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How to close learning gaps with the help of an intelligent learning platform

Neo LMS

There are different types of learning gaps, but usually, they all fall into one of these five categories: Knowledge gaps stem from a lack of correct and sufficient knowledge; they can be caused by poorly planned teaching activities. Skills gaps open when students don’t have sufficient chances to practice what they’ve learned.

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Are Your Students as Far Behind as Mine?

Turning Learning On Its Head

I am not flipping my class per se anymore, but rather I am teaching using Mastery/Competency-Based Learning in my class. Mastery Learning is defined as: An approach to classroom instruction that empowers every student at every level to progress with confidence. Challenges to Mastery Learning.

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Are Your Students as Far Behind as Mine?

EdTechTeacher

I am not flipping my class per se anymore, but rather I am teaching using Mastery/Competency-Based Learning in my class. . Mastery Learning is defined as: An approach to classroom instruction that empowers every student at every level to progress with confidence. Challenges to Mastery Learning.

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A tale of two competency-based districts

eSchool News

Creating a competency-based or mastery-based environment requires re-thinking everything, including teaching methods, assessments, and how to best prepare students for life after school.

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14 Examples Of Innovation In Higher Education

TeachThought - Learn better.

Competency-Based Learning. Competency-Based Education is something I’m hearing more and more about, which is neither bad nor good, but worth understanding more carefully. MOOCs are great ideas, but assessment and feedback loops and certification are among the many issues holding them back.

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How Improving Student Feedback and Teaching Data Science Restored Our Classroom Culture

Edsurge

I asked a variety of questions about their perception of the instruction and assessment practices we had shifted to, the types of feedback they received and how they felt about the class. They self-assess and give themselves a grade, which goes in the gradebook as long as it’s reasonable. Then I ask my students to make meaning of it.

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The Four Biggest Challenges to Implementing Maine's Proficiency-Based Diploma

Edsurge

Maine has long been an innovator in education, stemming back to the Maine Learning Technology Initiative. Now all eyes are on our corner of the country as we transition from a traditional seat-time high school diploma to a proficiency-based diploma.

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