Inlet

Theory

How Inlet thinks about learning.

These essays are how Inlet thinks about learning. Inlet Language is the live product where you can see that thinking at work.

Every tool we ship has to answer three questions: what kind of work we are asking for, whether someone can get back what they put in, and whether the task is too heavy for working memory. Language is the first shipping answer. The essays are how we will judge the next tools too.

  • Six objects in a row: a pebble, a seed, a tool, a cut fruit, a scale, a brush.

    Bloom's six verbs

    Anderson and Krathwohl's six verbs, used as a check on whatever Inlet ships.

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  • A person walking teal stepping stones between an empty field and a cliff.

    The sweet spot of difficulty

    Right-sizing the next step. Language counts unknown words. Later tools will need other sensors.

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  • A person reading with headphones on a teal rug.

    Encoding and retrieval

    Encoding versus retrieval. Tulving, then Roediger and Karpicke.

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  • A person walking teal stepping stones between an empty field and a cliff.

    Cognitive load

    Working memory is small. Sweller's load theory, from overload to underload.

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