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I am here to share with you all kinds of analysis articles of mathematics AI thinking class as promised.

My two children have a good foundation in mathematics, and my second-grade brother is also studying American Olympiad. As a "past person" and an educator, the six apps I shared today are all products that I have a good impression of, each with its own characteristics.

I agree that the overall level of good AI products is good. Under the framework of strict national education syllabus, children's learning experience is supported by finely polished technical means. Moreover, some students in the market have made a good innovation. When students in B saw it, they immediately iterated and updated it, and students in C followed closely. The competition is fierce, so I think no matter which product you choose, as long as parents and children make good use of these products, it will be helpful to learn the basics of mathematics and develop mathematical thinking. This is my idea after observing the whole industry for a year.

However, as friends all know, I organized a group purchase for you in the AI class of learning to think about little monkeys this month. The reason for starting the group is not because other families are poor, but because "Little Monkey is a young and connected subject course that I want to use for two children".

It's like choosing a school. The environment is good, but which one to choose is also closely related to many other factors. For example, I have a high degree of trust and familiarity with the brand of learning and thinking. I agree with its emphasis on interaction and thinking in enlightenment products. For example, I recognize the qualification of the R&D team. In particular, the self-research ratio of little monkeys is 100%, and the system of learning and thinking is very inclusive and well connected. Many advanced learning systems on the market are similar to it. (You can watch "")

Today's introduction article will not talk about too complicated elements, but more about sharing my intuitive feelings when I come into contact with these products. Therefore, I don't want everyone to take today's article as an evaluation article. You may have many different types of thinking courses at hand, or you may be comparing thinking courses at the same time. Today's article is a product overview and introduction. Look at so many AI products on the market, which one suits your eyes!

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Because I have recommended live classes before, let's take a look at their differences before introducing AI classes.

The first category is the live class: the "You Shoot One" mathematical thinking course I recommend is a one-to-many online live teaching class, that is, there are several children in a class, and you can only see yourself and the teacher in front of the camera. ▼

△ "You shoot one" live class picture

Its class form is a fixed time every week, which is equivalent to the appointment system. When the children go to class, the teacher will always follow. There will be homework and classroom expansion after class.

The AI classroom is also a real-life teaching classroom, but the AI technology based on image recognition, natural language processing and interactive teaching scenes created by interesting animation games is more in the form of recording and broadcasting. The technology and products are ready, and parents can freely arrange their children's class time. ▼

Therefore, the core of the live class is real-life teaching, and the core of the AI class is AI interaction. ▼

△ "You take a picture" of teacher-student interaction

△ AI interactive diagram of little monkey thinking

From the point of view of form and effect, AI class and live class are well used, which is helpful for children's learning. AI class is more cost-effective than live class, but the advantage of live class is to continue the classroom learning atmosphere and give timely interactive feedback.

Therefore, at present, the AI classroom is mainly designed for the psychological and behavioral characteristics of children in the enlightenment period, and the products are mainly interesting and systematic spiral; Live lessons are widely used in K 12 education, including but not limited to helping children improve their abilities in various subjects.

My Eric is now in a big class and is in a young transition period. He is a little monkey thinking now+you have a math thinking class once a week. Because the little monkey's thinking is a fragmented learning mode, he spends 15 minutes in thinking class as morning reading after getting up every day, and then has breakfast to go to school, which does not affect any life of children. Your math thinking class is fixed at 5 pm every Monday, every time 1 hour.

So in my opinion, AI class and live class are more of a combination mode. AI class is suitable for knowledge accumulation. After all, there is a complete systematic course that can help parents to reduce the pressure of building their children's learning tasks, and the live class is a special course because there is only one class a week, which is suitable for the mode of deep thinking and inquiry.

My principle is moderation. These two modes are not alternatives, but they don't have to be combined. The key is to look at the children's situation, academic foundation, family's judgment on the proportion of mathematics enlightenment, and love for mathematics.

I have sorted out the difference between "you shoot one" and "little monkey thinking" before, which is actually the difference between live class and AI class. Please refer to the following table: ▼

△ Click on the picture to enlarge.

