Mastery Discussion by Kayla Miller https://padlet.com/kayla_miller/3p20zf1hnl6m TenMarks -Doral Academy Upper School en-us 2016-11-17 13:59:59 UTC 2016-11-17 17:06:01 UTC hello@padlet.com Mastery vs. Competence kayla_miller https://padlet.com/kayla_miller/3p20zf1hnl6m/wish/138397150 2016-11-17 14:04:30 UTC https://padlet.com/kayla_miller/3p20zf1hnl6m/wish/138397150 Bloom on Mastery kayla_miller https://padlet.com/kayla_miller/3p20zf1hnl6m/wish/138397298 2016-11-17 14:04:47 UTC https://padlet.com/kayla_miller/3p20zf1hnl6m/wish/138397298 Motivation Researchers on Mastery kayla_miller https://padlet.com/kayla_miller/3p20zf1hnl6m/wish/138397473 2016-11-17 14:05:10 UTC https://padlet.com/kayla_miller/3p20zf1hnl6m/wish/138397473 Mastery Definitions kayla_miller https://padlet.com/kayla_miller/3p20zf1hnl6m/wish/138397843 -Percent Accuracy
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-Complexity Calls for Judgement]]> 2016-11-17 14:05:55 UTC https://padlet.com/kayla_miller/3p20zf1hnl6m/wish/138397843 Motivation to Master https://padlet.com/kayla_miller/3p20zf1hnl6m/wish/138471530 To achieve true mastery, students need to be invested in mastering a concept. The description of mastery goals is representative of a growth mindset, including persevering at a task until it is completed successfully. 

]]> 2016-11-17 16:41:47 UTC https://padlet.com/kayla_miller/3p20zf1hnl6m/wish/138471530 Tell me what you expect of students to receive an A? AsBloom (1968) put it,Thus, we are expressing the view that, given sufficient time and appropriate types of help, 95 percent ofstudents … can learn a subject up to a high level of mastery. We are convinced that the grade of A as an indexof mastery of a subject can, under appropriate conditions, be achieved by up to 95 percent of the students in aclass. (p. 4) https://padlet.com/kayla_miller/3p20zf1hnl6m/wish/138472504 2016-11-17 16:43:42 UTC https://padlet.com/kayla_miller/3p20zf1hnl6m/wish/138472504 Likewise, if mastery means being able to demonstrate a particular level of skill on a complex task, then students need to know the criteria by which their performance will be judged and the level of skill that will be expected. Students can work toward mastery only if they know what is involved and how mastery is defined. Educators also can do much to facilitate students' adoption of mastery goals (Midgley, 2002). https://padlet.com/kayla_miller/3p20zf1hnl6m/wish/138472912 2016-11-17 16:44:35 UTC https://padlet.com/kayla_miller/3p20zf1hnl6m/wish/138472912 The process requires thoughtful examination of the questions students are asked to answer, the tasks they are asked to complete to demonstrate their learning, and the goals that students set when engaged with tasks and assessments https://padlet.com/kayla_miller/3p20zf1hnl6m/wish/138473290 2016-11-17 16:45:28 UTC https://padlet.com/kayla_miller/3p20zf1hnl6m/wish/138473290 Researchers further suggest that students will be more motivated to master a topic if they are given opportunities to show improvement in their learning over time (Anderman & Maehr, 1994). When teachers employ cutoff scores in these ways, assessment results will better reflect the quality of student thinking instead of simply the number of points students attain. https://padlet.com/kayla_miller/3p20zf1hnl6m/wish/138473619 2016-11-17 16:46:08 UTC https://padlet.com/kayla_miller/3p20zf1hnl6m/wish/138473619 I've always thought of myself as a mastery teacher but think I'm actually more of a competency teacher after reading this article. Being the 6th grade teacher I feel that it is my responsibility to create that foundation of simple skills that will allow them to be successful in the rest of the objectives throughout middle school and beyond. https://padlet.com/kayla_miller/3p20zf1hnl6m/wish/138473904 2016-11-17 16:46:47 UTC https://padlet.com/kayla_miller/3p20zf1hnl6m/wish/138473904 Mastery vs Competence https://padlet.com/kayla_miller/3p20zf1hnl6m/wish/138474243 then students need to know the criteria by which their performance will be judged and the level of skill that will be expected...:


]]> 2016-11-17 16:47:38 UTC https://padlet.com/kayla_miller/3p20zf1hnl6m/wish/138474243 "mastery goals vs. performance goals" https://padlet.com/kayla_miller/3p20zf1hnl6m/wish/138474278 The mindset of students impacts their entire high school achievement trajectory. ]]> 2016-11-17 16:47:41 UTC https://padlet.com/kayla_miller/3p20zf1hnl6m/wish/138474278 "Thus, we are expressing the view that, given sufficient time and appropriate types of help, 95 percent of students … can learn a subject up to a high level of mastery. We are convinced that the grade of A as an index of mastery of a subject can, under appropriate conditions, be achieved by up to 95 percent of the students in a class. (p. 4)" https://padlet.com/kayla_miller/3p20zf1hnl6m/wish/138475672 The idea that too many A grades is a sign of grade inflation may impact this.]]> 2016-11-17 16:51:08 UTC https://padlet.com/kayla_miller/3p20zf1hnl6m/wish/138475672 I too feel that grading is subjective at times but of all the subjects math has the least gray area. Teachers may disagree where a student is struggling but bottom line do they have the correct answer is where the grading comes from. https://padlet.com/kayla_miller/3p20zf1hnl6m/wish/138476731 2016-11-17 16:53:43 UTC https://padlet.com/kayla_miller/3p20zf1hnl6m/wish/138476731 I have started seeing this in my enrichment class specifically. Some of my struggling and failing students are starting to find success independently and are taking it upon themselves to complete complex problems instead of saying "I don't know what to do". https://padlet.com/kayla_miller/3p20zf1hnl6m/wish/138477973 2016-11-17 16:56:55 UTC https://padlet.com/kayla_miller/3p20zf1hnl6m/wish/138477973