Digital Promise

OCTOBER 19, 2017

It’s incredible to look back at where I started as a new teacher and see how much my pedagogy and practice have changed since then. One of the biggest reasons for my growth as an educator has been competency-based learning. What an incredible way for teachers to learn and grow professionally.

Competency Based Learning 163

Competency Based Learning Personalized Learning Professional Learning Assessment 163

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 17, 2021

How can we maintain the same or a similar grading metric during times of unprecedented challenge? As educators, we have a responsibility to reimagine our habitual mindsets about how to evaluate student progress. Related: Why a high-performing district is changing everything with competency-based learning.

Competency Based Learning 131

Competency Based Learning Assessment Report Policies 131

EdTechTeacher

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Many suggestions have been made as to how to catch students up. I am not flipping my class per se anymore, but rather I am teaching using Mastery/Competency-Based Learning in my class. . If they don’t, they receive remediation and then continue to work on mastering the content until they pass the summative assessment.

Handbook 118

Handbook Competency Based Learning Flipped Classroom Assessment 118

Turning Learning On Its Head

SEPTEMBER 10, 2022

Many suggestions have been made as to how to catch students up. I am not flipping my class per se anymore, but rather I am teaching using Mastery/Competency-Based Learning in my class. If they don’t, they receive remediation and then continue to work on mastering the content until they pass the summative assessment.

Handbook 122

Handbook Competency Based Learning Flipped Classroom Assessment 122

Edsurge

JULY 13, 2016

In Paul Tough’s new book, he writes that the people who are best at engendering “noncognitive”—or character—abilities like grit in students hardly ever mention these skills in the classroom. In today’s system, time is held as a constant and each student’s learning is variable. As a result, they develop major holes in their learning.

Competency Based Learning 60

Competency Based Learning Khan Academy System Assessment 60

Edsurge

OCTOBER 26, 2021

If they all have A’s,” this thinking went, “how will we know who can really do next level work?” As Sanjay Sarma points out in his book “ Grasp ,” the American education system has long been about “winnowing” down masses of people to those who are deemed deserving of educational investment and those who are not.

Learning 160

Learning System Outcomes Elementary 160

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 10, 2020

Her teacher has embraced competency-based learning, which asks students to take more control in the classroom. Coaches for all grade levels help teachers try various elements of competency-based education as they’re ready. Voluntary book groups expose the district’s educators to new ideas. MELROSE, Mass.

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Competency Based Learning Learning Elementary Report 115

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 18, 2018

So he’s joined a pioneering program based at MIT to take people like him, with experience in high-demand fields such as engineering, physics, math, languages, biology and neuroscience, and transform them into teachers. So we can concentrate on how to teach.”. So we can concentrate on how to teach.”.

Competency Based Learning 94

Competency Based Learning Training Secondary Report 94

Edsurge

MAY 8, 2017

I had effectively created the conditions necessary for my students to self-advocate, which, as I would later learn, meant parent-teacher conferences would be less of a performance review. Create conditions for students to self-advocate I set a minimum expectation for myself to keeping my grade book up-to-date on a daily basis.

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Conference Blended Learning Data Accessibility 127

edWeb.net

OCTOBER 16, 2019

discussed how the approach had worked successfully in the Futures Academy network of schools. The learning model Dr. Martin presented is known as Competency-Based Learning, and one key aspect is that learners “articulate” their own progress toward competencies. Application to Professional Learning.

Professional Learning 40

Professional Learning Competency Based Learning Industry Assessment 40

Neo LMS

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

There are three core aspects that define a personalized learning platform: each student must be able to define their own learning goals within it, receive recommendations based on their learning journey and have their progress clearly assessed so that they can see their progress. Assessments.

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Personalized Learning Learning Assessment Competency Based Learning 386

MindShift

JANUARY 18, 2018

So he’s joined a pioneering program based at MIT to take people like him, with experience in high-demand fields such as engineering, physics, math, languages, biology and neuroscience, and transform them into teachers. So we can concentrate on how to teach.”. So we can concentrate on how to teach.’ Army War College.

Competency Based Learning 39

Competency Based Learning Training System Report 39

Edsurge

JULY 30, 2019

A former high school science teacher, Johnson pioneered what she calls a flipped-mastery classroom, where students learn concepts and take assessments whenever they feel ready. A few months ago at the ASCD Empower conference in Chicago, Johnson joined the EdSurge podcast to take a deep dive into how her model works.

Classroom 124

Classroom How To Learning Flipped Classroom 124

Adam Watson Edtech Elixirs

MARCH 10, 2020

In particular, what books have we read? This entry is an attempt to compile a useful -- but by no means exhaustive -- list of CBE related books that I personally feel have been either extremely illuminating in pragmatic ways (detailed models, insightful anecdotes, clear "how to's") or it inspired me to stay the course.

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Competency Based Learning Education Blended Learning Common Core 52

techlearning

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

The NEO mobile app for Windows allows users to access the full feature set within the platform including creating and delivering online classes, assessing students, sharing resources, tracking student achievement, and collaborating on projects. Big Universe is now available in the U.S. exclusively through FuelEd.

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Tools PresenceLearning Edmodo Blackboard 72

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 3, 2016

During these introductory sessions, by phone or web chat, Kent explains course logistics — for example, how she and the student will meet (virtually) at least once a month and how to upload weekly assignments. Shorthanded as DBAs, these discussions are held for each competency. A week later, there’s a follow-up call.

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Education Course Laptops Blended Learning 0

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

The story examined a proposed practice: “Colleges require students to pay a course-materials fee, which would be used to buy e-books for all of them (whatever text the professor recommends, just as in the old model).” After all, Amazon knows how to run online marketplaces; Amazon knows how to sell texts. They haven’t.).

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Pearson MOOC Company Software 145