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ThinkingEngine is an AI-powered platform built for classroom teachers. Instead of answering student questions, it runs structured Socratic dialogues — asking better questions until students reason their way to understanding on their own.

It doesn’t tutor. It interrogates, constructively. The result is students who can actually defend what they think.

Classroom teachers in grades 7–12, across all subjects. Whether you teach history, biology, English, or economics — if your curriculum requires students to reason through arguments and evidence, ThinkingEngine fits.

It was built by a classroom teacher, not a startup. That makes a difference in how it actually works.

Create a free account at /teacher — no credit card needed. The free Spark tier gives you 4 topics and 30 student sessions. Setup takes under 5 minutes: sign in, create a topic, share the code with your class, and students start dialoguing immediately.

You pick a topic and the AI runs a 1-on-1 dialogue with each student. The AI never gives answers — it only asks questions. It challenges assumptions, requests evidence, and asks students to consider opposing perspectives.

Every response is scored on four dimensions: evidence use, perspective-taking, logical consistency, and depth. You see the scores in your dashboard in real time.

The AI redirects every time. If a student asks “just tell me the answer,” the response is always: “Before I weigh in, what evidence led you to that thought?”

It never breaks. Students can’t trick it into giving conclusions — that’s by design.

Yes. ThinkingEngine is fully browser-based with no app installation required. It’s optimized for Chromebooks and low-bandwidth environments — the same constraints most school networks operate under.

The Class Progress view shows each student’s dialogue status, reasoning score across all four dimensions, and any logic red flags. Scores are color-coded so you can triage at a glance without reading every transcript.

A Logic Red Flag means the AI detected a reasoning fallacy in that student’s dialogue — things like Ad Hominem, Slippery Slope, False Dichotomy, or Appeal to Authority.

Click View Dialogue to pull up the full transcript and see exactly where the reasoning broke down. Useful for targeted feedback and whole-class discussion.

Yes. Every dialogue is stored and accessible from the Class Progress view. Click the View Dialogue button next to any student entry to read the full exchange, including scores and flag annotations inline.

The Reasoning Heatmap is a visual report that maps reasoning quality across five categories for your entire class. It shows you — at a glance — where your students are strong, where they struggle, and which fallacy patterns keep showing up.

Available on the Scholar plan only.

The AI analyzes each student response in real time and assigns a score across four dimensions: evidence use, perspective-taking, logical consistency, and depth of reasoning.

Color coding: Green = sound reasoning, Yellow = unexamined assumption, Red = detected fallacy. The heatmap aggregates these across your full class and dialogue history.

The Spark tier is free, forever. It includes 4 topics, 30 student sessions, the Fallacy Library, participation tracking, and Gallery access. No credit card required. You can run a full classroom pilot without spending anything.

Scholar unlocks unlimited dialogues, AI Lesson Architect, Reasoning Heatmaps, Grade Scoping, and LMS integration. It’s $12/month — or save 20% with an annual plan.

Built for teachers who are running ThinkingEngine consistently across their classes, not just trialing it.

Yes — the Campus plan is designed for schools and districts. It includes SSO, a shared content library, admin-level analytics, and dedicated onboarding support.

Email support@thinkingengine.org to get a quote.

Yes. Monthly plans cancel anytime with no fees. Annual plans are non-refundable after 30 days from the start of the billing period.

Student data is never sold or shared with third parties. ThinkingEngine is designed in alignment with FERPA principles — student dialogue content belongs to the teacher and institution.

If you need a formal privacy agreement for your district, email support@thinkingengine.org.

ThinkingEngine is intended for classroom use under active teacher supervision, which is consistent with COPPA’s school operator exception. Students do not create accounts — they access dialogues via teacher-issued share codes only.

For formal COPPA compliance documentation, contact support@thinkingengine.org.