See below for: research findings about outreach with an individual.

For the Individual, the learning experience:

• Provides opportunities for extended effort and practice.
• Promotes active engagement and real world problem solving.
• Enables the learner to link new knowledge to their existing knowledge in meaningful ways.
• Presents a new behavior or skill by • Demonstrating its similarity to a current behavior or skill. • Relating the new behavior to current social practices. • Demonstrating ease of adoption in terms of time, effort and money.
• Builds thinking and reasoning skills – analysis, synthesis, evaluation, and problem solving – that learners can use to construct and apply their knowledge.
• Provides a nurturing context for learning, with attention to • Cultural or group background and influences • The physical environment • The use of tools or practices appropriate to learner skills and abilities.
• Relates to personal interests and provides for personal choice and control. (the learning experience is “learner centered”)
• Has a clear purpose with tightly focused outcomes and objectives
• Allows a learner to interact and collaborate with others on instructional tasks.
• Can be adapted to individual differences in learning strategies and approaches.
• Encourages the learner to set meaningful learning goals and to take personal responsibility for their own learning.
•  Relates to the individual’s level of physical, intellectual, emotional, and social development.
• Builds on positive emotions, curiosity, enjoyment, and interest.
• Assesses the learner in order to set appropriately high and challengings standards.

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