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Who’s Unreachable!? The benefits, strategies, and components of The Grid Method should be apparent based on Parts 1 – 7 of this course (If you need to review any of the parts you can click here.) The benefit we haven’t discussed that may even be the most important, is what The Grid Method can allow you to do for the … Read More

Does it work? No matter how much you like everything you’ve learned so far in this course, NONE of it matters if it doesn’t work. Luckily, the research that exists is conclusive that Mastery Learning increases student achievement. In fact, the meta-analysis of 108 independent studies of the effects of Mastery Learning showed that it has moderate to large positive effects … Read More

What’s It Look Like? Let’s be honest, no matter how great you think the last 5 parts of this course were (didn’t read or watch those yet? Click here!) none of it matters if you can’t visualize what The Grid Method will look like in your classroom. If you can’t see how this fits into your style, will work in your classroom, … Read More

How do you assess for mastery? Assessment is one of the most important components of Mastery Learning. Carefully crafted and aligned assessments are at the heart of assessing mastery and finding out whether a student knows what they are supposed to in order to move on. Types of Assessment you can use: A common misconception is that traditional assessments can’t be … Read More

Making your Own Grid: After watching parts 1 – 3, you should have an understanding of the solutions mastery learning and The Grid Method offer. You should also have a good idea of how a Mastery Grid is organized. Now, we’d like to walk you through how the Mastery Grid gets created; from your state’s standards, all the way to the … Read More