I imagine one thing that’s important to learning through this app, which I think may be under-emphasised here, is that the feedback allows for mindful play as a way of engaging. I imagine I can approach the pretty graph with curiosity: “what does it look like if I do this? What about this?” I imagine that an app which replaced the pretty graphs with just the words “GOOD” and “BAD” would neither be as enjoyable nor as effective (though I have no data on this).
I imagine one thing that’s important to learning through this app, which I think may be under-emphasised here, is that the feedback allows for mindful play as a way of engaging. I imagine I can approach the pretty graph with curiosity: “what does it look like if I do this? What about this?” I imagine that an app which replaced the pretty graphs with just the words “GOOD” and “BAD” would neither be as enjoyable nor as effective (though I have no data on this).