As for the live class, why do I recommend that teachers take the "excellent and easy" mathematical thinking class as the main class form, and there are few animation designs? You can refer to this article:.

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In addition to monkey thinking, there are of course many kinds of AI classes on the market, all of which are aimed at children's mathematical enlightenment.

Just search in the APP store and you will find various mathematics enlightenment apps. The picture below is what I can find as long as I search in the mall. ...

According to the heat, there are several apps discussed by everyone, namely zebra AI class, little monkey AI class, Guagualong thinking, Youdao mathematics, small spark AI class and pea AI class. ▼

What is the difference between them? In my article today, I talked about five dimensions that you can intuitively feel, namely, institutional background, APP interface, curriculum system, supporting teaching AIDS and auxiliary services. You can also have a comprehensive understanding:

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Institutional background

The first is the institutional background of the six major apps.

It is not difficult to find that most of the well-known mathematics enlightenment apps have an unshakable position in the education sector, and their financial strength is relatively strong, and they are all concentrated in Beijing.

For example, the zebra AI classroom is backed by ape tutors, with a financing amount of 3.752 billion US dollars; Little monkey uses his back to think against the study of listed companies in new york in the future; Guagualong relies on ByteDance, a unicorn enterprise whose business has expanded rapidly in recent years; There is also the pea thinking that has developed rapidly in the C round of financing, sitting on the super-flashing painting resources and magic ears; There is also Tencent's lead vote, Spark thinking with good animation plot effect, and Sun Di, the eldest son of a listed company, who is good at math ... Each article can be said to be very informative.

For example, some time ago, no matter on the bus and subway or on Tik Tok, everywhere we went, we were all advertisements for zebra AI classes. ▼

Guagualong, who braved the wind and waves, also worked hard, and advertisements never let go of any corner of the subway car. ▼

During this time, the small spark AI class also occupied the major bus stop signs: ▼

Anyway, that's how they show their magical powers. The following is my research on the institutional background of the six major apps. You can feel how strong the big men are fighting in the "fairy fight" every day! ▼

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Application program interface

Since the users of the Mathematical Thinking Enlightenment APP are basically children aged 2-8, many organizations prefer cartoon images when creating IP, and most organizations also choose to display them on the LOGO of the APP. For example, Xiaoli, who is good at math, and Pippi, who is in the little monkey AI class, are all good partners for children to learn. ▼

Pippi, the prototype of the little monkey AI class, is the Monkey King, the Great Sage of Qi Tian, but it is made cute and often has its own cute feeling in animation. ▼

The pea prototype of pea thinking is a small seed, but the combination with super flash also makes this cp often have many lovely performances. ▼

The IP images of other families are also quite interesting. For example, the page of Little Spark AI class is quite interesting, and it is more as a guide and host. ▼

In addition, Guagualong Rex believes that Guagualong, as a small dinosaur born in a smart town, also actively strives to improve his thinking ability in the course. ▼

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Curriculum system

All the system tables can be found in official website. I made a table by distinguishing colors according to those that have been online and those that are still under development. ▼

▲ At present, the stages of the six major apps are classified and summarized.

You may not understand the meaning of this table, but here I want to introduce the guidance of the National Development Guide for Children Aged 3-6 on the cultivation of mathematical goal ability. ▼

As we all know, the national outline is to ensure quality, so what does the organization think of this guide? Let me introduce you step by step:

Zebra AI class

-Suitable age: 2-8 years old

-Teaching form: AI classroom intelligent interactive teaching

-official website price: 2,800 yuan /240 classes.

-System evaluation: medium difficulty, ★★★★

The key learning modules of zebra thinking AI course are: graphics and space, audio-visual and memory, number sense and operation, logic and law, hands-on and puzzle. It will match different learning priorities according to children's different stages, so that the knowledge system will spiral up, and the teaching will be scientific and easy for children to accept. ▼

According to the plan, the zebra course is divided into five levels, and basically the first level is the rhythm of the year. At present, the research and development of Zebra AI course has reached S3, and the modules involved include audio-visual and memory, graphics and space, number sense and operation, which basically covers the initial learning of mathematical thinking of children aged 3-6, with moderate difficulty. ▼

Course details:

The curriculum is reasonable, from video interactive classes to in-class tests that guide children to draw inferences, to watching videos, connecting mathematics with life, and finally solving problems.

