EduThink®
Closing the Achievement Gap
Design
Global instructional
design:
- Minimalist approach
- Active concept acquisition
- Context-relevant help
always available
- Modular - Concepts
develop with each lesson
- Criterion-referenced
testing to ensure mastery
Lesson-specific instructional
design:
- Problem presentation
with feedback that demonstrates concept (Color, Counting)
- Layered feedback -
on third error, help is requested and student errors are displayed for
diagnostic aid (Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication)
- Subroutines that reinforce
concepts for those who need extra instruction on a given concept (Multiplication)
- Embedded criterion-referenced
mastery (Color, Counting, Addition, Subtraction)
- Criterion-referenced
mastery subtests (Multiplication)
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