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Personalized Adaptive Learning for Post-Pandemic Education
This article was originally published by The Bastion on 7 Sept, 2021 To say that India’s children have suffered in this pandemic is an understatement. While the country opened up [...] -
Censuses, Samples or Opt-ins: How Should We Assess Our Education System?
On the first anniversary of the National Education Policy (NEP), 2020, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the launch of the Structured Assessment for Analysing Learning (SAFAL) , an [...] -
The Challenges of EdTech Implementation: Experiences of Ei Mindspark in Lucknow
While the use of technology in education is becoming increasingly popular, successfully implementing EdTech is challenging, especially in resource-scarce settings. Concerns over [...] -
Learning Well in Lockdown: Muskan’s Journey with Mindspark
Muskan is a reserved child, at least in conversations. Her responses to questions tend to be a simple “yes, sir” or “no, sir”, punctuated by the occasional nervous giggle. “Uss ki umar [...] -
Covid Caused Significant Learning Loss – How Do We Emerge Stronger From It?
(based on a talk at Shiksha Sanskriti Uthan Nyas Conference, July 24, 2021) Covid has been devastating at so many levels – just the magnitude of the human tragedy is [...] -
Opportunities to Connect Maths with Real Life
Here is a conversation between 4-year old Ariha and her father. Ariha: [After applying a mosquito repellent] Papa, the monsoon has arrived. Mosquitos will come to bite us. So, I have [...] -
Realising the NEP’s Vision of Transforming Assessments in Schools across India
The National Education Policy (NEP) affirmed the government’s commitment to education reform. A key focus of the NEP is to transform assessments "from primarily testing rote [...] -
The Concrete–Pictorial–Abstract (CPA) Approach in Teaching Mathematics
“Any curriculum for primary mathematics must incorporate the progression from the concrete to the abstract and subsequently a need to appreciate the importance of abstraction in [...] -
The curious case of ‘Zero’
What comes to your mind when you think of zero, apart from the numeral '0'? Nothing, right? There's just a blank space with nothing in it. Now just think about how this concept was [...] -
Evaluation of Cognitive Process behind Answering a Question
Can there be some objective criteria to identify questions that seem to measure higher-order thinking or are cognitively more demanding? We recognise different questions may be designed [...]
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