Focus attention
Prompts help the student notice the part of the problem that matters.
How it works
Practice With Purpose.
Student work becomes evidence: what is known, what is fragile, and what should happen next.
Learner loopEvidence-informed
Loop
The learning loop.
Practice alone is not the product. The value comes from what the system learns and how the next step changes.
Try
A problem matched to readiness reveals what the student can do independently.
Understand the result
Fast feedback keeps a small misconception from becoming a repeated habit.
Get the right help
Examples, hints, and questions help the student make the next thinking move without simply receiving the answer.
Remember
Bringing the idea back from memory makes it easier to use later without prompting.
Adapt
Changed problems show whether the student learned the idea or copied a pattern.
Keep it strong
Later review protects learning from quietly fading.
Support
Support should fade.
A hint can produce a correct answer without producing mastery. Support is useful when it helps the student take the next thinking step.
Make thinking manageable
Scaffolds break a challenge into useful decisions without doing the thinking.
Show good reasoning
Worked examples give students a model before unfamiliar work.
Ask before telling
Questions help students explain relationships and notice where reasoning changed direction.
Correct early
Feedback helps students revise before the wrong approach becomes familiar.
Build independence
Support reduces as the student becomes ready to explain and apply the idea alone.
Variation
Patterns can fool us.
Students need varied examples, different answer modes, and transfer tasks. Variation helps them decide which method fits instead of copying the last problem.
For example, a student who can solve 24 divided by 6 should also recognize the same relationship in an array, a word problem, or a missing-factor equation.
Signals
What matters.
Accuracy
Was the answer correct?
Reasoning
Does the work show a path?
Support
Could the student proceed alone?
Retention
Does it remain available later?
Transfer
Can the idea work in a new form?
Revision
Can the student notice when the work needs another look?
Next step