{"id":6221,"date":"2014-05-22T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-05-22T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/blog\/cw_post\/iowa-goes-big-from-reservations-to-success\/"},"modified":"2020-02-05T12:52:18","modified_gmt":"2020-02-05T17:52:18","slug":"iowa-goes-big-from-reservations-to-success","status":"publish","type":"cw_post","link":"https:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/cw_post\/iowa-goes-big-from-reservations-to-success\/","title":{"rendered":"Iowa Goes BIG: From Reservations to Success"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>This blog was originally posted May 20, 2014 at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.educateiowa.gov\/article\/2014\/05\/20\/competency-based-education-next-level-learning\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Iowa Department of Education<\/a>. Be sure to watch the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xpRhalH-Uvc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">video about BIG<\/a> &#8212; it&#8217;s really fun and <a href=\"https:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/iowa_de-150x150.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1535\" alt=\"iowa_de-150x150\" src=\"https:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/iowa_de-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>interesting<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\">There is no particular formula for successful competency-based education (CBE). Programs vary from in-school coursework where the student learns at his or her own pace to internships and project-oriented work.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Ideally, students could choose which path to take since they have different preferences in the way they learn, said Iowa Department of Education Consultant Sandra Dop.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome students might choose one type of learning over another,\u201d she said. \u201cFor instance, a student might want a specific learning environment for gaining proficiency in a particular subject, but another learning environment to demonstrate proficiency in another area.\u00a0 All of this is negotiated with the teacher.\u00a0 Kim Carter of QED Foundation calls it, \u2018negotiated pace with gradual release,\u2019 meaning that the students are not completely on their own to set a pace, and they slowly take over their learning as they develop the skills to do so. \u201d<!--more-->Dop said CBE has less to do with the academic pace of students but rather ensuring students know what they are supposed to learn.<\/p>\n<p>Elizabeth Sturms approached CBE with caution and doubt. Two years ago as a junior in Muscatine, she was invited to help design a model for her district.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had reservations at first,\u201d said Elizabeth, who is now a freshman at the University of Iowa.<br \/>\n\u201cI was used to the conventional approach where the teacher is at the front of the room giving\u00a0 information to the students.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She soon saw it differently. By her senior year, she was fully engaged in CBE.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne of the coolest things for me is that I could get through my work a little faster than other students,\u201d Elizabeth said. \u201cIt also was cool seeing students who took a little more time and not being penalized for it. In my government class, since we had our own time to show our understanding of the concept, we could finish the concept earlier and develop a project to show our understanding of the subject.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Were there any long-lasting benefits? Elizabeth gives an unqualified \u201cyes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe CBE courses really paid off in college,\u201d she said. \u201cWithin the first couple weeks as a freshman, having that CBE background really gave me confidence and enabled me to go headstrong into student organizations and projects. CBE is a great foundation for university-level thinking and problem-solving.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","mapsvg_location":""},"legacy_category":[82],"issue":[385,377],"location":[113],"class_list":["post-6221","cw_post","type-cw_post","status-publish","hentry","legacy_category-uncategorized","issue-redefine-student-success","issue-state-policy","location-iowa"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Iowa Goes BIG: From Reservations to Success - Aurora Institute<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/cw_post\/iowa-goes-big-from-reservations-to-success\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Iowa Goes BIG: From Reservations to Success - Aurora Institute\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"This blog was originally posted May 20, 2014 at the Iowa Department of Education. 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