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How to start a Mastery/Competency-Based Learning Class

Turning Learning On Its Head

Dr. Marshall is also in the document, and if she sees students with shallow responses, she deletes them and tells students to try again. During the first few days of school (next week) we will learn how to learn in a mastery system. Learn how to connect to all class resources. A Window into My Class.

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Preparing Students for Mastery Learning - How to Start a Year - Part 2

Turning Learning On Its Head

Yet the more I think about education and the more I chat with educators from around the world, the more convinced I am that one of the great needs in education is to move to a Mastery/Competency Based learning model. In this post, I will share with you portions of the documents my students will receive on the first day.

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Giving Students Flexibility With Competency-Based Education

Digital Promise

The student explained that she was mapping out the party for her teacher and was creating a planning document for the party that included costs, supplies, and the number of guests that would attend. They explained their goal was to perfect competency-based learning and grading first, and then begin blending learning.

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Are Your Students as Far Behind as Mine?

EdTechTeacher

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. . This is where flipped learning comes in. In my high preforming school I have noticed significant gaps in student preparation.

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Empowering Educators of Refugees as Teachers and Learners

Digital Promise

Our first micro-credential supports Sustainable Learning Design for Refugee Educators and promotes shifts in the top-down technocratic approach in education to a more responsive, connected, and contextualized practice. This is a unique moment in teaching and learning, and this moment is ours to seize.

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Are Your Students as Far Behind as Mine?

Turning Learning On Its Head

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. This is where flipped learning comes in. In my high performing school, I have noticed significant gaps in student preparation.

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5 critical considerations for CBE and CBL implementation

eSchool News

How often are educational business decisions made with clear consideration of learners’ perspectives? Are academic credentials simply assumed to represent relevant learning, or do they actually document and verify competencies with evidence of learning? First and Foremost, Focus on Learning.