Education Why we include an “I’m not sure” option in all multiple-choice questions Stile lessons are built based on best-practice pedagogies and teaching and learning strategies. Every decision we make for the lessons and the platform itself is thoroughly researched and considered for the impact that it will have on teaching and learning. One thing that we often get asked about is our
Education Better class brainstorms We love brainstorming in class as a way to generate discussion around a new topic; it’s a time-tested favourite of many teachers. But there has always been a few drawbacks: Discussion is usually dominated by a few louder students in the room, and it’s often hard for us
Edtech Reducing education to vanity metrics Why does so much educational software measure “number of questions answered”? I’m ashamed to admit it, but we’ve done it before too. It is a classic ‘quality over quantity’ vanity metric. “Your students have answered 5000 questions this week” sounds impressive… like students are doing some serious learning.
