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How to write SMART learning objectives in your LMS

Neo LMS

Let’s dig deeper into the five traits that shape SMART learning objectives: . For example, helping students achieve good grades is not specific. Grades, progress in classes and feedback forms are just two examples; Achievable : it’s important to have a realistic approach while setting smart learning objectives.

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What’s the Difference Between Project- and Challenge-Based Learning, Anyway?

Edsurge

For many, competency-based learning might have been the first thing to pop in their heads. But others might have considered challenge-based, community-based or even case-based learning. Cator’s organization has tried to brand CBL as challenge-based learning.) Department of Education.

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Looking to Ditch Traditional Grades? Here’s How to Get Stakeholders On Board

Edsurge

He says at Two Rivers, they’ve rooted evaluations in standards—Common Core, Next Generation Science Standards—and that helps gets teachers invested. For Wilhelm, communicating the value of competency grading is an issue Montessori schools has traditionally struggled with—but one that he is committed to changing that.

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Identifying the Top Four Challenges in K-12 Education

Digital Promise

Across the country, schools are adopting new approaches to teaching and learning in order to prepare students for life in a technology-rich world. The new Common Core standards for math , as well as other college and career-ready standards, require students to develop real-world math skills. Why is this important?

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Activate Instruction migrates content to Gooru

eSchool News

“Gooru’s enhanced, free K-12 content will support a variety of innovative educational models and facilitate the growth of competency-based learning.”. Content migrating from Activate has been largely built and published by high-performing public charter schools, such as Summit Public Schools and High Tech High.

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The Four Biggest Challenges to Implementing Maine's Proficiency-Based Diploma

Edsurge

Many schools and districts have implemented practices to eliminate percentage based grading and adopt a rubric-style of grading, yet have not yet changed the culture of grading. If, for example, a school has transitioned to a 4-point rubric scale and assigned a “3” as being proficient, I ask the question: what happens when a student gets a 2?

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Competency-Based Education: A Reading Journey

Adam Watson Edtech Elixirs

Reinventing Crediting for Competency-Based Education: the Mastery Transcript Consortium Model and Beyond by Jonathan E. This book is likely the most "dense" and longest on this list, but it is chock full of very useful examples, anecdotes, and templates. Martin (2010) Don't let the slim nature of this book (151 pages!)