🔟Tests as Tools, Not Masters
We don’t focus on tests day-to-day. But when tests serve our child’s goals, we welcome them. Tools like the SAT, CLEP, or DSST can help demonstrate capacity and open doors—whether for college credits or milestones toward adulthood. Tests aren’t the goal—but they’re useful when they serve autonomy.
#MasteryLearning #StrategicTesting #FreeWillInEducation

Remember, it isn't important that students learn tour material by arbitrary dates during the term, but rather by the end of the course. Give the students the opportunity to demonstrate that their knowledge has grown by the end. #MasteryLearning #collegeteaching

Our new dean is deemphasizing #CompetencyBased education models, but he did like the #MasteryLearning approach in my Introductory #Chemistry class. Remember, it isn't that students master a topic by an arbitrary due date, but rather that they do it by the end of the course.

I had my annual performance review today (at community colleges even with tenure we have to undergo yearly reviews). It went fine, he really likes my use of #alternativegrading styles and #Masterylearning. I am moving into #ESIL reviews of my courses next year.

Oh, look, a deep dive into Bloom's two sigma problem 💭🔍—because what the world really craved was a systematic review on educational methods that only grad students and pedagogical purists will read. 📚🤓 Spoiler: Mastery learning, #tutoring, and direct instruction might work...who knew?! 🎓💡 Your move, education system. 👀
https://nintil.com/bloom-sigma #EducationMethods #MasteryLearning #DirectInstruction #HackerNews #ngated