Remake of Mastery Disucssion by Ashley Berg https://padlet.com/ashley_berg/vxdh362fur68 TenMarks - Doral Academy Red Rock en-us 2017-01-03 20:35:02 UTC 2026-03-22 00:19:35 UTC hello@padlet.com Mastery vs. Competency ashley_berg https://padlet.com/ashley_berg/vxdh362fur68/wish/145171617 2017-01-03 20:36:51 UTC https://padlet.com/ashley_berg/vxdh362fur68/wish/145171617 Bloom on Mastery ashley_berg https://padlet.com/ashley_berg/vxdh362fur68/wish/145171644 2017-01-03 20:37:03 UTC https://padlet.com/ashley_berg/vxdh362fur68/wish/145171644 Motivation Researchers on Mastery ashley_berg https://padlet.com/ashley_berg/vxdh362fur68/wish/145171665 2017-01-03 20:37:14 UTC https://padlet.com/ashley_berg/vxdh362fur68/wish/145171665 Mastery Definitions ashley_berg https://padlet.com/ashley_berg/vxdh362fur68/wish/145171707 2017-01-03 20:37:33 UTC https://padlet.com/ashley_berg/vxdh362fur68/wish/145171707 Motivation to Master ashley_berg https://padlet.com/ashley_berg/vxdh362fur68/wish/145171735 2017-01-03 20:37:44 UTC https://padlet.com/ashley_berg/vxdh362fur68/wish/145171735 Even when assessment designers are trained, judgment-based methods forstandard setting can be untrustworthy and sometimes manipulated (Shavelson, 2013). Still, until more accurate,objective ways of setting cutoffs can be found, factoring in human judgment is the best available approach https://padlet.com/ashley_berg/vxdh362fur68/wish/145176558 2017-01-03 21:18:36 UTC https://padlet.com/ashley_berg/vxdh362fur68/wish/145176558 https://padlet.com/ashley_berg/vxdh362fur68/wish/145176587  He makes the point that if we were facing a serious medical procedure, we would much prefer a "master" physician to one who was merely "competent." ]]> 2017-01-03 21:18:42 UTC https://padlet.com/ashley_berg/vxdh362fur68/wish/145176587 https://padlet.com/ashley_berg/vxdh362fur68/wish/145176658  Motivation researchers have demonstrated that mastery can be the learner's purpose for engaging in a task or activity ]]> 2017-01-03 21:19:20 UTC https://padlet.com/ashley_berg/vxdh362fur68/wish/145176658 Mastery is a construct that is not observed directly but can be inferred from observing student performance specifically a particular concept, skill, or subject. https://padlet.com/ashley_berg/vxdh362fur68/wish/145176702 2017-01-03 21:19:41 UTC https://padlet.com/ashley_berg/vxdh362fur68/wish/145176702 Students can work toward mastery only if they know what is involved and how mastery is defined. https://padlet.com/ashley_berg/vxdh362fur68/wish/145176708 2017-01-03 21:19:44 UTC https://padlet.com/ashley_berg/vxdh362fur68/wish/145176708 Professional Judgement https://padlet.com/ashley_berg/vxdh362fur68/wish/145176709 Using professional judgement to determine mastery. Helping to weed out false rejection or acceptance (those gifted students who fail, or the low students who guess correctly).]]> 2017-01-03 21:19:44 UTC https://padlet.com/ashley_berg/vxdh362fur68/wish/145176709 https://padlet.com/ashley_berg/vxdh362fur68/wish/145176733 "The dilemma with this (the measurement of mastery) is establishing what level of performance is sufficient to denote mastery." ]]> 2017-01-03 21:19:57 UTC https://padlet.com/ashley_berg/vxdh362fur68/wish/145176733 comprehensiveknowledgeorskillinaparticularsubjectoractivity https://padlet.com/ashley_berg/vxdh362fur68/wish/145176753 2017-01-03 21:20:06 UTC https://padlet.com/ashley_berg/vxdh362fur68/wish/145176753 Students must understand the GOAL https://padlet.com/ashley_berg/vxdh362fur68/wish/145176775 2017-01-03 21:20:19 UTC https://padlet.com/ashley_berg/vxdh362fur68/wish/145176775 https://padlet.com/ashley_berg/vxdh362fur68/wish/145176797  The many factors that go into defining and achieving