Mastery Learning is simply the idea that students need to master a skill before moving on to harder content. ScootPad harnesses the power behind Mastery Learning and the Personalized System of Instruction to transform student learning. As an example, if a student has not mastered addition and subtraction, then multiplication and subsequently division will be impossible. Even though teaching must continue, failure to address these learning gaps in a timely fashion creates a larger gap in the future. In ScootPad, the student who has not mastered addition and subtraction will have content automatically scaffolded to help them move forward independently.

Which concepts are you teaching? Which concepts do you want your students to master? The scope and sequence of the curriculum a student must master, is what ScootPad defines as the Learning Path. We offer them pre-built for textbooks such as Go Math!, Bridges and enVision Math, Common Core, Engage NY, and multiple state and international standards. Get started easily by quickly assigning one of these pre-built paths or customize your own path to better align with your pacing or curriculum guides.

The Personalized Placement is automatically assigned once your classroom is set up. This assessment is powered by our proprietary K-8 Knowledge Map and will place your student at the perfect spot in the Learning Path. ScootPad checks your students’ knowledge in each independent concept before moving to other dependent concepts across their entire learning path. This ensures that each student can get a jump start, launch their adaptive practice where they need help the most and can continue mastering skills at their own pace.

4. Immediate Feedback and Just-In-Time Instruction

A key component of Mastery Learning is the ability for your students to receive timely feedback and instruction at their own pace. This is accomplished in ScootPad through an immediate feedback loop incorporating Instructional Lessons.  Students will receive immediate feedback for each question. If an incorrect response is given, students can see the correct answer and launch an on-demand lesson to learn it right then and there. Time-Out Lessons are also automatically pushed to the student during practice, giving students the opportunity to review and learn a concept when they start to struggle.

5. Queue the Automatic Mastery Check Assessments

How will you know if your students have mastered the concepts? Introducing the Mastery Check, strategically spaced quick assessments automatically delivered to your students within their adaptive practice sessions. Each Mastery Check session gives students the opportunity to show the knowledge retained from previously practiced concepts. As concepts are passed in the session, their status changes to “Mastered”. If the student misses the concept, it is tagged as “Practice In-Progress” and will be queued/spiraled for more practice.