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Improving Student Performance With Critical Thinking & Evidence-Based Reasoning
We’re a non-profit company develop- ing web-based health education programs for teens – since 2001.
Excited to Learn or Tuned Out?
Learning should be exciting. Yet many kids are turned off. Test result worries lead to less time on critical thinking and evidence-based reasoning.
Innovative:
Drug Scene Investigators is a five-case computer game dealing with a subject often ignored in schools: drugs of abuse. During each mystery-solving case, students use deductive analysis and critical thinking to learn about drugs — learning skills transferable to other problems. Pilot testing (here’s a demo) proves students love it, and learn. (See the results.)
Discover the Power:
We’re looking for schools to evaluate an updated version between January 18 and May 6. Participate without charge and enjoy free, unlimited use the next year. Interested? Click on tabs above. Or contact us: info@indepthlearning.org