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Sal Kahn on mastery learning
Most educators are familiar with the Kahn Academy, but may not appreciate the overall structure of the Academy for student learning. There is a big difference between using the resources provided by Kahn to address a specific need and the … Continue reading
Competency is mastery by another name
The Office of Educational Technology provides resources and information to educators covering multiple topics that may involve technology. Here is a link to a comment on state-by-state implementation of Competence-Based Education. The links from this resource allow educators from different … Continue reading
Mastery rediscovered
I think of this week as “mastery” week in my grad educational technology class. This is the unit in which I get to teach the principles of mastery learning which is one of my favorite topics and argue that technology … Continue reading
Learning continuum
I am watching the North Dakota Governor’s Innovation Education Summit. The online access is great as I wouldn’t travel to North Dakota to participate. North Dakota recently passed legislation to allow schools to innovate in allowing alternative models of the … Continue reading
Mastery Rediscovered
I have been interested in what I know as mastery learning for many years and published my first research on mastery methods based on a large lecture introductory biology class some 45 years ago (see citation at end of post). … Continue reading
Growth mindset questioned
I encountered this criticism of growth mindset. I can see why the idea appeals to educators, coaches, and parents. It fits the “you can do anything if you try” message that sounds so good and positive. I have written about … Continue reading
Personalization is ambiguous
I am preparing to teach “mastery learning” next week. Teaching this topic is not particularly difficult for me because I have been interested in the topic since I first became interested in the early 1970s. The underlying principles made so … Continue reading
Teaching for mastery is more than allowing resubmits
I have observed multiple online references to teaching for mastery in the last couple of months. I have mixed reactions based on a career-long interest in mastery learning. On the positive side, seeing new interest in an old idea that … Continue reading
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Research does not become dated
The Atlantic recently included an article criticizing the educational version of personalization promoted and supported by Mark and Chan Zuckerberg because it relies on dated research. And for good reason: The results from the 1984 study underlying it have essentially never … Continue reading
Proficiency Based Learning
Old guys can become cynical. Like, when they encounter some great new idea and it seems pretty much the same thing they encountered thirty years ago. Proficiency based learning – sounds very much like mastery learning from the late 1960s-1970s. … Continue reading