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Lesson 3: Discover Mastery Goals on Khan AcademyMastery Goals
Course mastery is part of Khan for Educators, a free course for teachers to learn more about Khan Academy, the content and tools available for teachers and students, and best practices for implementing technology with students. Created by Meaghan Pattani.
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- When I first started integrating Khan Academy in my classroom, new students would be given a quick assessment with Math for example to determine where each student needs to start. Is this still used with students has this been discontinued?(12 votes)
- There's no general math diagnostic, but one method that works well is to have your students work through the Course Challenge for a specific course or the Unit Test for a specific unit. This will then give students credit for skills that they have already mastered, and it will also recommend videos and practice exercises for skills that they are struggling with.(5 votes)
- Why my mastery dont go up i answer all(3 votes)
- I've a new student, but don't know how to add the assignments to him. In the past new students prompted a pop-up that asked to add the assignments... this did not happen for this student.(1 vote)
- All active assignments (those that are not past due) are now automatically added for new students who join your classes. The old pop up prompt was removed, so now no action is required on the teacher's end.(2 votes)
- Due to several attempts, students and teacher see several copies of same course units with different due dates. How to remove such assignments or unit assignments and keep the final version?(1 vote)
- So how does a classroom teacher reconcile the concept of course mastery with the silly convention of quarterly standards-based grading systems?(1 vote)
- If your school is using a standards-based grading system, you should be able to use the Skills report to help you submit students' grades. To access this, go to the Activity Overview in your class and then click the Skills tab.
This will allow you to view each student's mastery progress by skill. Each skill is associated with a standard, so you can use this report to record students' mastery of standards.(1 vote)
- How do I rest or erase progress in a pathway(1 vote)
- How do I upload assignments to google classroom.(1 vote)
- I want to assign different courses to different students in the same class...they get to choose which course to work on for enrichment. How can I make this happen?(1 vote)
- Hi Melissa,
Do you want to assign the entire course to them, or specific content from each course?
If you just want to assign an entire course to them (where they work on the content at their own pace and in their own order), then I suggest creating a Course Mastery Goal for them.
To do this, navigate to your class and go to Course Mastery --> Placement --> Create Goal. Make sure only that student's name is checked under the "Students" dropdown and select the appropriate course under the "Course" dropdown. If the course is not listed, you will need to click on "Edit courses" within the dropdown and add the desired course to your class.
You can find more information about mastery goals here: https://support.khanacademy.org/hc/en-us/articles/360030694212-How-do-I-set-and-view-Course-Mastery-Placements-Goals-(1 vote)
- I have the same question k22. How do i add too?(1 vote)
Video transcript
(upbeat music) - In this video, we're going to explore Khan Academy's mastery goal system. At Khan Academy, we're
committed to the concept of mastery learning, which is embodied in our mastery goal system. But what does mastery goal mean? Essentially, it is a
tool that allows teachers to establish and monitor
goals for their students, while also promoting self-paced learning. When we talk about master goals, we're referring to a student's ability to understand a subject thoroughly and do so at their own speed. Think of mastery goals as your student's personal learning map
in subjects like math or even our new digital SAT
reading and math courses. Course mastery covers a year worth of discoveries and learning. It's your student's long-term goal. Unit mastery, on the other hand, is like a treasure hunt
within the big adventure. It's all about finding
and mastering skills for just one unit at a time. It's your student's short-term goal. Let's walk through how to assign mastery goals to your students. When you log into Khan Academy, you'll land on the teacher dashboard. Click on the name of the class you want to create a mastery goal for. On the left-hand side navigation, go to the Mastery Goals
tab and click Assign. If you haven't done so already, add the on grade level
course you currently teach. Click the blue hyperlink, Edit Courses. Next, you'll be on the Course
Mastery Placement page. Click Create Course Goal. You can confirm your
assigned and desired goals to students by selecting Mastery Goals on the left-hand panel and
then selecting Progress. You will now see the current mastery goals assigned to students in your class and their progress
towards meeting that goal. Now, let's look a little closer at what students see in
terms of mastery goals. When students log into Khan Academy, they will be on their learner homepage. Each student will be
able to see their teacher or class name on the left-hand side. By clicking on the
class, students will see their mastery goals at
the top of their page. A student can click the goal at any time and continue from where they left off to make progress towards their goal. Students can also continue working towards their mastery goal on the iOS and Android apps as well. There are several ways
for students to practice. They can practice a single
concept at a time on an exercise or they could practice mixed
skills on a quiz, unit test, course challenge, or mastery challenge. As students get questions right, they move up from not started
to familiar to proficient. The top level is mastered. Students can only get to
mastered by getting to proficient and then getting that concept right again in a mixed-skill setting. Mastery challenges can
be used for spiral review and they're just six questions each. It will appear for each
student when they have reached familiar level on at least three skills and have reached proficiency
on at least one skill. The mastery challenge
refreshes every 12 hours. We do like to think of
this as a spiral review. Most teachers recommend having students start with a course
challenge or a specific unit test within the course. Students may navigate
to the course challenge in their account or teachers may assign the course challenge. This way, both students and teachers can quickly identify gaps and strengths in students' knowledge in order
to provide the right content and the right support at the right moment. Course challenges contain
30 questions and can be used as a pre-assessment, as well
as a progress monitoring tool. A mastery goal is considered achieved once a student reaches 80%
of their course mastery goal. We'll be diving deeper into
reports in a later session but let's take a look at where to find mastery progress for students. Starting at the teacher
dashboard, select a class. Select Mastery Goals from
the left navigation menu, then select Progress. This report shows student
progress on the assigned course. Khan Academy also has a skills report found under the Activity
tab to dive deeper into the individual
skill for a given course. On the skills report,
you can open any unit to get a quick view of how
students are progressing. By clicking on a specific skill, you'll be able to see the mastery level for every student for that skill. If you notice that several
students are struggling on a skill, you can assign
extra practice on that skill right here in the skills report. We'll talk more about
how to make assignments in a separate video. We hope this video helps you start using mastery goals with your students. (upbeat music)