Evidence-based teaching method library
165 research-backed methods across 20 domains. Every method links to its sources — and EvidenceLesson can apply any of them to your lesson, with citations.
Ai Learning Science (14)
- Adaptive Hint Sequence Designer — Generate a cascading hint sequence for a problem type, revealing progressively without gi…
- AI Feedback Design Principles — Audit and redesign AI-generated feedback for pedagogical quality, timing, and learning im…
- AI-Facilitated Collaborative Learning Designer — Design AI-supported collaborative tasks that structure group interaction and address part…
- Cognitive Tutoring Architecture Designer — Map knowledge components and skill hierarchies for a cognitive tutoring system or adaptiv…
- Digital Worked Example Sequence — Create an interactive digital worked example sequence with fading for online or blended d…
- Erroneous Example Designer — Design deliberately flawed examples that develop error-detection skills and deepen unders…
- Formative Assessment Loop Designer for AI Systems — Design an adaptive assessment loop where each student response triggers the next instruct…
- Individual Spacing Algorithm Explainer — Explain and configure individual spacing algorithms using student performance data and fo…
- Intelligent Tutoring Dialogue Designer — Script a multi-turn tutoring dialogue with branching responses for anticipated student di…
- Learning Analytics Interpretation Guide — Interpret learning analytics data and translate dashboard findings into actionable teachi…
- Metacognitive Monitoring in AI Contexts — Design metacognitive checkpoints that prevent AI-assisted learning from bypassing genuine…
- Productive Failure & Desirable Difficulty Designer — Redesign a direct instruction sequence to include productive struggle before the explanat…
- Self-Explanation Prompt Designer — Create self-explanation prompts that deepen understanding of worked examples, texts, or d…
- Worked Example to Problem Solving Transition Designer — Design the transition from worked examples to independent problem-solving using expertise…
Ai Literacy (7)
- AI Expertise Interrogation Designer — Design a Funhouse Mirror activity where students use their own domain expertise to detect…
- AI Hallucination Fact-Check Protocol — Design a fact-checking protocol for AI-generated text, extending SIFT with AI-specific ad…
- AI Learning Boundary Mapper — Map which elements of an assignment benefit from AI assistance vs. which AI use undermine…
- AI Output Critical Audit Designer — Design a structured protocol for auditing AI-generated text against Ennis's six CT standa…
- AI Socratic Dialogue Designer — Design a multi-round questioning sequence for interrogating AI chatbot answers, tracking…
- Disciplinary AI Literacy Sequence Designer — Design a sequence where students compare AI's handling of the same question across discip…
- Prompt Literacy Sequence Designer — Design a learning sequence teaching prompt quality — comparing vague vs. refined prompts…
Curriculum Alignment (4)
- Coverage Audit — Takes a curriculum framework and a statutory or accreditation requirement list; produces…
- Curriculum Crosswalk — Compares two or more band-tagged frameworks and produces a framework-neutral topic matrix…
- Developmental Band Translator — Tags harness-decomposed curriculum items (KUDs, LTs, criteria) with a school's developmen…
- KUD Chart Author — Authors or reviews Know/Understand/Do charts for competency-based learning targets across…
Curriculum Assessment (13)
- Assessment Validity Checker — Audit a proposed assessment for construct validity, reliability, and alignment to learnin…
- Backwards Design Unit Planner — Plan a unit using backwards design from desired outcomes through assessment evidence to l…
- Competency Unpacker — Unpack a broad standard or competency descriptor into specific, assessable success criter…
- Criterion-Referenced Rubric Generator — Generate a criterion-referenced rubric with descriptive performance levels for a task or…
- Critical Thinking Task Designer — Design discipline-specific critical thinking tasks grounded in knowledge-contingent reaso…
- Curriculum Knowledge Architecture Designer — Map the epistemic structure of a subject to determine knowledge types and inform curricul…
- Differentiation Adapter — Adapt a classroom task for specific learner needs while preserving the core learning obje…
- Formative Assessment Technique Selector — Select the right formative assessment technique for a specific learning moment, purpose,…
- Gap Analysis from Student Work — Analyse student work against criteria to identify specific gaps between current performan…
- KUD Knowledge Type Mapper — Classify curriculum content into Know, Understand, and Do categories to align teaching an…
- Learning Progression Builder — Build a learning progression showing prerequisite-to-mastery steps for a target skill or…
- Project Brief Designer (PBL) — Design a project-based learning brief with a driving question, milestones, and assessment…
- Scope and Sequence Designer — Design a scope and sequence showing vertical and horizontal curriculum coherence across a…
Eal Language Development (5)
- Academic Language Sentence Frame Generator — Generate tiered sentence frames for academic tasks that scaffold language production acro…
- Language Demand Analyser — Analyse the language demands of a classroom task to identify barriers for EAL and multili…
