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Adaptive Curriculum Routing

Every learner takes their own fastest path to the same outcome.

Maintains a curriculum graph and each learner's performance state, then picks the next unit to present — or skip — based on what they've demonstrated. Use this when the same outcome must be reached by learners who start at very different places.

Shape

Operational dimensions

No human in loop

Runs without a person in the path.

Event-triggered

Fires when an upstream condition occurs.

Medium data gravity

Holds working state that compounds over runs.

Closed surface

No external systems on either side.

Inputs

curriculum graph (units, prerequisites, objectives)
learner performance state (assessment results, completion history)
learner goal or target outcome

Outputs

next-unit-to-present decision
updated learner performance state
estimated time-to-outcome given current state

Mechanism

Selects the next learning unit (lesson / module / topic) for a learner based on prior-performance signal.

Why this is a primitive

Cannot be decomposed — the route-by-performance operation is a single decision over a curriculum graph. It does not deliver instruction inside the unit, run recall on items, or certify mastery; those are separate primitives that compose with this one.

Where it shows up

Corporate L&D platform — experienced hires skip foundational modules automatically based on pre-assessment, reaching role-specific content faster

K-12 maths app — student who aced fractions is routed to decimals; student who struggled is routed to a remedial fraction unit first

Certification prep course — learner's weak areas are surfaced and weighted more heavily in the study plan without manual coach intervention

Related primitives

Composes with

Conversational Instruction →Retrieval Practice Scheduling →Mastery Assessment & Certification →Published Surface (Documentation / Knowledge Site) →Scenario Simulation →Cohort Facilitation →Performance Coaching Feedback →

Alternative to

Retrieval Practice Scheduling →