The short loop
A Learning Challenge gives the learner something novel, bounded, and worth attempting right now: plan, try, notice, revise, demonstrate.
Grant concept demoFictional · nothing saves
Can a student get better at learning itself?
A short unfamiliar challenge makes learning visible. A Living Assessment connects those moments until the learner can see—and transfer—how their process changed.
The long loop
Living Assessment remembers the process across different challenges: what changed, what transferred, and what the learner can now do deliberately.
Follow Maya · Fictional grade 10 learner
The challenge
Use the stages to inspect the complete learning arc. This prepared story makes no participant or impact claim.
Unfamiliar learning challenge
Build a paper bridge
Use one sheet of paper and 12 inches of tape to span an 8-inch gap and hold 20 coins.
Why the constraint matters
No tutorial. Fifteen minutes. Two attempts.
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Demo truth: what this experience represents
Working foundation
IWT already contains Learning Challenges, structured AI interviews, evidence views, and human-controlled assessment.
Grant-funded next step
Persistent memory connects multiple challenges so learners can revisit, revise, and transfer how they learn over time.
Work source
Purpose-created fictional learner and prepared interaction. No real participant data and nothing saves.
Not proven yet
Whether this improves general learning ability. The proposed pilot measures that rather than assuming it.
Explore the working foundation