Let me share with you the lesson of "analogical reasoning" that I experienced with my children. ▼

Video interactive class: The theme of this class is "magic hat". By telling the story of helping Dr. Mouth find magic parts, the problem of analogical reasoning is raised. ▼

For example, if you want to know what the third figure looks like, you must analyze the combination of the first two figures and know that the original rightmost figure is composed of the two figures on the left. Only by finding the combination law of graphics can we find the correct answer. ▼

Quiz: I like quizzes very much, because the way it sets questions is not limited to one way of thinking, but through different questions and different problem-solving ideas to help children understand knowledge points in all directions.

For example, we can find the elements of the combination diagram by analogy, find the similar items by analogy, and find the elements needed to form the graph by the idea of graph combination. There are great differences in questions and examples, and children will not get bored in the process of doing it, but it is precisely because there are many points to be investigated and the progress is relatively fast that this part is quite difficult for children with poor foundation. ▼

Mathematics in life: Mathematics in life is actually the reappearance of knowledge points, but it is characterized by the perfect combination of mathematics knowledge points and daily life, so that children can truly feel that mathematics comes from life. ▼

I am a little teacher: my duty as a little teacher is to guide students to explain topics, because active output is always the most efficient way of learning, and children can better understand this knowledge point by actively outputting what they have learned. ▼

Learning report: This part mainly records the recording of children's explanations and answers in class. The setting of this block is relatively simple, but it is also clear at a glance. ▼

Little monkey AI classroom

-Suitable age: 2-8 years old

-Teaching form: AI fun animation course, research and development course by senior teachers from Peking University and Harvard University.

-official website price: 2880 yuan /240 classes.

-Systematic evaluation: there are challenges and difficulties. ★★★☆

From the perspective of curriculum system, the age span of the little monkey AI thinking class is 3-8 years old, and four levels of courses are set up respectively. The 1 level and 2-level courses before the age of 6 are constructed according to the Learning and Development Guide for Children Aged 3-6. From the perspective of system comparison, the proportion of superclass is small, such as contact with three-dimensional graphics from 1 year old. ▼

▲ Excerpted from L 1 summary after class in the third week.

At present, the courses of L 1 and L2 have been developed online, and Grade III and IV involve primary schools, and related courses are under development. ▼

Course details:

Each lesson of Little Monkey AI Thinking Class is divided into five parts, namely, thinking adventure-adventure-little lecturer-magic beat-daily study. What I want to share with you today is the details of the lesson that Eric and I learn the ability of number sense. ▼

In the course of number sense ability, the main thing is to master the average. Let's learn more through the course links.

Thinking Adventure: This is the first link of the course, and every class will lead to knowledge content through an interesting theme here. This lesson takes "True King" as the theme, and leads everyone to find three keys to save the true king on average through learning, thus achieving the teaching purpose. ▼

Take this topic as an example, guide children to distribute 8 boxes of milk on average by dragging. Children only need to drag and drop to answer questions. ▼

Adventure: This link is the exercise consolidation link. We will review the knowledge points we have learned and do the problems at the same time, so as to review the past and learn new things. Adventure is divided into three parts: foundation consolidation-knowledge replication-thinking challenge. Each part has its own goal, and there is a wrong book in the lower right corner, which can help children remember the wrong questions. ▼

The topic setting is also very interesting. The elements of the topic are some small things that children like very much in their daily life, such as balloons, candy, strawberries, mangoes and so on. Can catch the child's eye. ▼

Little lecturer: This link is to encourage children to talk about topics actively, let children explain the problem-solving ideas actively, and let children master and use this knowledge to the greatest extent. ▼

Magic beat: Magic beat is an animated nursery rhyme, which is a relaxation for children after learning. ▼

Learning Daily: Learning Daily is my favorite link, because its report is more detailed, including not only the records of children's oral answers, the statistics of classroom exercises, but also the summary of knowledge points and so on. Parents can have a good understanding of their children's learning through daily study. ▼

Guagualong thinking

-Suitable age: 2-8 years old

-Teaching form: interesting animation interactive class, immersive animation teaching.

