A grading system that
separates academic mastery from classroom behavior.
Not exact matches
It was the misguided advocates of a science of pedagogy, he said, who had insisted on
separating methods of teaching from
mastery of subject matter; it was they who taught courses in education theory detached from the learning of
academic content.
Some US schools and districts (mostly elementary schools that worry less about the impact on college admissions) are experimenting with ditching grades in favor of various other reports of
academic mastery, sometimes coupled with
separate assessments of behavior or character traits (grit, citizenship, empathy).
The Connecticut
Mastery Test was administered to elementary school students beginning in grade three, and students were tested in three
separate academic areas: math, reading, and writing.