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AI Tutors Should Teach, Not Just Answer
Recent field experiments and meta-analyses point to a practical design principle: make learners think, practise and explain instead of simply making answers easier to obtain.
Learning Design
Practical principles for designing instruction, practice, assessment and learner experiences.
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Learning That Lasts: Why Retrieval and Spacing Beat Rereading
Durable learning is built by reconstructing knowledge across time, not by making the page feel familiar in one sitting.
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Assessment Should Improve Learning, Not Just Measure It
A score describes a performance. Formative assessment earns its name only when evidence changes what the learner or teacher does next.
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Motivation Is Designed, Not Demanded
Learners are more likely to persist when environments support meaningful choice, visible competence and genuine belonging, rather than treating motivation as a personality test.
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Cognitive Load Is the Hidden Interface of Learning
Every lesson has an invisible interface: the amount of information a learner must hold, connect and act on at once.
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Technology Alone Doesn’t Cause Learning: Learning Activities Matter
A screen, chatbot or simulation is not an instructional method. Its value depends on the thinking, feedback and interaction it makes possible.
