- The flagship learning promise
Getting it wrong is where the teaching starts.
A wrong answer should trigger explanation, not just more practice. Leana traces where the thinking broke down and helps rebuild the method. You can read more about what this looks like day to day.
A calmer way through the hard moment. Without giving away the thinking.
Prototype: verify product capabilities, coverage and outcome claims against the live Leana experience before publication.
● Learning
Can you just tell me?
I can help without taking the thinking away. Picture or smaller example?
A picture.
Good choice. Let's split one whole into four equal parts.
Recovery choice: change the representation, then retry.
Diagnose
Find the misconception
Reframe
Change the explanation—not pressure
Remember
Check later that it lasts
01
Start with their thinking
Use the child’s words and working.
The mistake is evidence, not failure.
02
Change the route
Switch the example or representation.
Repetition is not personalisation.
03
Return the thinking
Reduce support and check later.
Confidence grows through independence.
- The Recovery Loop
A wrong answer should lead somewhere useful.
The difference is the visible sequence from the first attempt to a new explanation, independent retry and later recall.
Before Leana helps
“I did the rule. Why is it wrong?”
The answer alone cannot show whether the problem is the rule or a hidden prerequisite.
A different route in
Explain the idea beneath the rule.
Use the learner’s reasoning, choose another representation and return to the question.
- 01 Listen to the explanation
- 02 Locate the misconception
- 03 Offer a different route
- 04 Retry independently
- Make the difference visible
From the difficult moment to a useful next move.
A concrete example makes the promise easier to understand and test.
01
Attempt
Start with their thinking.
02
Diagnose
Find the misconception.
03
Explain
Change the route.
04
Retry
Use less support.
05
Remember
Check later.
- How it works
One clear sequence. No feature soup.
The journey follows the learner’s problem from first attempt to independent use.
For parents
Know what changed.
A progress story
See the misconception repaired.
Clear next step
Know what remains uncertain.
Bounded role
No action needed can be useful.
For children
Feel safe enough to try.
Mistakes are useful
They begin the explanation.
Choose another route
Ask for a picture or smaller step.
Keep the win
Prove it still makes sense later.
- Questions worth asking
Before you trust it with learning.
Does Leana repeat the explanation?
The proposed loop changes the representation or step size.
Will it give away the answer?
It offers the smallest useful help, then returns the thinking.
What if software is not enough?
Show uncertainty and route appropriately to a teacher, tutor or safeguarding process.
Are the claims proven?
Capabilities and outcomes must be validated before public publication.
See what happens after the wrong answer.
Follow the recovery from misconception to a different explanation, retry and later recall.