- Scaffolded Task Modifier — Modify a classroom task with language scaffolds that preserve cognitive demand for EAL le…
- Sheltered Instruction Lesson Modifier — Modify a lesson plan using SIOP sheltered instruction principles to support language lear…
- Vocabulary Tiering Tool — Tier vocabulary from a text or topic into everyday, academic, and technical categories wi…
Environmental Experiential Learning (6)
- Biophilic Learning Environment Designer — Redesign a learning space using biophilic design principles to improve focus, calm, and w…
- Ecological Inquiry Anchor Designer — Design an inquiry sequence anchored in a local ecosystem that embeds science or geography…
- Experiential Learning Cycle Designer — Structure a direct experience into a full learning cycle with concrete experience, reflec…
- Interdisciplinary Real-World Connection Mapper — Map curriculum connections across multiple subjects for a real-world problem or authentic…
- Outdoor Learning Sequence Designer — Design a structured outdoor learning sequence embedding curriculum objectives in an avail…
- Service Learning Project Designer — Design a service-learning project connecting genuine community need with embedded curricu…
Explicit Instruction (5)
- Checking for Understanding Protocol Designer — Design a checking-for-understanding protocol with specific techniques for each lesson sta…
- Explicit Instruction Sequence Builder (I Do / We Do / You Do) — Build a complete explicit instruction sequence from teacher modelling through guided prac…
- Lesson Opening Designer — Design a lesson opening that activates prior knowledge and connects previous learning to…
- Practice Problem Sequence Designer — Generate a scaffolded sequence of practice problems with graduated difficulty and strateg…
- Think-Aloud Script Generator — Script a teacher think-aloud demonstrating expert reasoning processes for a specific task…
Global Cross Cultural Pedagogies (9)
- Concrete-Pictorial-Abstract Sequence Designer — Design a Concrete-Pictorial-Abstract learning sequence for a mathematical concept using m…
- Cross-Cultural Task Validity Checker — Check an educational practice or task for cultural bias, WEIRD assumptions, and cross-cul…
- Culturally Responsive Teaching Designer — Redesign a lesson to centre students' cultural backgrounds, community knowledge, and live…
- Emergent Project Design Scaffold — Scaffold an emergent project from observed children's interests using Reggio-inspired app…
- Phenomenon-Based Unit Anchor — Anchor a multidisciplinary unit in a real-world phenomenon that requires multiple subject…
- Place-Based Inquiry Anchor — Anchor curriculum learning in a specific local place with connections to community, cultu…
- Reggio Documentation Protocol — Design a pedagogical documentation protocol for making children's learning processes visi…
- Ubuntu Collective Knowledge Task Designer — Design learning tasks built on Ubuntu philosophy emphasising collective knowledge-buildin…
- Variation Theory Task Designer — Design a variation theory task using contrast, separation, and fusion to teach critical f…
Historical Thinking (10)
- Central Historical Question Evaluator — Evaluate a teacher-drafted central historical question for its capacity to drive genuine…
- Close Reading Skill Builder — Build students' capacity to read historical documents closely — attending to word choice,…
- Contextualisation Skill Builder — Build students' capacity to place historical documents in their temporal and social conte…
- Corroboration Skill Builder — Build students' capacity to compare accounts across multiple historical sources — identif…
- Document-Based Lesson Designer — Design a complete document-based history lesson using the Reading Like a Historian four-p…
- Historical Document Set Curator — Design a document set for a document-based lesson — selecting and sequencing sources for…
- Historical Source Adapter — Adapt a historical primary source for classroom use — modifying complexity and length whi…
- Historical Thinking Assessment Designer — Design formative assessments that make students' historical thinking visible — revealing…
- Historical Thinking Strategy Modelling Guide — Design a teacher think-aloud that models historical thinking strategies with a specific d…
- Sourcing Skill Builder — Build students' capacity to interrogate a historical source before reading — asking who a…
Inclusive Design (3)
- UDL Barrier Anticipator — Predicts access barriers in a learning task before delivery, given a learner variability…
- UDL Lesson Auditor — Audits an existing lesson against UDL's three principles — engagement, representation, an…
- UDL Options Designer — Generates multiple means of engagement, representation, and action/expression for a given…
Literacy Critical Thinking (7)
- Argument Structure Scaffold Generator — Generate argument structure scaffolds using Toulmin, PEEL, or CER frameworks for a specif…
- Critical Thinking Task Designer — Design a critical thinking task targeting specific skills like evaluating evidence, ident…
- Disciplinary Writing Scaffold — Create a writing scaffold teaching the genre conventions specific to an academic discipli…
- Media Literacy Deconstruction Protocol — Design a media deconstruction protocol analysing persuasion, bias, or representation in m…
- Reading Comprehension Strategy Selector — Select and sequence reading comprehension strategies matched to a specific text's challen…
