Research
Research
Research at 6i Lens draws on more than a decade of practitioner-led analysis of assessment evidence and student reasoning. Findings are published once the work behind them is complete.
Public signal
Recognizing an answer is not the same as building one.
Students often choose a correct answer far more readily than they can produce one on their own. A single proficiency score hides that difference, and it is where much of our work begins.
Research
Selected Research Themes
We study recurring problems in mathematics learning, assessment, and instruction. Selected themes are shared publicly; methods, datasets, and detailed findings remain private until publication.
Theme
Assessment Design & Cognitive Demand
What assessment questions really ask of students, and what a score can and cannot tell a teacher or a school.
In progress. Not yet published.Theme
Student Reasoning & Misconceptions
Treating a wrong answer as evidence of thinking, so instruction can respond to the reasoning and not only to the score.
In progress. Not yet published.Theme
Instructional Design from Evidence
Helping assessment evidence become planning decisions that teachers can act on in the classroom.
Summary only. Not yet published.Theme
Mathematical Language & Representation
How students read, write, and move between the words, symbols, and pictures of mathematics.
Under review. Not yet published.The published method overview is the Six Intelligences.