The Hechinger Report
JANUARY 10, 2020
Avery Bencal is a fourth grader at Winthrop Elementary School in Melrose, Massachusetts. Her teacher has embraced competency-based learning, which asks students to take more control in the classroom. Lewis has been one of the district’s most enthusiastic adopters of competency-based education. MELROSE, Mass.
Edsurge
JUNE 9, 2017
Does competency-based education hold the key to providing an equitable learning opportunity to every student? As she puts it, competency-based learning “gives students the chance. Equity was a major driver in implementing competency based learning. It’s everyone getting what they need.
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Edsurge
MAY 22, 2017
According to a 2016 report by iNACOL, 36 states are currently investigating policy surrounding competency-based education. And as interest in this approach to teaching and learning increases, so does the need for assessments to support it. Below are five ways to approach competency-based learning assessment.
The Hechinger Report
DECEMBER 19, 2021
On a morning this fall at Washington Elementary, a young boy, sitting at a table with five of his peers, held a tablet while he built a digital snowman — a cool proposition given the 85-degree heat just outside his air-conditioned classroom. With about a day planning, [teachers] shift right into distance learning,” Rooney said.
The Hechinger Report
DECEMBER 5, 2023
They want step-by-step guidance on how to tackle challenges. That’s why I’m a fan of personalized and competency-based learning environments, in which young people do learn these skills. One professor reached out to tell me how impressed he was by the self-advocacy that students from our district demonstrated.
Turning Learning On Its Head
MARCH 13, 2016
In 2011, a group of educators met at the Competency Based Learning Summit. During that Summit, the leaders identified five key tenets of Competency Based Learning (CBL): Students advance upon mastery. Competencies include explicit, measurable, transferable learning objectives that empower students.
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. They've been learning about projectile motion.
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