mastery help us understand how educators can plan their classes and their daily instructional practices in ways that will help more students achieve mastery ]]> 2017-01-03 21:20:27 UTC https://padlet.com/ashley_berg/vxdh362fur68/wish/145176797 4 https://padlet.com/ashley_berg/vxdh362fur68/wish/145176878 2017-01-03 21:21:09 UTC https://padlet.com/ashley_berg/vxdh362fur68/wish/145176878 https://padlet.com/ashley_berg/vxdh362fur68/wish/145176884 Rosenberg (2012) argues the opposite, describing competence as only the second step in a four-step process to mastery, the four steps being novice, competent, experienced, and master/expert]]> 2017-01-03 21:21:12 UTC https://padlet.com/ashley_berg/vxdh362fur68/wish/145176884 https://padlet.com/ashley_berg/vxdh362fur68/wish/145176887  in many contexts mastery is defined through a simple percentage : For example, students demonstrate mastery when they score over 80 percent accuracy on an assessment. But in practice, it's not that simple. Setting percentage cutoffs on any form of assessment is an arbitrary decision that says little about the rigor of expectations set for students' performance ]]> 2017-01-03 21:21:14 UTC https://padlet.com/ashley_berg/vxdh362fur68/wish/145176887 https://padlet.com/ashley_berg/vxdh362fur68/wish/145176951 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.]]> 2017-01-03 21:21:44 UTC https://padlet.com/ashley_berg/vxdh362fur68/wish/145176951 Expectations https://padlet.com/ashley_berg/vxdh362fur68/wish/145177002 "Tell me what you expect of students to receive an A?" 
Are we, as educators making our expectations clear and allowing students the chances to achieve mastery (and backing up their grades with rubrics/clear expectations of what that mastery looks like in the classroom environment). How are we allowing different learners to demonstrate mastery? ]]> 2017-01-03 21:22:15 UTC https://padlet.com/ashley_berg/vxdh362fur68/wish/145177002 https://padlet.com/ashley_berg/vxdh362fur68/wish/145177126 in education, we verify mastery by asking individuals to answer questions or perform a specific task

]]> 2017-01-03 21:23:17 UTC https://padlet.com/ashley_berg/vxdh362fur68/wish/145177126 Students must have multiple opportunities to achieve success!! https://padlet.com/ashley_berg/vxdh362fur68/wish/145177147 2017-01-03 21:23:26 UTC https://padlet.com/ashley_berg/vxdh362fur68/wish/145177147 Look at the students perspective https://padlet.com/ashley_berg/vxdh362fur68/wish/145177245 2017-01-03 21:24:16 UTC https://padlet.com/ashley_berg/vxdh362fur68/wish/145177245 https://padlet.com/ashley_berg/vxdh362fur68/wish/145177294  Students who focus on mastery are more likely to persist at academic tasks, particularly challenging one]]> 2017-01-03 21:24:34 UTC https://padlet.com/ashley_berg/vxdh362fur68/wish/145177294 Mastery can be the learner's purpose for -participating in a task https://padlet.com/ashley_berg/vxdh362fur68/wish/145177348 2017-01-03 21:25:02 UTC https://padlet.com/ashley_berg/vxdh362fur68/wish/145177348 https://padlet.com/ashley_berg/vxdh362fur68/wish/145177361 Students adopt mastery goals when teachers (1) allow them to resubmit assignments that need more work; (2) do not pressure students by consistently talking about grades and assessments; and (3) encourage self-comparisons and avoid comparing students' achievement with that of other students]]> 2017-01-03 21:25:14 UTC https://padlet.com/ashley_berg/vxdh362fur68/wish/145177361 https://padlet.com/ashley_berg/vxdh362fur68/wish/145177401 When looking at test taking, students are said to have mastery when they can score an 80% or better on assessments ]]> 2017-01-03 21:25:27 UTC https://padlet.com/ashley_berg/vxdh362fur68/wish/145177401