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Cat Hicks @grimalkina@mastodon.social

6/19/2025, 9:32:10 PM

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What is the first thing that the learning science researchers ask when the enthusiastic software developers show us a bright shiny math app they want to deploy in a classroom

"how will using this make a child FEEL?"

Why? Because this is the precondition for everything. And I mean that on a visceral, human level. You build for kids, you ask: how long are you asking a small child to sit in a seat? Look at a screen? Touch and move screen objects with their fingers?

https://mastodon.social/@grimalkina/114712045217208620

Dr. Cat Hicks (@grimalkina@mastodon.social)

@dave@alvarado.social @zenkat@sfba.social @rootwyrm@weird.autos I'd love to do an experience sampling research study where we recruit a bunch of devs who genuinely represent a range of beliefs and stances about this, and see what they are doing with their time including outside of using these tools or when they're not vibe coding, and maybe everybody who enrolls in the study also gets some learning science tips/support in their life as a thank you :), and yeah I agree this has to come from outside of the sellers

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