-Course price: 2980 yuan /240 classes.

-System evaluation: low difficulty, ★★★★☆.

The curriculum development of Guagualong thinking is mainly aimed at children aged 2-8, but at present, only courses for children aged 4-6, namely L2 and L3 stages, have been developed. ▼

Course details:

Guagualong's class is also an introductory animation class, which strengthens cross-border practice, then gives lectures by real people to transfer knowledge, and finally gives opening expressions and learning reports. ▼

In the animation classroom module, knowledge points will be expressed through animation and nursery rhymes. ▼

Then there is the practice session, which also uses the familiar things around children as the practice elements to attract children to practice after class. ▼

Mathematics in life is to transfer mathematics knowledge into daily life through real-life teaching, so that children can feel that life is full of mathematical wisdom. ▼

Finally, I am a small lecturer, and I am well-behaved in the learning report. ▼

Because the animation proportion in Guagualong products is relatively high, the difficulty of Guagualong is relatively low in the products I have experienced.

Xiaoxinghuo AI classroom

-Suitable age: 3-6 years old

-Teaching form: animation AI+ real person teaching

-The course price is 1999 yuan/196 classes (the course is valid for 3 years).

-System evaluation: medium difficulty, ★★★★

At present, the course stage and age division of Little Spark AI course can be regarded as 3-4 years old, 4-5 years old and 5-6 years old. But in fact, the highest level of small spark thinking course is S6, that is, you can study until you are 9 years old, but the following courses have not yet been developed. ▼

Course details:

Little Spark AI classroom includes five links: learning, learning, watching, practicing, speaking and doing. ▼

Little Spark AI classroom mainly adopts the teaching method of "live class recording screen", which is close to the form of live class, but the system can't give targeted guidance to the answers beyond the preset in the classroom practice process, and the children's sense of participation will be weaker. ▼

▲ Little Spark AI classroom recording screen

Pea AI class

-Suitable age: 4-6 years old

-Teaching form: animated AI interactive classroom

-Course price: 999 yuan/192 class hours (the course is valid for 3 years).

-System evaluation: the difficulty is challenging, live broadcast and screen learning, ★★★★☆.

The pea AI course is divided into three stages: S 1-S3. At present, S2 and S3 courses have been developed. ▼

Course details:

The content of each class in pea AI class is mainly divided into four parts: interactive class, knowledge combing, after-class practice and class report. ▼

Pea interactive classroom includes not only the main course content itself, but also seven links, such as preview, exercise training and knowledge expansion, and finally there is a knowledge summary module. ▼

After the interactive class is a knowledge combing module, all the knowledge points mentioned in the interactive class will be simply repeated to deepen the child's impression. ▼

In the after-school practice session, children will be guided to answer questions by dragging their hands and get answers, and the results will be announced after all contacts are completed. But even better, for the wrong questions, we can choose to reconnect them all or practice only for the wrong questions. ▼

The final class report will give some knowledge points and suggestions for learning improvement. ▼

Youdao mathematics

-Suitable age: 3-8 years old

-Teaching form: live AI interactive class

-Course price: 1699 yuan/period (course is permanent)

-System evaluation: low difficulty, ★★★★☆.

There are four stages in the course of Youdao Mathematical Thinking, from A 1 enlightenment to A4 all-around, but at present, only A 1 can be purchased to A3, and A4 has not yet been launched.

From the perspective of curriculum, Tao is actually closer to the traditional educational goal, that is, focusing on several core levels such as calculation, graphics, modeling and logic. For families who are young or have high requirements for exam-oriented education, it may be a little simple or simple for parents who are more concerned about the all-round development and enlightenment of mathematical thinking. ▼

Course details:

In the curriculum arrangement of Youdao Mathematics, each knowledge point is set for about 4 minutes, and the total practice time is about 10-20 minutes. There are classes every day from Monday to Friday, and there are exams on Saturday, which is a good summary of this week's courses.

