Pear Practice (formerly Giant Steps)
Overview
- Overview
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Pear Practice is the Pear Deck Learning practice product formerly called Giant Steps. Teachers turn existing materials into practice sets, assign independent work, or facilitate collaborative whole-class practice and review results. A practice set and its question design give the response data meaning. Teachers connect independent and group activity with the skills being taught and the follow-up instruction required.
Features
- Features
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Audience and instructional role
Grades / learners:
K–12 learners completing teacher-created or standards-aligned practice
Primary users:
students, teachers, interventionists, and instructional coaches
Learning focus:
retrieval practice, feedback, differentiation, and collaborative class routines — the Pear Deck Learning practice product formerly called Giant Steps
How it supports learning
- Teachers turn existing materials into practice sets, assign independent work, or facilitate collaborative whole-class practice and review results.
- Teachers should connect use to explicit learning goals and inspect student work rather than rely on completion, time-on-task, or engagement alone.
Implementation and instructional decisions
- Confirm how Pear Practice is licensed within Pear Deck Learning; game mechanics should serve clear instructional goals.
- Districts should confirm accessibility, language support, student-data practices, assignment workflow, reporting, and the continuing role of teacher judgment.
Student Data Privacy
- Student Data Privacy
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Review the Common Sense Privacy Rating:
N/A
Pear Practice (formerly Giant Steps) Privacy Policy:
https://www.peardeck.com/policies/privacy-policy-for-product-users
Signed California Student Data Privacy Agreement?
No records found in SDPC Registry
Company News
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Interoperability
Sign-on, rostering, and file exchange methods
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