Engaged learning, which is real learning, takes place when learners relate to the “meaning to their actions, or create their own stories that help them frame their actions through a process of meaning-making that can be generative on both a personal and a social level” (Marone 5). The play as attempt and natural feedback system is fundamental to engaged learning. A baby understands that they have the wrong shape because it doesn't fit in the hole they are trying.  When chocolate chip cookies come out of the oven burnt, it lets the baker know they've either been in too long or the temperature was too high. A car sliding on ice informs the driver to slow down, or put the car in a different gear, while an arrow shot that misses the target tells the archer to adjust something in their approach or in their release.  Interpersonally, others reactions to one's mood or one's words are instructive in one’s becoming aware of themselves in the social space. Of course there are a million more examples.  

Engaged learning, which is real learning, takes place when learners relate to the “meaning to their actions, or create their own stories that help them frame their actions through a process of meaning-making that can be generative on both a personal and a social level” (Marone 5). The play as attempt and natural feedback system is fundamental to engaged learning. A baby understands that they have the wrong shape because it doesn't fit in the hole they are trying.  When chocolate chip cookies come out of the oven burnt, it lets the baker know they've either been in too long or the temperature was too high. A car sliding on ice informs the driver to slow down, or put the car in a different gear, while an arrow shot that misses the target tells the archer to adjust something in their approach or in their release.  Interpersonally, others reactions to one's mood or one's words are instructive in one’s becoming aware of themselves in the social space. Of course there are a million more examples.