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

Cool Cat Teacher

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. Access early black Friday deals from now through November 27, 2022.

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ICYMI: Leadership Symposium Recap

STEM Discovery Education

Keep reading for highlights of our key sessions , which led to open, honest conversations on topics like equity in education, funding, and competency-based learning systems. Marzano noted, competency-based learning systems “can be quite the paradigm shift, but we’re standing at the cusp of real change.”

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Can Personalized Learning Be Scaled to Ease Teacher Burdens and Close Achievement Gaps?

ED Surge

After nearly two decades of teaching, leading, researching and writing—all with a focus on personalized learning—Smith is taking another step forward in his life’s mission to better understand students and help them learn. Using these data analytics, we can drive personalized learning based on student performance.

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Discovery Education Leadership Symposium

STEM Discovery Education

This framework, based on 40 years of educational research, defines five progressive levels of performance that a school must master to become a high reliability school—where all students learn the content and skills they need for success in college, careers, and beyond. If so, is your current structure designed for that?”

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Proponents of Competency-Based Education Push to Spur Adoption — Amid Challenges

ED Surge

To state leaders and other policymakers, she said, there’s a feeling that if public money is supporting education, “it better lead somewhere,” adding, “We can't just say it's OK to give access to education to people, and then they have a road to nowhere or a dead end.” Questions have been raised about some forms of competency-based education.

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