How Recommendations Work
When your child uses MinervaSpring, the platform suggests learning activities to help them grow. Here's exactly what goes into those recommendations:
Current difficulty level (Insight)
Each learner has an Insight level that reflects their current ability. This adjusts automatically based on performance, ensuring activities are neither too easy nor too hard.
Recently completed activities
We track which activities have been played recently to avoid repetition and suggest fresh content.
Subject interests and progress
If your child enjoys a particular subject or is making strong progress, we may suggest more from that area — or gently encourage exploration of new subjects.
Star ratings and accuracy
Activities where your child scored well may be suggested for review, while those with lower scores may be revisited for practice.
What We Do Not Use for Recommendations
MinervaSpring does not use any of the following for recommendations:
- Advertising or marketing profiles
- Behavioural tracking across other websites or apps
- Sensitive personal data (ethnicity, health, religion, etc.)
- Social connections or peer activity
- Location data beyond what your device provides for general functionality
- Third-party data brokers or external data sources
Recommendation Types
MinervaSpring uses several recommendation modes to keep learning engaging and balanced:
- Reinforce — Practice a skill that needs strengthening
- Stretch — Try a more challenging activity when ready
- Complete — Finish an activity or subject area that's nearly done
- Explore — Discover a new subject or activity type
- Recover — A confidence-building activity after a tricky session
- Broaden — Branch into a different subject to build breadth
Can I Turn Off Recommendations?
Yes. All learning activities are always available to browse manually through the subject hubs. Recommendations are a helpful guide, but your child can freely explore any available activity at any time without following the suggestions.
Guest users (playing without an account) receive general starter recommendations based only on the selected difficulty level — no personal data is used.
Adaptive Difficulty
MinervaSpring's adaptive difficulty system ("Insight") automatically adjusts based on your child's performance. Parents can view and adjust this in the Parent Dashboard. This system exists to keep learning at the right level — not to maximise time spent on the platform.
Advertising & Sponsorship
MinervaSpring does not currently display any advertising or sponsored content. If this changes in the future:
- All ads or sponsorships will be clearly labelled as "Ad" or "Sponsored"
- No behavioural targeting will be used for children
- No manipulative or high-pressure advertising will be shown
- The identity of any advertiser or sponsor will be disclosed
- A "Why am I seeing this?" explanation will accompany any promotional content
We believe the learning experience should remain clean and free from commercial influence.
Questions?
If you have questions about how MinervaSpring uses data or makes recommendations, please visit our Contact & Support page or email [email protected].