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The MARIO Framework: Why It Works

The MARIO Framework® pedagogy is founded on what science has revealed about learning – including
disciplines concerning the whole person and the ways we gain mastery.

Neuroscience

Neuroscience

Exciting new neuroscience research shows how one-to-one conversations like those in The MARIO Framework transform the neurophysiology of the speakers, strengthening the junctions between different regions of their brains.
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Medical Research

Medical Research

Insights from medicine inform our emphasis on the relationship between educator and learner. It’s grounded in how “exceptional potential” arises from the careful listening of the medical practitioner to the patient.
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Design Thinking

Design Thinking

Knowledge from design thinking informs our iterative, student-centered approach to goal setting and outcomes improvement.
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Ecological Systems Theory

Ecological Systems Theory

Ecological systems theory sets the context in which we measure our learners’ progress by cultivating their self-awareness.
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Psychology

Psychology

Psychology, particularly research in sociolinguistics, reveals how MARIO’s one-to-one learning facilitates the best outcomes via a flexible combination of educational psychology paradigms.
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Rooted
in Research

Rooted in Research

MARIO Education focuses on what matters most: improving the quality of school relationships through impactful student-teacher conversations.

Psychology

Design Thinking

Medicine

Neuroscience

Explore Our Peer-Reviewed 6-Year Study

Targeted 1:1 conversations every class period led to significant academic gains. Students who participated in our intervention showed notably higher GPAs in core subjects compared to peers in control groups, demonstrating the real impact of meaningful connection.

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Emily Farrar

Director of Scientific Affairs at Boston Strategic Partners

Dr. Katie Novak

Author & Founder of Novak Education

Philip Bowman

Co-Founder & CEO of MARIO Education

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Our Supporting Academic Researchers

These academic researchers support our mission to help bridge the gap between educational researchers and practitioners. Together with MARIO, they are committed to empowering and inspiring more educators to become teacher-researchers.

Andrew Markelz

Ball State University

Salena Babb

Penn State University

Naomi Church

Growing Minds Consulting, LLC

Patrick LaCount, PhD

Practical Psychological Services

Dr. Kathleen M. Randolph, BCBA-D

University of Colorado, Colorado Springs

Renée E. Lastrapes, PhD

University of Houston-Clear Lake

Salena Babb

Penn State University

Julie Christine Wharton

University of Winchester

Patrick LaCount, PhD

Practical Psychological Services

Daniel Östlund

Kristianstad University, Faculty of Education

Renée E. Lastrapes, PhD

University of Houston-Clear Lake

Lotta Anderson

Malmö University

Julie Christine Wharton

University of Winchester

Johanna Lüddeckens

Linneaus University

Daniel Östlund

Kristianstad University, Faculty of Education

Grace C Fantaroni

Point Loma Nazarene University

Lotta Anderson

Malmö University

Kelly-Ann Allen

Monash University

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We understand that educators are pressed for time. To help, our team reviews recently published studies on a monthly basis and posts key findings and potenti

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