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Mastery

LEVEL 1

Mastery

LEVEL 2

Mastery

LEVEL 3

Mastery

LEVEL 4

Mastery

LEVEL 5

BASIC KNOWLEDGE

Entry Level Skills

BASIC UNDERSTANDING

Supplemental

APPLIED

UNDERSTANDING

Integration

REAL WORLD DISCOVERY

Competent

GLOBAL

INTEGRATION

Innovation

Can state a rule or concept from memory Can Use Knowledge in guided practice Knowledge is Useful in Assisting Learner in Experiential Tasks Categories of Knowledge assist the learner in discovering new concepts through experiences. Understanding multiple  systems (classifications of knowledge), the learner can synthesize and/or evaluate intersystem concepts and/or create new products or processes.
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Learner is able to recite rule, "jingle", poem, or site word. Learner knows to apply rule to a set of math problems given by the teacher for this particular unit. Learner can choose from a variety of rules and understands which rule is appropriate to solve specific problems. The learner discovers that previously understood concepts can be applied to new situations. The learner is able to formulate and/or rediscover concepts from observation or experiences, even if the memorized rule has been forgotten.  The learner can apply global concepts between systems and create new products or processes.
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While reading a story orally in class the learner is able to correctly recognize and pronounce a new vocabulary word in the text. The teaching unit has been on "area of a rectangle". The learner is able to correctly utilize the area of a rectangle formula on a math quiz. A student building a fence discovers by creating two right angles, and two adjacent fence sections the same length, the fenced area is square. After learning about dynamic weather patterns during an El Niņo year, the student formulates theories for weather cycles during La Niņa years. Upon examination of the binary number system and the decimal number system, the learner can formulate and explain the basic concepts shared by all number systems.  The learner  can create an imaginary number system and develop logic for that system.
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While learning the alphabet, a learner can correctly identify letters on a keyboard. The learner is able to correctly utilize the "cut and paste" feature of a computer application. After a student has researched a topic and  created a report as a word processing document, he/she  merges the information into a desktop publishing package to create a flyer about the subject to distribute to the PTA. After successfully producing a Powerpoint presentation, a  student discovers how to produce presentation slides for the WWW  using HTML source code and researching information about Powepoint on the internet. An advanced student initiates and moderates  a BBS (Bulletin Board Service) or electronic forum for the community as a part of a service project.

An advanced student creates a professional quality math tutorial  in a programming language that provides multimedia simulations & tracks student progress.

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