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M. C. C. S. Core Skills Mastery. Apprion. David Goldberg, CEO david@apprion.org (303) 862-7233. The Show. What we do CSM curriculum CSM instruction Results, Applications, Future Questions. What’s important for success in education and work?. Advanced content. Problem-solving

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  1. M C C S Core Skills Mastery Apprion David Goldberg, CEO david@apprion.org (303) 862-7233

  2. The Show • What we do • CSM curriculum • CSM instruction • Results, Applications, Future • Questions

  3. What’s important for success in education and work? Advanced content Problem-solving & thinking skills curriculum focus on different skills Deep mastery of everyday skills CSM Persistence Carefulness Confidence Motivation Learning skills (by reading) instruction with different methods

  4. Core Skills Mastery -- CSM • Web-based course • Adaptive learning / computer guided • Technical: web browser and low-bandwidth Internet • One-semester class or two-semester supplement • At least 3rd grade math / 6th grade reading • Free for colleges, non-profits, and schools • Free teacher support • Free professional development • Yes, really, truly, free, I promise

  5. One tool, many applications • Secondary • Post-secondary CTE • Developmental education • Workforce development • Emergent, transitional, incumbent • Adult education • Corporate training

  6. CSM curriculum

  7. 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

  8. Core – deep understanding Solve the following problems in your head. Do not use a calculator, and only use paper if absolutely necessary. 200

  9. Core – integrated & complex contexts

  10. Women who are pregnant Core – information extraction

  11. revenue ($) dogs groomed (dogs) cost shampoo & scissors ($) rent & labor ($) charge per dog groomed ($/dog) Core – problem-solving expenses ($)

  12. CSM Challenge Problems • Increasingly challenging real-world problems • Solving novel problems / analyzing new contexts • Problem-solving • Thousands of techniques • One mindset • Optional for students who have completed Core lawyer advanced college level problem-solving & thinking skills vet tech logistics CSM core instruction Challenge Problem time

  13. CSM curriculum characteristics • Integrated math, literacy & problem-solving • 15-60 hours for Core; many hours for Challenge • Workforce contextualized • Goal: decision-making, supervisor-level skills • Skills that employers would want of all their workers • Skills to build a career

  14. The choice

  15. Carefulness is a critical workforce trait Must get all right in a single try …2 times in a row

  16. CSM Instruction

  17. Focus of CSM instruction Teaching students skills Teaching students how to learn skills on their own

  18. Meta-cognition  thinking about learning • Different solutions, different learning styles, many lessons  student must make a choice

  19. More training More training Ensure durable mastery

  20. Unit Pricing Area Conversions Rounding to 10’s 100’s Perimeter Area of Rectangles Round to Nearest Whole One-step Conversions Money Decimal Numbers Fractions • Area of complex shapes • Unit pricing, area conversions, rounding • Perimeter L-shaped Problem

  21. Area Conversions Area Conversions Yet One More Skill Another Skill L-Shape Problem L-Shape Problem L-Shape Problem L-Shape Problem Area Conversions Area Conversions Area Conversions Rounding to 10’s 100’s Rounding to 10’s 100’s Rounding to 10’s 100’s One-step Conversions One-step Conversions One-step Conversions Round to Nearest Whole Round to Nearest Whole Round to Nearest Whole Area of Rectangles Area of Rectangles Area of Rectangles Decimal Numbers Decimal Numbers Fractions Fractions

  22. Instructors and CSM • Instructors as strategic interventionist / mentor • skill-specific / cognitive • independent learning / lesson reading • behavior / affective

  23. CSM promotes intrinsic motivation • Learn skills largely on your own (autonomy) • Maintain at edge of knowledge (mastery) • CSM is workforce-oriented (purpose) • Protect students from learned helplessness

  24. What’s important for success in education and work? Advanced content Problem-solving & thinking skills curriculum focus on different skills Deep mastery of everyday skills CSM Persistence Carefulness Confidence Motivation Learning skills (by reading) instruction with different methods

  25. Initial indications • 9th-12thgrade: turnaround HS; dropout recovery • 8thgrade, low-performing

  26. Initial indications 2 • CCA Center for Workforce Development • Community College of Rhode Island (CCRI) • UAW training coordinator (Michigan steel mill)

  27. CSM • Fast • 15-60 hours for deep, durable, transferable mastery • Flexible • In class, online • Semester, intensive • Standalone, supplemental • Pre-program, concurrent • Free and scalable • Professional development included in free • Professional development provides scale

  28. Uses • Post-secondary CTE • Workforce development • Adult education • Contract training • Bridges

  29. Partnership • Sector-contextualization (e.g. TAACCCT, ATE) • Diverse pilot populations • GETTING DATA

  30. www.csmlearn.com info@csmlearn.com

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