UCSD Teaching Professor Launches Winward Academy

SAN DIEGO, CA – A local teaching professor has launched a new online tutoring platform. Founded by Dr. Jennifer Winward, Winward Academy provides personalized ACT, SAT, math and college preparation courses for students and lifelong learners.

Winward, a private tutor with more than 18 years of experience and a teaching professor at the University of California, San Diego, incorporated research-based techniques that "promote effective learning and build confidence for life."

The platform's features include feedback and step-by-step, video-based explanations on more than 5,000 practice questions, a personalized "Mistake Bank" that saves users' mistakes with hints they write to themselves, and handouts that accompany each video lesson. All aim to promote student engagement and facilitate a more active learning process.

"Online learning provides convenience and flexibility but fails students because it's not personalized. The most effective way to learn is in person, with a tutor. My goal was to recreate that powerful approach online," Winward said. "Students need control over speed of instruction, easy access to study guides created automatically based on their performance, and flexibility to study exactly the topics they need."

Through affordable pricing, charitable programs, and the Carol Kimmelman Memorial Scholarship, Winward Academy aims to ensure all students have the opportunity to receive quality teaching, regardless of their location or economic circumstances.

When a high school purchases a full-access subscription for its students, another school on its sponsored list receives full access at no charge. For each Game Changer package purchased, the same package is donated to Computers 2 SD Kids, a charity that provides 9,000 computers to San Diego students each year.

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