Transcript Apprion

CSM
Core Skills Mastery
Full Overview
Apprion
David Goldberg, CEO
[email protected]
(303) 862-7233
TASK: If you order a Lancaster Special
and onion soup, how much should you
leave for a 10% tip?
2.55
10% of $2.55
is
25¢ or 26¢
Can’t do the menu problem
All adults
58%
current
11th/12th grade
70%
2-year college
graduate
40%
4-year college
graduate
27%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
What’s important for success
in education and work?
Advanced
content
Deep mastery of everyday skills
What are the most important
problems underlying
math and literacy skill deficits?
What’s important for success
in education and work?
Advanced
content
Problem-solving
& thinking skills
Deep mastery of everyday skills
curriculum
focus on
different
skills
CSM
Learning
skills
(by reading)
Persistence
Carefulness
Confidence
Motivation
instruction
with
different
methods
Core Skills Mastery -- CSM
Web-based course
Adaptive learning / computer guided
Online or classroom
Standalone or supplement
Need only browser and low-bandwidth Internet
Will work with students as low as 3rd grade math /
6th grade reading
Free for individuals, schools and non-profits
Including support & professional development
Yes, really, truly, we mean it, I promise
CSM CURRICULUM
CSM curriculum characteristics
Core Instruction
Integrated math, literacy & problem-solving
Simple things deeply
10-60 hours
Optional: Challenge Problems
Advanced problem-solving & thinking skills
10’s of hours
Core – deep understanding
Solve the following problems in your head. Do not use a calculator, and
only use paper if absolutely necessary.
10,000
200
Core – integrated & complex contexts
Women who are pregnant
Core – information extraction
Core – problem-solving
charge per dog groomed ($/dog)
revenue ($)
dogs groomed (dogs)
cost shampoo & scissors ($)
expenses ($)
rent & labor ($)
CSM Challenge Problems
Increasingly challenging real-world problems
Solving novel problems / analyzing new contexts
hints, no instruction
CSM Core + Challenge → handles very diverse
students in one class
lawyer
advanced college level
Bloom’s
student
reporter
CSM main sequence
Challenge Problem time
Lawyer
Rental contract dispute
Given facts, who’s right?
Who owes whom what?
Where in the agreement?
Student
HS/Co
Getting into college
2 or 4 year college?
College essays
Financial aid letter
What is $20,000 debt?
College success
Reading college syllabus
Choosing classes
Balancing school/work
Which would an employer choose?
Employees with
20% better
math and literacy
Employees with
20% more
carefulness
Carefulness is a critical workforce trait
Must get all right
in a single try
…2 times in a row
CSM curriculum characteristics
Core Instruction
Integrated math, literacy & problem-solving
10-60 hours
Simple things deeply
Optional: Challenge Problems
Advanced problem-solving & thinking skills
10’s of hours
Workforce orientation
General “world of work”, and also working towards
sector-contextualization
Decision-making, supervisor-level skills
Questions?
CSM INSTRUCTION
As briefly as possible,
what is the goal of teaching?
Focus of CSM instruction
Teaching students skills
Teaching students how to
learn skills on their own
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Meta-cognition  thinking about learning
Teach concepts and context…
… as well as “just the facts”
Making decisions what to read
forces meta-cognition
Ensure durable mastery
Conventional → teach once, test many times
CSM →
More training
More training
L-shaped
Problem
Unit Pricing
Area
Conversions
• Area of complex shapes
• Unit pricing, area conversions, rounding
• Perimeter
Rounding to
10’s 100’s
Area of
Rectangles
Money
Round to
Nearest Whole
One-step
Conversions
Decimal
Numbers
Fractions
Perimeter
L-Shape
Problem
Area
Conversions
One-step
One-step
Conversions
Conversions
Another Skill
Rounding to
10’s 100’s
Area of
Rectangles
Round to
Nearest Whole
Decimal
Numbers
Fractions
Yet One
More Skill
Teachers and CSM
Teacher as strategic interventionist / mentor
skill-specific / cognitive
independent learning
non-cognitive traits (affect / behavior)
What should you do?
A student is repeatedly stuck
on a lesson,
then figures it out on their own
Focus on quality, not quantity, of work
A
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Most
classes
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C
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CSM
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CSM promotes intrinsic motivation
Learn skills largely on your own (autonomy)
Maintain at edge of knowledge (mastery)
All skills are work contextualized (purpose)
Protect students from learned helplessness
Questions?
USES OF CSM
CSM builds a successful student
Advanced
content
Problem-solving
& thinking skills
Deep mastery of everyday skills
curriculum
focus on
different
skills
CSM
Learning
skills
(by reading)
Persistence
Carefulness
Confidence
Motivation
instruction
with
different
methods
CSM and Adult Education
Requirements:
As low as 3rd grade math and 6th grade literacy
CSM is NOT an ESL program
CSM builds better students with strong
foundational skills for:
Test prep (GED, Accuplacer, WorkKeys)
College completion
Post-secondary CTE completion
Career success
CSM and aspirations
Most students reach for the lowest rung
Fear of STEM careers
What makes them reach higher?
“I am a good student”
“I can do math”
Use CSM before they
choose their path
CSM and existing classes
Contextualized projects in class with CSM as a
computer lab
In post-secondary CTE, run at same time as
introductory classes
As pre-requisite for scholarships, internships
(work in computer lab or at home)
For students who finish conventional computer
classes early or want “more”
For students who aren’t thriving or don’t meet
entry requirements
Professional Development
before you start
embedded
while you
CSM work with
students
At intervals
(individually or
in PLCs)
Yes, CSM is free
Student use
Teacher and technical support
Professional development
Really, truly
Looking for study partners
Improvements
More advanced / subtle student observations
More directed student interventions
Evidence of value / outcomes
Skills
Learning strategies
Non-cognitive traits / affect
Transition  completion
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