- Source Credibility Evaluation Protocol — Design a source evaluation protocol using lateral reading and credibility checks for digi…
- Text Complexity Analyser & Scaffold Designer — Analyse text complexity across quantitative, qualitative, and reader-task dimensions with…
Memory Learning Science (8)
- Cognitive Load Analyser — Analyse a learning task for cognitive load problems and recommend specific design improve…
- Dual Coding Designer — Design a visual complement to verbal content using dual coding principles for stronger en…
- Elaborative Interrogation Prompt Generator — Generate elaborative interrogation prompts that deepen encoding through targeted why and…
- Feedback Quality Analyser & Rewriter — Analyse existing written feedback for quality, specificity, actionability, and impact on…
- Interleaving Unit Planner — Redesign a blocked topic sequence into an interleaved plan with mixed practice across rel…
- Retrieval Practice Question Generator — Generate retrieval practice questions at varied difficulty levels for a topic or concept.…
- Spaced Practice Schedule Builder — Design a spaced retrieval schedule for any topic list and timeline. Use when planning uni…
- Worked Example Designer with Completion Fading — Design a worked example fading sequence from fully worked examples through to independent…
Montessori Alternative Approaches (4)
- Mixed-Age Learning Task Designer — Design a learning task where mixed-age students work together with mutual benefit for all…
- Prepared Environment Designer — Redesign a classroom as a prepared environment optimised for independent learning, calm t…
- Three-Part Lesson Designer (Montessori) — Design a Montessori three-period lesson for introducing concepts through concrete materia…
- Uninterrupted Work Cycle Designer — Design an uninterrupted work cycle with choice-based activities structured within a reali…
Original Frameworks (17)
- Assessment Design Orchestrator — Routes between five assessment pathways — formative, rubric/criteria, authentic/performan…
- Coherent Rubric Logic Builder — Build a five-level rubric with coherent logic for a learning target within a developmenta…
- Compassionate Systems Awareness Orchestrator — Orchestrate compassionate systems tools from issue or aspiration to wise action. Use when…
- Developmental Band System Designer — Design a developmental band system mapping student growth from early childhood through up…
- Developmental Progression Synthesis — Synthesise completed KUD charts into a developmental progression matrix and per-competenc…
- Dilemma Navigation for Education Design — Identify and navigate genuine dilemmas in curriculum, school, or community contexts — ten…
- Dispositional Knowledge Assessment Designer — Design multi-informant assessment approaches for dispositional competencies like curiosit…
- Inclusive Design Orchestrator — Coordinates UDL and differentiation tools through a universal-first hierarchy: barrier re…
- Multi-Perspective Decision Wheel — Structure a decision or design challenge through multiple perspectives before committing…
- Place-Based Curriculum Orchestrator — Present pathway options and orchestrate place-based curriculum design from a local place,…
- Purpose-Driven Learning Target Authoring Guide — Author learning targets for a competency across developmental bands with precise, observa…
- Regenerative Project Design Orchestrator — Present project-design pathway options and orchestrate regenerative projects using backwa…
- Scoping for Transformative Learning Inquiry — Define the scope and purpose of a complex inquiry before mapping or futures work begins.…
- SEEDS Regenerative Inquiry Cycle — Design a SEEDS regenerative inquiry cycle connecting place-based learning to ecological a…
- Self-Determined Project Design Protocol — Structure a student's self-determined project with mentoring checkpoints, competency alig…
- Single-Point Rubric Designer — Design a single-point rubric with one criterion and open columns for evidence. Use for st…
- Three Horizons Learning Transition Mapper — Map a scoped topic across three coexisting horizons — current system under strain (H1), p…
Professional Learning (10)
- Competency Framework Translator — Translate an external competency framework like DigComp, GreenComp, or ISTE into classroo…
- Instructional Coaching Conversation Guide — Generate a coaching conversation guide with questions, protocols, and follow-up actions f…
- Lesson Observation Protocol Designer — Design a focused lesson observation protocol with specific look-fors and evidence collect…
- Lesson Study Cycle Designer — Design a complete lesson study cycle from research question through collaborative plannin…
- Panel review — seven-role independent-mode review of framework artefacts — Seven-role depersonalised panel review of framework artefacts (KUD, criterion bank, LT de…
- Pedagogical Content Knowledge Developer — Develop pedagogical content knowledge for a topic by surfacing common misconceptions and…
- Professional Development Session Designer — Design a professional development session using adult learning principles with active tea…
- Reflective Practice Prompt Generator — Generate structured reflection prompts for a specific teaching experience or professional…
- Teacher Inquiry Cycle Designer — Design a practitioner inquiry cycle from research question through data collection to evi…
- Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge Developer — Develop TPACK for integrating a specific technology or AI tool into subject teaching with…
