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HNK formats differ by how much explanation skill a student already has and how public the teach-back needs to be.

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Compare HNK formats by what the student still cannot explain. A dramatic title is not a reason. Foundation practice is for a student who cannot yet teach a claim back. A workshop is for a school that can name a year group and an artifact. A studio loop is for a student who already has a map and needs repeated revision. None of these is a certificate track.

HNK is not QFP (prototype under a constraint), not QKV (a test another person can rerun), and not PQK (field friction narrowed to a question). Those are related projects of the same institution, disclosed on the about page. Use this compare page only for HNK formats.

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formatWorkshop

For a bounded week that must leave one teach-back.

Choose this when a school needs one concept, one artifact, one boundary.

formatHuman Knowledge Lab

For students ready to use a tool only after an explanation exists.

Choose this when the student already has a question and can draft a map.

formatInquiry Studio

For investigation rather than a made object.

Choose this when curiosity is wide and the claim is not yet cautious.

formatSchool module

For classrooms that need a markable literacy target.

Choose this when teachers must mark work without becoming product trainers.

formatOnline rhythm

For distance that still requires an audible teach-back.

Choose this when drafts can be shared and silence will not be mistaken for progress.

Choose by the knowledge gap, not by the most dramatic title.

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