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How Uluru creates confident, self-directed learners
Students who are more engaged and less anxious
Anticipation
Uluru keeps students’ assignments top of mind. This is especially useful when they are learning how to manage much larger projects that take place over a longer period of time, or which are due further into the future.
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Uluru does this by externalizing the processes related to future oriented behavior. It encourages students to look ahead and then create plans by selecting and prioritizing, and then guides them throughout as they execute each phase.
For example, if a student receives an assignment at the beginning of the month, but it’s not due until the end of the month, Uluru helps that student to create more context and anticipate how difficult that assignment may be. Then it guides them how to break down those tasks over the entire month, so they don’t wait until the last minute, or get surprised.
Organization & sequencing
Typically, when people think about teaching organization to students, it starts with introducing calendars or checklists.
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While that is well-intentioned, those are simply tools, yet most students still lack the skillset necessary to use them effectively. Uluru helps build these skills by guiding and encouraging students to reflect and organize their schedules, daily. During this process, Uluru guides students to create the steps necessary to initiate and complete each assignment and task in the most efficient manner. These sequencing habits are crucial for student development, and Uluru makes it easy to practice and reinforce in real-time.
For example, students are encouraged to decide which assignments to prioritize, especially helpful when there are multiple assignments to complete in a single night. They then organize those assignments within their study block in the order they prefer. During that process, students are encouraged to think about the types of skills needed to successfully approach the assignment (i.e., fiction reading for literature, or problem solving for math), and then carefully dissect and break down tasks to ensure full completion.
Goal selection
Learning how to select a goal to give a student the best chance at accomplishing it is a foundational component of goal-directed behavior.
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Uluru encourages students to set time and completion goals for all assignments they must complete, all with no involvement from the family. Students start to feel more independent and in control, immediately, and all parents need to do is cheerlead and motivate.
For example, students are given the opportunity each night to select and prioritize assignments when they compose their nightly study sessions. This continuous reinforcement is what builds discipline and develops good habits.
Time forecasting
Nothing builds self-awareness more readily than an understanding of how much time a particular task may take.
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Uluru scaffolds students ability to more accurately estimate time by encouraging students to estimate how long an assignment may take, and then compare that to how much time actually elapsed after a task was completed. The immediacy of this feedback provides a consistent measure against which they can compare their progress, which helps them learn, adapt, and improve over time. Kind of like a video game! Reinforcing this skill is essential for students to become better planners and develop greater autonomy. Really preparing students for college and beyond.
For example, after a students view and prepare each assignment, Uluru asks the students to estimate how much time they think it may take them, while also suggesting an estimate for them. Over time, Uluru helps students track and compare their times on particular subjects, activities, and tasks. So the more feedback Uluru provides, the more accurate students will become, which will make them even better at planning and and pacing their study time. Thus, making them more confident when they are faced with more difficult assignments.
Progress monitoring
Uluru automatically reinforces progress monitoring habits within a students’ work time.
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This seamless integration puts students in the driver’s seat, which continues to scaffold that autonomy to which everyone aspires. Students are encouraged to set timers, and monitor their capacity which normalizes the importance of keeping track and staying flexible.
For example, students are always encouraged to start a timer when they begin work, and to pause it if they need to take breaks. Learning how to monitor progress independently is one of the fastest ways to create more self-directed learners.
Set shifting
As students get older, not only does the rigor of their academic content grow, but so do their responsibilities in juggling a myriad of projects, and assignments.
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Executing on each of these individual duties is hard enough, more difficult still is learning how to navigate between the combination of constantly changing daily challenges. Most students have a preferred subject, or a topic they find easier than another. Yet, they may need to address their preference, and something they hate in the same day. Set shifting refers to this type of transition, and refers to the difficulty such a transition may present. Over time, Uluru will help students prepare more effectively to ease set-shifting, and understand why some transitions may be more difficult than others.
Response inhibition
In order for students to build the cognitive stamina to do “harder things”, they must build up the patience necessary to execute effectively.
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Tasks that require a lot of self-regulation drain cognitive abilities, and place students in situations where their normal (habitual) responses are in conflict with the new rules or newly learned knowledge that is actually needed to accomplish the harder task. Uluru scaffolds students’ abilities to resist using their old habits and instead use new ways to successfully approach, and internalize what works for the new scenario.
Motivation
There are two types of motivation: intrinsic (internal) and extrinsic (external). In order for a student to develop a high sense of self-relevance and autonomy they must learn to exercise a good dose of intrinsic motivation.
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One of the best ways to help students develop intrinsic motivation is to first use extrinsic rewards and positive reinforcement. Uluru offers a way for families to consistently offer reward, and positive feedback in real-time by providing insights into a students’ progress and skills exercised during tasks. A scientifically sound method to help students to become more self-directed.
Students Want Agency and Autonomy
Struggles usually manifest when rigor increases and students lack the organization, and time management skills necessary to overcome feeling bogged down. The more academics and social responsibilities pile up, or the further behind a student falls, the higher their anxiety increases, and the more disengaged they become. All things that decrease cognitive stamina leading to poorer school engagement.
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- Uluru supports students through the entire “life cycle” of assignments.
- It continuously reinforces the necessary skills and encourages students to transfer them to more rigorous responsibilities.
- Uluru provides parents consistent feedback for student progress not simply related to grades.
How Does It Work?
Uluru is not something extra for your students to complete. It seamlessly builds their skills with their existing workload.
How Uluru compares to other options
In-person executive function coaching in NYC
9 hours / month
$4,475 / month
$44,750 / year
- Executive function coaching
- Real time interactive execution guidance
Online executive function coaching
9 hours / month
$2,025 / month
$20,250 / year
- Executive function coaching
- Real time interactive execution guidance
Uluru subscription
Unlimited hours
$33 - $75 / month
$399 - $899 / year
- Executive function coaching
- Real time interactive execution guidance
- Daily customized assignment planning
- Daily parent coaching summaries
- Check-in surveys with immediate results
- Always available
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FAQs
What does Uluru cost?
During this early rollout an Uluru subscription costs only $199/yr for the first student in a family, and $99/yr for each additional student in the same family. This price will grandfather you in for when we increase the price to $899/yr, $399/yr in the fall.
Is parent permission required?
Yes. Parents must register for an Uluru account or accept their child’s invite to join.
What does the Uluru app do?
Uluru guides students through a step-by-step process of planning, initiating, and focusing on tasks to help them complete homework assignments on time.
What grades can use Uluru?
Uluru is for students in grades 6 and above.
Do teachers have to access Uluru?
No. Teachers simply post assignments to their learning management systems (such as Google Classroom, Blackbaud, and Schoology) as usual.
Questions?
Reach out to us
We are currently launching with a select group of parents! Signup today, and reach out if you need help connecting your parent community to your school.