The bullet-points below provide a very brief introduction. For more information, visit www.csmlearn.com, or contact David Goldberg at david@apprion.org / (303) 862-7233.
Core Skills Mastery (CSM)
CSM addresses academic skills deficits in many
contexts
· Secondary schools, colleges, CTE, workforce development (emerging,
transitional, incumbent), adult education, corporate training
· Develops vibrant, active, confident learners who can succeed at
academics, make decisions and climb career ladders
CSM is a free course for skills that matter in school and the workplace
·
Instruction for all aspects of high-performance
education and work:
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Fills in gaps, provides immediate boost
to adult math & literacy skills
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Teaches advanced
problem-solving and thinking skills to the college level
o
Enhances ability to
learn independently
o Builds self-motivation, persistence, confidence
· Web-based assessment and instruction
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Students are directed
by computer to learn at their own pace
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Approximately 15-60
hours for Core Instruction (math, literacy, problem-solving)
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Up to 60 hours of optional
Challenge Problems (advanced problem-solving and thinking skills)
· CSM is highly scalable, with embedded, continuous instructor
preparation and assistance
· Curriculum scope:
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Adapts to students of
many levels, from as low as primary math and middle school literacy to adults
with strong preparation who need brush-up and deepening of skills
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Focuses on depth,
intuition and fluency in math and literacy to pre-algebra levels, then climbs
to college-level problem-solving and thinking skills
· CSM is free for most non-profit applications (e.g. schools,
colleges, CBO’s), and low-cost for others
CSM is a new form of training that addresses the “whole student”
· Balances remediation and advanced material for each student
· Tightly integrates literacy and math instruction
· Monitors learning and attitude issues to drive highly-differentiated
instruction aimed at increasing students’ persistence, carefulness, confidence,
motivation, and learning strategies
· Analyzes and responds to specific student thinking errors
· Keeps students at their zone of proximal development where
learning is fastest and most rewarding
· Ensures durable mastery of learned skills
· Builds learning meta-cognition by reporting to students and instructors
on the success of individual student’s learning strategies (e.g. what they read
and when they read it, carefulness, etc.)
· Teaches problem-solving as a separate discipline
· Builds critical thinking using a variety of workplace contexts
CSM embeds instructor assistance that encourages strategic intervention
· Supports intervention based on a holistic view of students (thinking,
learning, attitudes)
· Provides individual student narratives that include: observations
of the student, interpretations of student thinking, learning,
affect/behavior, and suggested interventions
· Emphasizes positive reinforcement (e.g. linking what a student did
to the success it engendered)
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