However, the classroom setting of Youdao Mathematics is relatively simple, which is mainly divided into two modules: AI and practice. ▼

AI classroom: The first is the module of AI classroom, which helps children understand and master knowledge points through the mode of real-life AI+ classroom practice. ▼

Exercise: Next is the exercise module. The course will set up six exercises related to the content of the course to help children consolidate their knowledge points, but the exercises will be relatively simple, and there will be no big jumps and super-class problems, so they will be more friendly to children with general basics. ▼

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Auxiliary teaching aid

At present, the courses of most Internet education companies are based on the combination of online classes and teaching AIDS. No matter what class you apply for, one person and one box are almost standard. The things in the box are nothing more than textbooks, exercise books, some simple teaching AIDS that can be used in class and so on.

I have collected pictures of the curriculum supporting boxes of these institutions, taking the courses in the young and connected stage as an example for your reference. You can look at the boxes that currently support AI courses, and the information is very rich. I'll tell you when I introduce you. ▼

Zebra AI class

Zebra AI class has 6 sets of learning gift boxes every year, one set every two months. If you sign up for the systematic course, you will get an extra systematic course gift box.

The bimonthly gift box contains teaching AIDS and exercise books that match the progress of the course, and the systematic course gift box contains teaching AIDS and some fun math games, such as fun game cards, three-dimensional building blocks and sticker books. , are resources that can be used in combination with courses after class and in peacetime.

Little monkey AI classroom

Little monkey AI class is similar to zebra thinking, with 6 sets of learning gift boxes every year and one set every two months. Those who sign up for the annual class will be given an additional annual class gift box.

The bimonthly gift box matches the progress of the course, including two workbooks, as well as picture books, game books and supporting board games related to mathematical thinking. There are many practical and fun classic teaching AIDS in the system course gift box, as well as games of space, logic and number sense. The workmanship and design are exquisite, so that children can consolidate their knowledge points in play.

Guagualong thinking

Guagualong Thinking, 6 boxes throughout the year, including exercise books, coloring books, some thinking cards and physics teaching AIDS, no extra gift boxes.

Xiaoxinghuo AI classroom

Six sets of learning gift boxes are distributed throughout the year in Little Spark AI classroom, all of which are teaching AIDS for class, mostly books and cards, and there are few physical teaching AIDS.

Pea AI class

Because the annual class of pea thinking is not completely open, we can only find its quarterly class gift box, which is the thinking development teaching aid of value 128 yuan, such as clock cognition and graphic reasoning.

Youdao mathematics

There is an annual math class worth 3 19 yuan, which will be sent out within one week after registration. Most of them are books and game cards, and there are few physical teaching AIDS.

In this part, each school has its own magic, but functionally, some products simply send a few books, and some products spend time as teaching AIDS, which will be reflected in the annual class price and systematic learning. Of course, the teaching AIDS of AI class are mainly for children to interact with their parents in life, which is somewhat different from the teaching AIDS of live classes to assist children in class teaching.

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auxiliary service

Auxiliary services are divided into two parts, which can be directly felt from the products. One is the supporting resources in the product, and the other is the tutor service outside the product.

Let's talk about supporting resources first. In order to enlighten children's mathematical thinking, cultivate children's interest in thinking ability courses and increase users' stickiness to APP, APP will prepare some auxiliary resources for children to do outward bound training, such as storybooks, audio books, video lessons, practice modules and so on.

However, different apps have different resources for children, some need to pay, some are free to open, and some are given to you after completing the course.

Youdao mathematics

There is a math puzzle lesson and free exercises that are all extended modules, but only the pilot lesson of the puzzle lesson is free, and you need to pay 588 yuan to buy the lesson when you start formal study. ▼

And there is a free math practice module, and only after the membership package is opened can you learn nearly half of the exercises. ▼

From this point of view, as a listed company APP, there are fewer free and open expansion resources!

