How Learning works

What the research says about each part of Learning, including the parts where it says less than we would like.

Why stories

The evidence behind learning a language inside a story you actually want to finish, and where the input-only position stands today.3 min read

Why grammar lands inside a story

Focus-on-form, extensive reading and CEFR level control: why your weak rules end up in the next chapter instead of on a worksheet.3 min read

Check-ups: what one run can tell you

Three credible options, an honest I'm not sure, and why a bounded check-up result describes the material it covered and nothing more.4 min read

The Grammar profile and its evidence

Why the Overview leads with one next action, how check-up score differs from practice accuracy, and what Secure and Review due actually claim.5 min read

Why spaced review works

Why review cards come back late on purpose, and why the scheduler here is still SM-2.3 min read

The AI Validator: grading what you wrote

Why written answers need a grader, what reaches the model and what never does, and why your first answer is kept beside the repair.4 min read

The AI Tutor: help that still leaves a check

Guarded help, why an assisted item cannot also be the proof you did not need help, and what the later independent check can change.6 min read

Pace, goals and quiet reminders

Light, Steady and Immersive are time budgets rather than doses. What the weekly minutes measure, and why missing a day costs nothing.5 min read

References

Every source behind the Infinite Stories learning pages, with links, effect sizes and the label each one has to carry.4 min read