Blended, Self-Paced, Mastery-Based Teaching and Learning

Agile Concepts

• Self-regulation
• Student agency

Peak Learning Practices

• Growth Mindset
• Trust
• Uplift

Learning & Teaching

The Modern Classrooms Project trains educators in a research-based model built around three core practices:

• Blended Instruction: Teachers create high-quality instructional videos to replace in-class lectures. This allows students to learn at their own pace, and frees teachers to provide targeted individual and small-group support in class. This also allows students to continue learning outside of class.
• Self-Paced Structures: Teachers design self-paced classroom structures, which allow students to control their own learning while meeting essential learning objectives and deadlines. Self-pacing helps students develop important study skills, while allowing for authentic collaboration between students.
• Mastery-Based Grading: Teachers create “mastery checks” for each lesson, which give students credit only once they’ve demonstrated full understanding of content and skills. This prevents learning gaps from forming, and ensures that every student truly masters essential content and skills.

To date, The Modern Classrooms Project has trained 33 Modern Classroom Fellows at 10 public and public-charter schools in Washington, DC and Northern Virginia, as well as over 2,000 educators through its workshops and online courses.

Source

From: (The Modern Classrooms Project)[https://modernclassrooms.org/] Questions: Robert Barnett, [email protected], Twitter @modernclassproj

Further Resources

• (Building Modern Classrooms)[https://learn.modernclassrooms.org/] (interactive online course):
• (Exemplar Units from Modern Classroom Fellows)[https://sites.google.com/modernclassrooms.org/modern-classroom-exemplars/home]