A needs assessment with 14 teachers yielded eight main design issues for the BE COOL! learning environment, from curriculum fit to teacher monitoring and a teacher manual¶

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q2 i? Interviews with 14 teachers raised eight main issues: curriculum fit, challenging and feasible topics, clear information and resources for independent work, heterogeneous cooperation support, freedom of assignment choice, evaluation and reflection, teacher monitoring and feedback, and a teacher manual. → Tessa H. S. Eysink 2020

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Tessa H. S. Eysink 2020¶

Tessa H. S. Eysink, Alieke M. van Dijk, Ton de Jong. (2020). BE COOL! a digital learning environment to challenge and socially include gifted learners. Education Tech Research Dev. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11423-020-09754-9

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Needs assessment in which 14 teachers were interviewed about their needs and expectations of the BE COOL! learning environment prior to the first design. The article reports that "Eight main issues were raised by the teachers," which gave input for the environment in general and both phases in particular.

"Eight main issues were raised by the teachers: (a) the domain of the lesson series and the corresponding assignments should fit into the standard curriculum, (b) topics and assignments should be challenging and feasible for children of different ability levels, (c) the learning environment should contain clear information and (links to) resources must be provided, so that children can work independently, (d) heterogeneous cooperation should be supported, (e) children should be given freedom to choose their own assignments and order of completion, (f) children should be stimulated to evaluate and reflect on their learning process, (g) the learning environment should enable teachers to monitor children's progress and to provide completed assignments with feedback, and (h) a teacher manual should be available to give teachers information about group composition, assigning topics, lesson plans, and response models."

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