Privacy and research notes
Data in this prototype
- There are no pupil accounts. Pupils are never asked for names, email addresses, diagnoses or personal details.
- Pupil answers, activities, lesson summaries and research records stay in this browser only (local storage).
- Teacher-only AI generation sends the subject, topic and learning objective to Lovable AI. Teacher accounts and access permissions use Lovable Cloud; pupil data is never included. AI drafts require teacher review and approval.
- Lesson summaries are anonymous counts (for example, how many pupils finished at each level). There are no per-pupil records, device details or behavioural tracking.
- Research records identify participants only as Pupil A, Pupil B and Pupil C. The included records are fictional demonstration data.
- No AI is used during pupil activities. Written explanations are never graded automatically; pupils compare with a teacher-approved model answer.
- Keeping real pupil research data, or moving to persistent shared storage, should only happen after school approval and a data-protection review.
Support levels
All levels share the same learning objective. Scaffolding supports access to challenging work rather than lowering expectations. Teachers choose a level by giving a pupil the matching code; no reason or diagnosis is recorded.
- Level 1 – High support
- Short sequenced steps, worked examples, keywords explained, diagrams and several hints that appear one at a time.
- Level 2 – Moderate support
- A step sequence with fewer prompts and one hint. Pupils choose the equation or concept themselves. Worked example on the first question only.
- Level 3 – Low support
- The original question with minimal prompts and no hints. Pupils plan and complete their answer independently.
Interpreting results
The research dashboard shows descriptive patterns from a very small sample. It does not show that ScienceStep caused any change: topics, novelty, teacher attention and other factors also vary between lessons.