Mazio Maths brings adaptive maths into every classroom. Developed from mathematics education research, focused on the core areas of primary maths found in curricula worldwide and designed for use in lessons.
Children who learned with Mazio Maths for six weeks made greater gains in maths skills than the comparison group, without extra learning time. In the survey, confidence in and enjoyment of the subject increased. Learn more →
Maths learning platform for primary school
Mazio Maths is an adaptive learning platform for maths lessons, covering the core areas of primary maths found in curricula around the world. In the units, the Basiscamp and the Knobelbox, children puzzle, explore and understand with ever-new numbers and tasks. Along the way they strengthen core maths skills, language and confident use of digital media.
Registration is free for teachers.
New interactive task formats are added regularly, first in German and then in other languages. They are available in the Mazio Maths app and on the web platform.
A detailed results overview and teaching notes for every class and every pupil.
Extra worksheets and answer keys to print out for lessons.
Available in the Mazio Maths app and on the web platform, so you can use it in whatever way suits you best.
Easier or harder is only one direction. When a child gets stuck, Mazio Maths changes the way into the same task: smaller numbers, a different representation, one step at a time. Every topic has many different task types with changing numbers and representations, so practice never turns into memorising.
Teachers steer the longer learning path. They see where the class stands and decide what comes next.
How adaptivity works in Mazio MathsA wrong answer can be a slip, or a sign that a connection hasn’t been understood yet. A single answer can’t reliably tell the two apart.
So Mazio Maths forms a hypothesis and tests it on further tasks with other numbers and representations. Only when a pattern repeats is it passed on to the teacher as a flag. It draws on a catalogue of more than 5,000 described misconceptions.
From answer pattern to misconceptionThe evaluation uses no names and only covers the current unit. Only the class’s own teacher sees learning progress.
Mazio responds to what the individual child has just done on the task. Every hint is backed by didactic planning: the learning goal of the task, the paths that lead to the solution, and where children typically get stuck.
Help comes in stages and is kept as small as possible: first a question, then a hint in the picture, then a partial step. That way the thinking stays with the child.
Every child gets this support exactly when they need it, even when the teacher is busy with someone else. That takes pressure off lessons and gives every child the same chance of getting help.
Mazio asks a question and offers answers to tap. Question by question, the child works out the method and finds the result on their own.
The questions target the misconception behind the wrong answer. Mazio leads the child to the point where their own idea doesn’t add up. Noticing the contradiction yourself changes your thinking more lastingly than a ready-made explanation.
In the end, children solve 99.9 per cent of tasks, including those where they needed help.
How Mazio Maths uses artificial intelligenceWhile the children practise, the class overview builds itself: who needs support, who is confident, who can go deeper. No marking, no tallying.
That makes it easy to plan the next lesson with purpose, and every unit comes with a detailed evaluation.
All surveyed teachers who use Mazio Maths regularly say it saves them preparation time.
How teachers experience Mazio Maths in the classroomSome evaluations may differ or be unavailable depending on the region, because data-protection requirements differ.
A misconception only shows up across many tasks: in the method, in the numbers, in the kind of deviation. Mazio Maths analyses exactly these traces across every child in the class. If a pattern holds for several children, a flag is raised, checked against our database of more than 5,000 misconceptions.
The flags come from ordinary practice, with no extra test. The teacher makes the call: they confirm or dismiss the flag and get exercises that target this misconception.
How the misconception flags are generatedThe teacher drags a unit from the shelf onto the class board. At that very moment it is ready on the children’s devices. Whether it is compulsory or optional, and until when, is up to the teacher.
Every unit comes with teaching notes and printable worksheets.
Every unit is specified before it is built: learning goal, solution paths, typical misconceptions, graded hints. Maths education, learning research and learning design work on this together.
A unit is only released once teachers have tried it in their own lessons. Anything they notice goes back to the workshop.
In a scientific study in Germany, children in grades 3 and 4 worked with Mazio Maths for six weeks during their regular maths lessons. A comparison group had regular teaching.
The children using Mazio Maths made greater gains in maths skills, without a single minute of extra practice time. The advantage appeared in both grades.
The study at a glanceConfidence in maths usually declines over the course of primary school. In the accompanying survey it rose after six weeks with Mazio Maths, most strongly for the statement “I can solve difficult tasks too”.
The enjoyment remained even when a task only worked out after several attempts. Every task ends with a solution, with help from Mazio rather than giving up.
Why mathematical self-concept mattersThe units follow the five content areas of primary maths found in curricula around the world. Each one is assigned to an area, and the dashboard evaluation uses the same structure.
Units, the Knobelbox and the Basiscamp are designed for grades 1 to 4. New units appear in German first.
Design, results and limitations of the study, clearly summarised.
ResearchWhat strengthens confidence in maths and what the accompanying survey shows.
DidacticsMicro-adaptivity, hint ladders and the assistance dilemma.
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Background on using, introducing and running Mazio Maths.
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Using Mazio Maths in your own lessons, without technical effort.
Nothing. Mazio Maths is free for teachers. Using it with a class is currently available to schools in Germany; the licence is obtained by the school, not by the individual teacher. If your school is in another country, registration records your interest and we will let you know as soon as Mazio Maths is available there. Information for schools is under For school leadership.
