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What is Mastery Learning and How Do You Implement It Effectively?

The CoolCatTeacher

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. is whatever and they think we need to completely rethink how we do.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

There’s more on the GED, that very old competency-based learning exam, in the research section below. ” Sponsored content on Edsurge this week paid for by Macmillan Learning includes this and this. 4X faster than Facebook. Go, School Sports Team! Microsoft says it is open-sourcing its patent portfolio.

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She Hired Me! Betty Shiver, the woman who convinced me to become a teacher

The CoolCatTeacher

FlexPath – only at Capella University – lets teachers work at their own pace to earn their MEd in a competency-based learning format. This subscription-based tuition model doesn’t limit the number of courses you can complete during each 12-week period, enrolling in up to two courses at once, for one flat tuition rate.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

Boundless’s materials have been archived by David Wiley’s company Lumen Learning. In an era before Facebook or Edmodo, the social networking site Ning was, for a time, quite popular with educators. There was a regularly updated Facebook page, a Twitter account, as well as a LinkedIn profile for its supposed president.

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Making College A Powerful Experience For the Most Marginalized

MindShift

COMPETENCY BASED LEARNING. They have personalized their digital portfolios, like a personal webpage or a Facebook profile, and can regularly share ideas about one another’s projects. And College Unbound students are finding overlaps in their projects. Many adults returning to school have to start from square one.

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