Questioning Discussion (5)
- Dialogic Teaching Move Generator — Generate follow-up teaching moves that extend student thinking after a specific classroom…
- Discussion Protocol Selector & Facilitation Guide — Select and configure a structured discussion protocol matched to the purpose, topic, and…
- Hinge Question Designer — Design a diagnostic hinge question that reveals whether students understand enough to mov…
- Perspective-Taking Designer — Design structured perspective-taking activities with anti-projection guardrails. Develops…
- Socratic Questioning Sequence Generator — Generate a Socratic questioning sequence that develops conceptual understanding through g…
Self Regulated Learning (5)
- Error Analysis Protocol — Design an error analysis protocol to diagnose the root cause of student mistakes and misc…
- Goal-Setting Protocol Designer — Design a structured goal-setting protocol using SMART or implementation-intention framewo…
- Metacognitive Prompt Library — Build a library of metacognitive prompts targeting planning, monitoring, or evaluation fo…
- Self-Regulation Scaffold Generator — Generate scaffolds supporting student self-regulation across planning, monitoring, and ev…
- Study Strategy Selector & Guide — Select evidence-based study strategies matched to material type, learning goal, and stude…
Student Learning (13)
- AI Claim Checker — After any AI-generated explanation, require the learner to identify one place it could be…
- Confidence Calibration Check — Capture confidence ratings before and after a learning attempt to identify overconfidence…
- Explain-First Interrogator — Require the learner to explain a concept in their own words before the AI evaluates or ex…
- Fading Manager — Track performance across sessions and reduce scaffolding as competence grows. Makes fadin…
- Productive Failure Protocol — Stage exploration before instruction on complex problems. The learner produces two attemp…
- Progressive Hint Ladder — Provide graduated assistance from abstract conceptual nudge to concrete procedural step,…
- Retrieve-First Gate — Before any explanation or answer, require the learner to produce a free-recall attempt an…
- SRL Session Wrapper — Wrap a learning session in a plan → monitor → reflect cycle. Use at the start of any subs…
- Stuck & Error Diagnosis Coach — When a learner gets something wrong or feels stuck, require them to diagnose the problem…
- Teach-Back Evaluator — The learner teaches the concept to the AI, which plays a curious novice peer and identifi…
- Transfer Bridge — After the learner demonstrates understanding of a concept, present near-transfer and far-…
- Unassisted Evidence Checkpoint — After scaffolded practice, run an unassisted check — a problem with no AI help. Separates…
- Weekly Agency Review — Review the week using accumulated session evidence — retrieval rates, hint depths, calibr…
Systems Thinking (8)
- Agency Circles for Systems Action — Map control, influence, and concern after systems analysis. Use when students need wise a…
- Aspirational Systems Iceberg — Design the deeper patterns, structures, artefacts, and mental models needed to grow a des…
- Hexagon Complexity Mapper — Map a complex topic by placing factors on hexagonal tiles where adjacency signals a claim…
- Ladder of Inference Reflection — Slow down interpretation from observation to action. Use when students or adults need to…
- Leverage and Response Design — Design a wise systems intervention from an existing analysis. Maps proposed actions again…
- Mental Model Mapper — Surface beliefs, assumptions, stories, and values shaping a system. Use when deeper menta…
- Systems Awareness Iceberg — Map a current event below the surface into patterns, structures, and mental models. Use w…
- Systems Wellbeing Impact Mapper — Map systemic forces shaping a wellbeing concern without individualising the problem. Uses…
Wellbeing Motivation Agency (12)
- Agency Scaffold Generator — Generate scaffolds that gradually increase student choice, voice, and ownership within a…
- Awe & Wonder Experience Designer — Design a moment of awe or wonder that hooks curiosity and deepens emotional engagement wi…
- Belonging & Classroom Culture Designer — Design targeted interventions that strengthen belonging and inclusion for specific classr…
- Flow State Condition Designer — Optimise a learning activity for flow by balancing challenge level, skill, clear goals, a…
- Implementation Intention Designer — Create if-then implementation intentions and WOOP plans for specific student behaviour ch…
- Motivation Diagnostic & Task Redesign — Diagnose motivation problems in a task using self-determination theory and redesign for a…
- PERMA-Based Lesson Designer — Design a lesson that embeds PERMA wellbeing elements alongside academic learning objectiv…
- Restorative Practice Protocol Designer — Design a restorative practice protocol for addressing harm, rebuilding trust, and restori…
- RULER Emotional Literacy Sequence — Design a RULER emotional literacy sequence for recognising, understanding, labelling, exp…
- Self-Efficacy Builder Sequence — Design a mastery experience sequence that systematically builds student confidence in a s…
- Trauma-Informed Practice Designer — Design trauma-informed classroom practices that prioritise safety, predictability, connec…
- Wellbeing-Learning Connection Mapper — Map evidence-based connections between a wellbeing initiative and specific academic learn…