Digital Promise's Powerful Learning framework¶
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Evidence · 3 claims (3 for) · 3 studies (3 theoretical),q1· 0 of 3 report an effect size · 3 claims rest on one study
Description¶
A framework developed by Digital Promise that describes powerful teaching and learning through agency, purpose, curiosity, and connection.
Components¶
- The Powerful Learning framework unifies learning science into a connection-centered vision: Powerful Learning is Digital Promise's unifying framework that synthesizes learning theories into a cohesive vision centered on human connection. It defines the construct as experiences that foster "agency, purpose, and curiosity through connection to ideas, self, people, and place," empowering learners with knowledge, skills, and dispositions for the future. The framework is intended to guide educators, designers, leaders, and policymakers toward shared design language. (Powerful Learning: Fostering Agency, Purpose, and Curiosity Through Connection)
Claims¶
- Curiosity balanced against knowledge-gap overwhelm drives prolonged engagement and memory [+W]
- Purpose in learning increases engagement, self-regulation, and academic performance [+W]
- Learners face compounding systemic challenges: widening gaps, isolation, and shifting skill demands [+W]
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Key Sources¶
- Schiner, N. (2025). Empowering the future: powerful technology for powerful AI teaching and learning [Project report]. Digital Promise. https://doi.org/10.51388/20.500.12265/261
- Anton, G., Mills, K., Jacob, S., Chou, N., McNeil, K., & Wegemer, C. (2026, July). Powerful learning: Fostering agency, purpose, and curiosity through connection: Cultivating future-ready knowledge, skills, and dispositions. Digital Promise. https://doi.org/10.51388/20.500.12265/307
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A framework developed by Digital Promise that describes powerful teaching and learning through agency, purpose, curiosity, and connection. |
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