Since I am trying very hard to limit grades in my entrepreneurship class, I have been focusing on reflection followed by feedback as a way to make sure learners know where they are in their learning. As a proficiency-based class, I think that reflection is a key component of the assessment process. Unfortunately, students have a very difficult time writing …
Project-Based Meets Proficiency-Based Learning
This year, I was very lucky to have the opportunity to teach entrepreneurship. I used the opportunity to experiment and reflect on proficiency-based assessment as it relates to project-based learning. The driving question for this semester long course was what businesses make the best Shark Tank pitches? This overarching idea was broken into four parts. I developed a learning scale …