Learners understand concepts more deeply through hands-on experimentation and exploration with manipulatives.
Learners understand more deeply through hands-on exploration, which requires but also develops fine motor skills.
Recess and physical education are ways for learners to exercise, which is essential for increasing oxygen flow to the brain and brain cell growth.
Meaningful visuals support learners' recognition of essential information, and providing a visual cue enhances a learner's ability to accurately retrieve the content associated with the visual.
Products can use rich math vocabulary to expose learners to math language as they practice math skills.
For example, a product can produce a visual map of learners' progress and provide diverse mediums, such as drawing, for learners to record their reflections.
Reid-Griffin, A., Sterrett, W., & Stanback, A. (2020). Project-Based Learning (PjBL): Providing a community of engagement for middle school learners. Journal of Classroom Interaction, 55(1), 4-25.
Importantly, creating opportunities for learners to share feedback directly with the product provides space for design teams to catch their own blind spots and commit to continuously improving to create an edtech solution where learners of color are centered in design and meaningful tools are available to support complex and difficult conversations.
By asking learners to reflect on their processes and by providing examples that students can check against, learners continue to develop their understanding of writing.
Explaining their thinking aloud supports self-awareness and academic language development, particularly important for multilingual learners as it encourages them to reflect on language choices and problem-solving strategies as they articulate their thoughts in an academic context.
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