About Us

History

Originally born as a side project in the research department of the University of Kansas School of Education, Arcademic Skill Builders learning tools are now used by millions of teachers and students each month. We began as the idea of Dr. Jerry Chaffin that engaged rate-based practice of basic math facts would lead to higher automaticity and fluency for students. We believe multi-player competition engages students and pushes them to achieve.

Supported initially by the University of Kansas and later by a grant from the National Science Foundation, we continue to operate much as we did in the early days – focused on engaging students through gaming and improving the educational impact of our games. We were one of the very first to bring multi-player to educational games, and we continue to offer all of our games completely free. Why? Because we believe these games make a difference. We recognize the importance of having easily-accessible tools that are effective and engaging. At Arcademics, we stand behind our games, their usefulness, effectiveness, and high level of engagement.

Future Development

We're not satisfied with the state of Arcademics' games. On average, we release about 12 new games a year, but are speeding up that process to cover more topic areas. Soon, we expect to have a game for all of the common core standards.

Furthermore, we know that data is one of the keys in the 21st century classroom, so we are developing a score tracking and custom content system to allow for differentiated instruction, detailed performance reports, and above all, ease of use. A beta test of this software will be available soon.

Just like everyone else these days, we spend too much time on our phones. So we are working with both the Android and iPhone platforms to bring the Arcademics games to your handheld device.

We have more in store for you down the road, but if you have suggestions or requests in the meantime, we'd love to hear from you.

Thanks so much for using our games!