In three steps. You create an account with your work email address. You create a class, and Mazio Maths generates a personal access code for each child, as printable access cards if you wish. You don’t need to enter names. The children can start once your school has concluded the data protection agreement with us online. This is currently possible for schools in Germany.
For the data processing agreement, yes. Mazio Maths processes pupils’ data; your school, as the controller, concludes the agreement on this with us. We provide the documents. Who at your school decides on long-term use depends on the rules in your country.
No. Each child logs in with their own eight-character access code or their access card. Children do not have email addresses, and no account with contact details is created.
Common tablets and laptops with an up-to-date browser. There is nothing to install. There is also an app.
You choose what to put out for the class. The evaluation builds up while the children work.
Where your class stands in the material, what it is currently finding hard and which errors in thinking keep recurring, based on the units worked on. From this come suggestions with reasons for the whole class. You decide what goes on the board.
As ongoing, formative assessment, yes. While the children practise, Mazio Maths evaluates every answer using rules. You see for each child and for the class where they stand in the five content areas, and you get a flag when several children make the same error in thinking, for example when bridging ten or with place value. Mazio Maths does not replace a standardised test with norm values.
Mazio asks a question about the task and offers answers to tap. He does not give the solution; the child takes the next step on their own. Mazio is labelled as AI for the children.
The content covers the core areas of primary maths found in curricula around the world: numbers and operations, space and shape, patterns and structures, quantities and measuring, data and probability. It is designed for children aged six to ten.
Further information
Introducing Mazio Maths at your school. Trials and licences are currently offered to schools in Germany.
We prepare an individual quote for your school. Request a quote
Schools in Germany can use, for example, school budgets or funding programmes for digital learning materials. For schools in other countries we do not offer licences yet. If your school is interested, please write to us.
That depends on the thresholds set by your state or country and by your school authority; your procurement office has the final say. We provide a service specification and a quotation that suit both direct purchase and a formal procedure.
No installation, no servers, no central user management. Hosting, maintenance and updates are handled by us; the platform runs on servers in Germany.
You review the documents and conclude the data protection agreement online. Then two or three teachers start with their classes. The staff report back, and you decide whether to extend its use. Which body decides on long-term use depends on the school law of your state or country.
Privacy information under Article 13, a template data processing agreement, an overview of the technical and organisational measures, details of storage locations and deletion periods, a guide for filling in your record of processing activities and a template information sheet for parents and staff.
Your school decides this on the basis of the school law of your state or country and in consultation with your data protection officer. We provide the information you need for this review and a template information sheet for parents.
We follow the EN 301 549 standard and the WCAG web guidelines at level AA, and test against them internally.
A scientific study in Germany measured greater gains in maths skills than in a comparison group, after six weeks and without extra learning time. Results and limitations are openly documented.
Further information
Provision for several schools, without a rollout and without maintaining pupil directories.
Through individual schools, through the school authority or through a media centre. On request as a collective order for several sites with one invoice. You send us the list of schools, and we handle the rest directly with the schools.
We prepare a quote with a service specification for your procurement. Request a quote
In Germany, school authorities use funding programmes, the teaching materials budget or municipal budgets. Outside Germany we do not offer licences yet. If you are considering Mazio Maths for schools in your area, please write to us.
That depends on the contract value and on the procurement rules that apply to you. We offer fixed terms and provide a service specification for your procurement file.
A web application in the browser, plus an app. No software distribution, no local updates, no rollout at schools. Schools join individually, and each one activates its own teachers.
An LTI integration with existing learning platforms is in use.
Because no pupil accounts are created, schools do not have to set up, maintain or delete such records. The document package contains privacy information, the data processing agreement, technical and organisational measures, and details of storage locations and deletion periods.
We process personal data exclusively in the EU, and pupils’ data exclusively in Germany. The language model of the learning assistant only receives the task and the answer, without any identifier, and processes them in EU data centres. Storage locations and deletion periods are listed in the document package.
Trial access is currently available to schools in Germany. For schools in other countries, please write to us.
Further information
What matters for administration at state or national level: origin, impact, data protection, integration and piloting.
Developed from mathematics education research and in use in regular lessons at primary schools in Germany. The content is aligned with the German curriculum standards. Teachers control its use, class by class.
A scientific study with a comparison group, conducted in Germany. Children who learned with Mazio Maths made greater gains in maths skills. The gain appeared in both grades and was most marked in the structure-related areas. Results and limitations are openly documented.
No pupil accounts; each child works with their own access code. The diagnostics are rule-based and traceable. The evaluations are intended for the class’s own teacher. We process personal data exclusively in the EU, and pupils’ data exclusively in Germany. No advertising, no disclosure to third parties.
The European Commission’s draft guidelines name adaptive learning systems and tutoring systems that give feedback and learning support as examples that are not high-risk. Mazio Maths adapts the difficulty to the child’s previous work and does not assign children to any course or ability level on which a school bases decisions. Only the class’s own teacher sees learning progress. The teacher decides on teaching and support.
One contract, one data protection review, one consistent standard for documentation and support. There is no technical rollout at schools, because Mazio Maths runs in the browser.
A state or national licence, a framework agreement or inclusion in a catalogue of learning materials. Where your administration keeps such a catalogue, we submit the application and supply the documents the procedure requires.
That depends on the number of children and the term. We prepare a quote for provision across a whole state or country. Request a quote
We agree on scope, term and support together. We support an independent evaluation by state institutes or third parties and provide the necessary data within the permitted limits.
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