The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Mastery learning (also called competency-based learning) is being used in some classes and schools. Jon Bergmann, author of the Mastery Learning Handbook talks about how he uses mastery learning in his chemistry and physics classrooms. Click Here for Deals.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 3, 2017

Today’s most hyped phrase, personalized learning, is nearing Gartner’s peak of inflated expectations among the chattering class of education thought leaders and philanthropists. What is personalized learning? Slope of Enlightenment: Competency-Based Learning. Competency-based learning is one of these.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

In the report, they share the 2Revolutions framework and describe six trends in education: personalization, growth in technology, more balance between formal and informal learning experiences, advances in learning sciences, shifting policies and increased economic pressures on the traditional model for instruction.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

It is burdensome and takes big chunks of time away from learning. At conferences on education policy and innovation we have heard the system referred to as an “albatross” and the “tail that wags the dog.” A growing number of states and local communities are examining how to shift to student-centered, competency-based learning systems.

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MindShift

MARCH 25, 2015

Three main ways schools are attempting this work are through technology use, an emphasis on personalizing learning and moving toward a mastery-based or competency-based evaluation system. ’ Competency education refers to a break from the traditional time-based school model.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 8, 2018

The New York Times has a new education supplement, called Learning, and The Hechinger Report is collaborating with the Times to produce Bulletin Board, a collection of noteworthy ideas and trends in education that will appear on page 2 of the section, which will come out four times a year. The April issue’s theme was “Nontraditional learning.”

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 3, 2016

Related: Rhode Island’s lively experiment in blended learning. She was referring to her husband, Fred, who was a poor student and graduated 206th out of 212 in his high school class. To do competency-based education at scale you need to use technology,” she said. Read more about Blended Learning.

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