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Personalized Mastery-Based Learning: How to Guide

Cool Cat Teacher

Questions Answered on Today's Show What is competency-based (or mastery-based) learning? Nicki Slaugh, principal of Quest Academy, explains the concept of competency-based learning and how it differs from traditional education models. What are the common misconceptions about competency-based learning?

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Driving Student Outcomes Through Competency-Based Learning

Defined Learning

Learn how Linday Unified School District, a rural school district located in California, created and implemented a competency-based, project-based learning system with the help of Defined Learning.

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How Competency-Based Learning Builds 21st-Century Skills

Defined Learning

Competencies, future-ready skills, and 21st-century skills all involve students doing something. For the students, these ideas represent the “how” to do something or the skills needed to navigate a situation.

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Supporting Districts to Develop Inclusive Computing Pathways

ED Surge

Co-designed with six districts (from six different states) who have all developed their own CT pathway, the course adapts Digital Promise’s CT Pathways Toolkit , based on a three-fold process: plan, build and implement.

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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 also delved into the origins of the competency-based learning system, crediting John B.

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

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A Teacher’s Journey: ‘Student, Grade Thyself’

Middle Web

Then her principal set her on a path of discovery that’s led to competency based learning and students eagerly self-grading. For much of her career, middle level teacher Stephanie Farley felt confounded when students “told me they didn’t understand where their grades came from.”