Pea AI class

Comparatively speaking, the free expansion resources of pea thinking will be relatively better. There are at least 20 free egg-shaped puzzles in a limited time, and 50 bedtime stories (you can unlock the rest of the stories by logging in to the pea AI classroom APP every day). ▼

Zebra AI class

Compared with other apps, the resources of Zebra AI are more abundant. FM, Zebra Quick Calculation, Reciting Ancient Poems, 3D Children's Songs and Picture Books are all available in Chinese and English. Zebra's sincerity can also be seen from the graded reading of S 1-S5 picture books. ▼

Among so many modules, my favorite module is the zebra quick calculation module. It tests how many questions you can calculate quickly and correctly in one minute. When answering questions, just write the correct answer directly on the screen of the mobile phone with your finger. And zebras are very "smart" in fast calculation. As long as you don't scribble and Lian Bi, you can basically identify numbers accurately. ▼

This answering game, which tests wisdom and heartbeat, can be said to be my brother's favorite.

Little monkey AI classroom

However, I think that among these APP expansion resources, the resources of Little Monkey AI are the most eye-catching, because in my opinion, Little Monkey's sincerity is the most sufficient. Extracurricular resource expansion module includes training ground, video room, make-up area, wonderful recommendation, picture book library and video lesson module of Little Monkey English.

There are many special courses in the course completion area. As long as you finish the experience class, you can unlock the study, and it feels really fragrant without spending money. ▼

There are training games in the training ground to exercise children's various abilities, and there are many special videos in the video room to enhance children's interest in subjects. ▼

But what I think is most worth mentioning is the picture book of Little Monkey's family. His picture book module has the electronic resources of Oxford tree picture book, which has high gold content. ▼

As for the course service, in fact, everyone has it, but the frequency and efficiency of the service will be somewhat different at different prices. Zebra Thinking AI Class, Monkey Thinking AI Class and Melon Thinking AI Class are the three companies that I feel the service speed and efficiency are relatively high after the experience, because they regard dual-teacher counseling as a very important support.

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Write it at the end

After introducing these six apps, I would also like to add that mathematics enlightenment is a subject that needs a global perspective, and thinking development and innovative practice are indispensable.

In real life, you don't have to pass the AI class to do a good job of enlightenment. Good technology and products really improve the learning efficiency, free parents' time and stabilize the learning effect. But even without AI class, as long as the enlightenment ideas are clear, comprehensive and complete, good results can be achieved.

On the whole, the emergence of AI classroom is still because the immersive learning experience has become the dominant learning method. In the future, there may be more forms of teaching support such as VR (what I know is being developed now). I remember reading the "New Trends in Internet Education" released by the Ministry of Education on 20 17. I didn't expect this rhythm to come so fast.

Therefore, if you want to choose the AI class, you must first choose the products developed by the leading industry, so that if the children don't like it, the refund is also guaranteed.

The refund policy of learning and thinking about the little monkey has a high reputation in the industry, which is reflected in the refund at any time (yes, even if you are not satisfied with the last class), the user is not blocked, and the process and rhythm are smooth. I have studied the marketing activities of some product organizations, which are basically time-limited, such as how many days before you can get a refund, or how many days after you can't get a refund. So when you choose, you should also read these terms carefully. After all, AI class. If the brand itself does not have this policy of refunding fees at any time, there is no way.

As friends all know, during this period, I organized a group purchase activity of learning to think about little monkeys, which was a single/double theme joint newspaper activity of thinking about little monkeys and talking about little monkeys. Interested friends can read the following article to understand the cause and effect:

I really believe in learning to think about system cohesion in the young convergence period, so I am willing to enlighten my children on Chinese and mathematics, just like the experience of choosing a school. You can look at my understanding of learning and thinking:

Whether consulting or signing up, remember to add our teacher Xiao Xin's WeChat. We have now opened the registration of Little Monkey Chinese L 1, L2, L3 and Little Monkey Thinking L 1, L2. We also gave you a biweekly audition class, and the gift box of Little Monkey Chinese Studies worth 299 yuan was given to you directly. ▼

I didn't expect a year to pass quickly. Let's make a new school year plan for 20021!

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I am the mother of two boys, Joshua, 7, and Eric, 6. I graduated from the University of Hong Kong and studied under the world psychologist John Gatman, majoring in emotion management, family therapy and parent-child interaction. I am also the author of the book The Power of Education. Here, I will talk to you about early education and enlightenment, grow up well, and raise children in no hurry.

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