Making Self-Paced Learning Work for Younger Kids

This differentiation approach frees teachers up to meet students’ needs. The result? Students only tackle material they’re ready for, and all students achieve mastery.
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Learn more about this approach from the nonprofit organization The Modern Classrooms Project (www.modernclassrooms.org/), which offers many resources for student-centered blended learning, including a free online course (learn.modernclassrooms.org/).
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[@mohsinapatel2439]

Congrats to Modern Classrooms Project educators 👏 This is awesome!

[@myrnadiaz1772]

Amazing! Goals for this year!

[@poonamrishi]

This is just awesome 👏👏

[@Echo2]

I love this model.

[@lakshmikumari5190]

Soooooooopr!! Thankyou very much for sharing. 🤝

[@mrsshelton226]

I'd love to learn how to implement this model in my classroom.

[@christinebarford7966]

We have a free course you can take as a starting point: learn.modernclassrooms.org/, or email us at [e-mail]!

[@mireille2846]

How do you organize your road map? I'd like to know more!

[@edutopia]

There's a companion article to the video, which you can find here: www.edutopia.org/article/self-paced-learning-early-elementary-grades
Also, we recommend taking a look at the links in the description. The Modern Classrooms Project has a ton of resources on making self-paced learning work for students.

[@shaundrastraughter237]

I'd love to know whether or not the road maps are personalized based on student interests and ability.

[@laurabradley5678]

The teacher in the video told me: "No, my roadmaps are not personalized for each student, but that is an interesting idea. In my classroom, each student receives the same roadmap to guide them through each journey. However, what becomes personalized is their journey. Some will complete all activities, some will complete only Must Do activities. Some are given the opportunity to decide if they’d like to complete Should Do or Aspire to Do activities. What is also unique for each student is where they work, with whom they collaborate during our lesson block, and how much teacher support they have in a given day. When my students do reach math mastery, there is a lot more student choice available in terms of how they will enrich themselves. They may choose to complete additional teacher planned activities, some decide to become helpers for their peers, coaching them through completion of activities, and some even try making their own instructional videos based on what they have learned!"

[@itasaz3706]

How would this set up look in a ELA classes?

[@christinebarford7966]

Hi Ita! We'd encourage you to sign up for our free course: learn.modernclassrooms.org/ or check out our exemplars page for more content-specific examples: www.modernclassrooms.org/exemplars