IgnitePresentationMasteryLearning(Script)
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TheinstructionalmethodcalledMasteryLearningstatesthatnearlyallstudentscan
reachahighlevelofachievement,ormastery,[Link],
alongwithmanyotherresearchers,hasfoundthatnotallstudentslearninthesame
wayortakethesameamountoftimetolearnnewthings(Guskey,2010).Thatbeing
said,teachersneedtodifferentiatetheirinstructioninordertogiveeachstudentthe
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characteristics,givenenoughtimeandappropriatelearningconditions,allstudentscan
reachahighcriterionoflearning(Guskey,2007).
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Bloomfoundthatlearningchecksaremuchmorevaluableifusedthroughoutlearning,
ratherthansimplyattheendofaunit(Guskey,2010).MasteryLearningbeginswitha
highqualityinstructionallessonandisquicklyfollowedupbyaninitialformative
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understoodandallowsteacherstoidentifytheareaswhereadditionalworkisneeded.
CorrectiveorEnrichmentactivitiesaresuggestedinordertohelpthestudentfurtherhis
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ordertoprovidemorefeedbackbeforeanewlessontakesplace.
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Masterylearningsupportsstudentlearningbecauseofitsformativeassessmentand
correction,[Link]
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How
PeopleLearn:brain,mind,experienceandschool
discussesthewayexpertsdifferfrom
novices:[Link],
teachersknowwhentotakecorrectivemeasuresinordertoimprovethestudentslevel
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statedthatstudentsreachhigherlevelsofachievementinmasterylearningclassesas
wellasdevelopinggreaterconfidenceaslearners,whileBloomsstudyof
teacher/studentratioasshowninthegraph,demonstratethatataratioof1:30(teacher
tostudents),masterylearningachieveshigherscoresandisaneffectivemethodof
instructionversusconventionalinstruction.
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TheOntarioMinistryofEducationsexpectationsforelementaryeducationistohelp
childrenbuildastrongfoundationinreading,[Link]
willprovidechildrenwithanopportunitytoexperienceacademicsuccessduringtheir
[Link]'sgoalistohave75
percentofstudentsachievingtheprovincialstandard(equivalenttoaBgrade)in
reading,writingandmathematics.(OntarioMinistryofEducation,2015)
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Expectations?
Usingthegrade2mathematicscurriculumasanexample,youcanseehowthis
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expectationfornumbersenseandnumeration,themasterylearningapproachwould
involvecompletingapreassessmenttoconfirmthatthechildrenfulfilledthegrade1
expectations.Whenthechildrenintheclasshavemasteredthegrade1concepts,the
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assessmentwoulddeterminetheneedforindividualenrichmentandcorrectiveactivities
beforeasecondformativeassessmentwasadministeredfollowedbyasecondlesson.
ThisprocesswouldaimtoensurethatagreaternumberofchildrenachievetheOntario
curriculumexpectationsbytheendofgrade2.
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identifiespreciselywhat
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levelsofassessmentinmasterylearning:aformativeassessmentandasecondparallel
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aboutwhatstudentsmustdotocorrecttheirlearningdifficultiesandtomasterthe
desiredlearningoutcomes.
Teacherscaneitherplaycorrectiveactivities,tofocuson
theareasthatneedadditionalwork,orenrichmentactivitytogivetothosestudentswho
demonstratetheirproficiencyonthefirstformativeassessmentanopportunityto
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parallelassessmentthatissimilartothefirst.
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MasterylearningisanassessmentFORlearningsinceitusesactivitiesforthepurpose
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LearningisNOTanassessmentOFlearningbecauseitdoesnotusetheseactivitiesto
measureorreportonastudentslevelofachievementinregardstospecificlearning
expectation([Link]).Byimplementingmasterylearning,teachers
provideawiderangeofactivitiesandassignmentsthatfostermasteryofthebasic
fundamentalconcepts(TheArts37)thatareimportanttoachieveoverallexpectations
ratherthanspecificexpectationsintheOntarioCurriculum.
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