About the Bolster Textbook

Headquartered in Amsterdam, Bolster Academy creates interactive electronic math texts at the high school and first-year university level, which provide theory and real-time step-by-step problem-solving guidance. Students can click for a hint when not sure what next step to take. The text provides personalized feedback, based on student input. It responds to mistakes, and keeps track of the score. On assignments, the student can retry problems as many times as they like and the score only improves as the students learn. There is also a student-teacher forum to discuss problem solving. Math formulas are entered either from the computer keyboard or using the built-in on-screen touch keyboard. Bolster can be accessed on desktops, laptops, tablets and mobile phones. For completing quizzes, I recommend a desktop or laptop to my students.

Click here for my 6-minute Bolster Demo. If you want to explore more on your own, click here for a demo tour of Bolster or click here to open a free teacher demo account.

To access my Math Class on Bolster, press "Complete and Continue", and proceed to Edna's Math Class tab. There, it shows how to access the materials I personally designed for my presentation at the 2022 Waterloo Teaching and Learning Conference.