Our Educational Content team meets biweekly for professional development workshops. Dani Derringer Zhang, our Curriculum Designer, brings her background in teaching high school math to leading her team. Her workshops focus on incorporating sound educational theory into Expii’s lesson and explanations. Among the schools of thought included in Expii’s foundation and development as well as these workshops are:

• Carol Dweck’s work on Grit
• Howard Gardner’s work on Multiple Intelligences
• Benjamin Bloom’s work on Taxonomy of Educational Objectives
• Lev Vygotsky’s work on Zone of Proximal Development
• Davis Kolb’s work on Experiential Learning Cycle