Talk:Competency-based learning

Wow. This entry just jumps right in there. Shouldn't it begin with a simple definition of what Competency-based learning is?

Maybe something like this would be helpful:

Competency-based learning differs from other approaches in that individual skills/knowledge are to be mastered before moving on to dependent learning. And in turn, those higher skills/knowledge are learned to a degree of mastery and isolated from other topics.

This is as opposed to traditional courses in which many topics are supposed to be learned and summative testing is used to evaluate the learning of multiple topics. Because of this a learners with very low mastery in a few areas are considered equal to those that have satisfactory mastery of all areas.

Because competency-based learning separates individual learning goals it is well suited to independent study or a facilitated classroom in which students can take more time and more practise in areas where they need it most.

Students work to complete a set of individual competencies, each of which is yes - they have mastered the competency or no - they have not yet mastered the competency. This is in contrast to receiving grades that are supposed to reflect an overall level of mastery.

The style, competency-based learning may not demand complete mastery of each topic, but may measure mastery in terms of frequency. For example the learning goal on a particular skill may be to perform that skill correctly at least 4 out of 5 times within a specified time limit. But a learner who can always perform the skill 4 out of 5 times and one that does it every time are considered equal. JJ Bosch (talk) 04:04, 2 August 2011 (UTC)

What J.J. Bosch Said

I think the whole section is a lot of mud. It would improve Wikipedia if it were simply thrown away and replaced with J.J. Bosch's less ambitious but more successful text.

David Lloyd-Jones (talk) 00:56, 28 June 2015 (UTC)

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The bulk of the content in the methodology section is similar to Fletcher and Campbell's description in the book Adult and Social Education. I have paraphrased some of these. I suggest other editors who have access to relevant resources to check other parts of this article and see whether other contents are similar or merely copied. Darwin Naz (talk) 23:14, 10 April 2020 (UTC)

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