Competency and Mastery
Published on Dec 18, 2015
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
Competency-Based Learning
- refers to systems of instruction, assessment, grading, and academic reporting that are based on students demonstrating that they have learned the knowledge and skills they are expected to learn as they progress through their education.
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Characteristics
- The most important characteristic of competency-based education is that it measures learning rather than time. Students progress by demonstrating their competence, which means they prove that they have mastered the knowledge and skills required for a particular course, regardless of how long it takes.
4 key components
- Measure student learning rather than time.
- Harness the power of technology for teaching and learning.
- Fundamentally change the faculty role.
- Define competencies and develop valid, reliable assessments.
1. Obvious
2.Harness the power of technology for teaching and learning. Computer-mediated instruction gives us the ability to individualize learning for each student. Because each student learns at a different pace and comes to college knowing different things, this is a fundamental requirement of competency-based education.
3. Fundamentally change the faculty role. When faculty serve as lecturers, holding scheduled classes for a prescribed number of weeks, the instruction takes place at the lecturers' pace. For most students, this will be the wrong pace. Some will need to go more slowly; others will be able to move much faster. Competency-based learning shifts the role of the faculty from that of "a sage on the stage" to a "guide on the side." Faculty members work with students, guiding learning, answering questions, leading discussions, and helping students synthesize and apply knowledge.
4. Define competencies and develop valid, reliable assessments. The fundamental premise of competency-based education is that we define what students should know and be able to do, and they graduate when they have demonstrated their competency. This means that we have to define the competencies very clearly. Getting industry input is essential to make sure that we've identified relevant competencies. Once the competencies are established, we need experts in assessment to ensure that we're measuring the right things.
2.Harness the power of technology for teaching and learning. Computer-mediated instruction gives us the ability to individualize learning for each student. Because each student learns at a different pace and comes to college knowing different things, this is a fundamental requirement of competency-based education.
3. Fundamentally change the faculty role. When faculty serve as lecturers, holding scheduled classes for a prescribed number of weeks, the instruction takes place at the lecturers' pace. For most students, this will be the wrong pace. Some will need to go more slowly; others will be able to move much faster. Competency-based learning shifts the role of the faculty from that of "a sage on the stage" to a "guide on the side." Faculty members work with students, guiding learning, answering questions, leading discussions, and helping students synthesize and apply knowledge.
4. Define competencies and develop valid, reliable assessments. The fundamental premise of competency-based education is that we define what students should know and be able to do, and they graduate when they have demonstrated their competency. This means that we have to define the competencies very clearly. Getting industry input is essential to make sure that we've identified relevant competencies. Once the competencies are established, we need experts in assessment to ensure that we're measuring the right things.
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Assessment
- Allow students to demonstrate their learning at their own point of readiness;
- Contribute to student learning by encouraging students to apply and extend their knowledge;
- Require students to actually demonstrate their learning;
- provide flexibility in how students demonstrate their learning (e.g., through a presentation, research paper, or video.
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Mastery-Based learning
- refers to the idea that teaching should organize learning through ordered steps. In order to move to the next step, students have to master the prerequisite step.
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Key Points
- Mastery learning provides a model of instruction that is effective for a wide range of students
- Mastery learning reduces the academic spread between the slower and faster students without slowing down the faster students
- The skills and concepts have been internalized and put to use in other areas of the curriculum
- Mastery learning is an alternative to the unsuccessful traditional methods of teaching and learning
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Assessment
- Teachers evaluate students with criterion-referenced tests rather then norm-referenced tests. Mastery learning ensures numerous feedback loops, based on small units of well-defined, appropriately sequenced outcomes
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