Authentic ways for students to simultaneously learn AND apply mathematical concepts. Investigations are designed to allow students to work relatively independently over a 1-3 hour period of time, with the teacher providing support to individuals or small groups, as they dig deeply into content.

The learning cycle provides a useful framework for the design of learning experiences that support students in moving through a four-stage process, in each stage, we expand student choice and nurture a metacognitive approach to learning that is fundamentally important to nurturing student agency.