Our Approach
Calculus is better together
345pi reimagines how calculus is taught — turning a subject most students grind through alone into a social experience that's more effective, more motivating, and a lot more human.
Calculus loses students before they ever fall in love with it
Two things get in the way: dense material that's hard to learn alone, and the isolation that drains motivation. We hear it from students constantly.
“The textbook is hard to understand.”
“Studying on Zoom, I feel lonely and isolated. I miss working through problems with my friends.”
Collaborative calculus
By making calculus collaborative, we improve both the effectiveness and the appeal of how it's taught — and that improved experience leads more students toward STEM.
Calculus is better together
Students learn alongside peers, working through problems collaboratively instead of grinding through a textbook alone.
Grounded in research
Our pedagogy is shaped by ongoing user discovery and research partnerships, not guesswork.
Delight drives interest
When learning feels good, students stick with it — fueling deeper interest in calculus and STEM careers.
Why collaboration works
The principles behind our pedagogy — grounded in how people actually learn hard things.
Active, not passive
Students solve problems together in real time instead of reading a chapter and hoping it sticks. Doing beats watching.
Explaining cements learning
When a student talks a peer through a derivative, both of them understand it more deeply. Teaching is the fastest way to learn.
Research-driven pedagogy
Every interaction is shaped by ongoing user discovery and partnerships with leading institutions — refined, not guessed.
Motivation through connection
Isolation drains persistence. Working alongside friends keeps students coming back long enough to fall in love with the math.
Building the future of math education
Our team is focused on deep user discovery — refining the product, our value proposition, and our model through real research and development, in partnership with leading institutions.
Supported by
- Seattle University College of Engineering
- Harvard
- Stanford
- NSF I-Corps