Most assessments show teachers what students got right or wrong. Very few help teachers understand how students are thinking, where confusion begins, and what misconception is getting in the way. Talk with WHIT is built to change that.
The heart of this feature is not AI asking questions. It is AI interpreting verbal evidence in a structured, teacher-centered way. The conversation gathers evidence. The analysis creates insight.
“Did the student get it right?”
“What does this student understand — and where does the confusion begin?”
Teachers will not just receive a score.
They will see the thinking.
Immediate understanding
What the student grasped right away — before any prompting.
Prompted understanding
Where the student needed a nudge, and how their thinking moved once it came.
Likely misconceptions
Specific confusions flagged from the transcript, tied to the moments they surfaced.
Class patterns
What's shared across the room and what belongs to one or two students.
Next instructional moves
Suggested actions for tomorrow — reteach, small group, extend, or leave be.
Evidence of thinking, not a verbal exam.
Talk with WHIT is not a high-stakes oral test. It's assessment for learning — a short, structured conversation that surfaces reasoning teachers can act on the next morning.
Below, a lightly annotated excerpt: moments of reasoning are highlighted, margin notes show what WHIT flagged for the teacher.
Grounded in research, not novelty.
Talk with WHIT is not a generic chatbot wearing a classroom costume. It is shaped by four research-informed principles that give it real instructional credibility — and keep the teacher at the center of every decision.
Formative assessment.
Designed to reveal student thinking in ways teachers can use immediately — actionable evidence, not point totals.
Black & Wiliam · WestEdAssessment conversations.
Eliciting student thinking, recognizing what the student means, and using that to guide the next instructional move.
Ruiz-Primo & FurtakLearning through talk.
Dialogic teaching research shows that classroom talk deepens understanding across subjects — assessment through talk is legitimate and powerful.
Alexander · MercerResponsible AI design.
Aimed at valid educational purposes, human oversight, and explainable outputs — supporting teacher judgment, never replacing it.
U.S. Dept. of EducationBe there when it opens.
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