The problem with this time-based basis for promotion, the competency learning movement argues, is that there is no guarantee that students have actually mastered the material in that grade level. Hmm.

thereby avoiding the “Swiss Cheese” problem that is too prevalent in education today and that competency-based learning, such as that used in Toyota’s training, solves. For those worried ...

2 - The Problem with Abstraction ... Where liberal arts school can evolve, and where both competency-based education and technology may be able to play a role, is connect the traditional liberal arts ...

Background: Systematic reviews on the effects of problem-based learning have been limited to knowledge competency either during medical school or postgraduate training. We conducted a systematic ...

Competency-bases dental education is closely linked to problem-based learning, to reduce passive dependence on teachers, and to encourage student teamwork and critical self-assessment. Dental ...

To address this problem, beginning in 2004 ... testing that students took in order to better align with competency-based learning. The program started in four school districts and eventually ...

Faculty leaders in Madera say the issues extend beyond competency-based education. “It’s a participatory government problem and it’s a leadership problem,” said Lynette Cortes Howden ...