Discovery Education Product Feature Testing
Joined 2024
Partners
Discovery Education
DreamBox Learning
Team
Melanie Lugo, senior director of product management
Peter McPartlan, learning and measurement research manager
Stephanie Olson, product designer
Mario Sollecchio, curriculum designer
WestEd, research partner
What are we building?
A research initiative with districts to co-design, iterate, and test new product features that aim to improve motivation, engagement, and persistence (MEP)
Real-world connections that help students connect math lessons to careers they are interested in
An opportunity to retake missed problems so students build confidence in what they’ve learned
Informative markers that help students have increased agency in their lesson choice
What are we learning?
How does highlighting a student’s opportunity to finish an objective enhance their self-efficacy by making learning goals clear and attainable?
How does offering a preview of a lesson’s content allow a student to enact agency?
How does offering a student the opportunity to review and retake missed problems allow a student to enact agency and reduce math anxiety?
How does informing students of how their lessons connect to a chosen career impact their interest and motivation in math?
Products
Personalized and adaptive lesson environments
Research insights on MEP-driven instructional design
