Notes on how children learn

We’re an educational research and learning company. This is where we publish what we find - about how children actually learn, what AI is doing to that, and what the evidence says parents and teachers should do about it. Written for grades 4 to 10.

Tools & reviews

ChatGPT Study Mode vs Gemini Guided Learning vs Khanmigo: Which One Actually Withholds the Answer?

All three claim to guide rather than answer. Only one of them can’t be switched off - and OpenAI has said plainly that it won’t build a way to lock a student in.

Coming soon · 8 min read

How learning works

The Feynman Technique for Kids: A Four-Step Script You Can Run Tonight

Explain it simply, find where you stall, go back and fill the gap. The four steps in a child’s words, the exact script - including what to say when they get stuck - and where it goes wrong.

Coming soon · 6 min read

Written by Shivangi Srivastava

I run heyoku: an educational research and learning company. We research how to bring out the best in children, and how technology can actually be used to improve outcomes for school and beyond for kids in grades 4 to 10. This is what I work on and what I research; it’s the thing I care about most. If you’re a parent or a teacher, if you’d like to experience what we do, or if you’d like your child to try our program - please reach out. I read everything.