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. But now you're talking mastery learning.

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Handbook Flipped Classroom Learning Competency Based Learning 431

Neo LMS

JUNE 28, 2022

Preparing students for their future jobs by teaching them how to effectively learn on their own builds a reliable and skilled workforce. . How to encourage student autonomy in the classroom . There are myriad ways to promote student autonomy in the classroom and beyond, especially if you use an LMS.

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LMS Classroom Competency Based Learning E-rate 403

Turning Learning On Its Head

MARCH 13, 2016

During the 2007-2008 school year, Aaron Sams and I pioneered the flipped class model of education. Though the flipped class model proved to be an effective strategy in which we saw increases in student achievement and engagement, we only did the traditional flipped classroom for one year.

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Competency Based Learning Flipped Classroom Learning Assessment 40

Edsurge

OCTOBER 3, 2017

It became know as the flipped classroom—a modern, video-based version of a model pioneered by a handful of higher ed professors during the 1990s. Perhaps also because as flipped learning has evolved, it has adopted much more of an open-ended definition. Think of flipped as the operating system of education.

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Flipped Classroom Khan Academy Learning Video 128

Edsurge

JUNE 1, 2020

Last summer, we, along with other members of the sixth grade teaching staff at our school, adopted the Modern Classrooms model. Similar to the flipped classroom, the model is an approach based on blended learning, self-paced instruction, and mastery-based grading.

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Classroom Blended Learning Flipped Classroom Course 217

Edsurge

OCTOBER 11, 2016

Whether you’re in a 1:1 device environment or using a new learning management system, parents will appreciate understanding the instructional tools their kids are using in class. Demonstrate how to check grades, order spirit wear, view weekly lesson plans, and—during spring conference season—register for next year’s courses.

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Conference Technology ePortfolio LMS 60

Edsurge

MARCH 13, 2019

The learning environment was tense, my students were angsty and I didn't have the information or strategies to make it better. Little did I know that by 2019 I would find a way to apply the data science strategies I learned as a geologist to bring joy and engagement back to my classroom.

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Data Classroom Strategy Student Engagement 153