{"id":4560,"date":"2010-05-03T10:11:22","date_gmt":"2010-05-03T14:11:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=4560"},"modified":"2010-05-03T11:07:22","modified_gmt":"2010-05-03T15:07:22","slug":"adaptive-learning-putting-an-idea-into-practice-at-the-school-of-one-from-educationnext-org","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2010\/05\/03\/adaptive-learning-putting-an-idea-into-practice-at-the-school-of-one-from-educationnext-org\/","title":{"rendered":"Adaptive learning: Putting an idea into practice at the School of One &#8212; from EducationNext.org"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/educationnext.org\/adaptive-learning-putting-an-idea-into-practice-at-the-school-of-one\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Adaptive learning: Putting an idea into practice at the School of One<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from EducationNext.org by Paul E. Peterson<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Time magazine touted \u201cthe School of One\u201d as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.time.com\/time\/specials\/packages\/article\/0,28804,1934027_1934003_1933977,00.html\" target=\"_blank\">one of the 50 top innovations of 2009<\/a>\u2014the only educational innovation to be given that honor.  As described in Time, \u201c<strong>each day, students in the School of One are given a unique lesson plan \u2014 a \u2018daily playlist\u2019\u2014 tailored to their learning style and rate of progress that includes a mix of virtual tutoring, in-class instruction and educational video games<\/strong><em> (emphasis DSC).<\/em><strong>\u201d<\/strong> I stopped by a New York City middle school using  the School of One last week to see how new technologies that help teachers adapt to each student\u2019s learning level actually work in practice.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Educators, like designers, can benefit from identifying the student  price point, the material the student is now ready and prepared to  learn.\u00a0 With adaptive testing technologies now available, schools can  quickly and efficiently obtain weekly, perhaps daily, information on  what a student knows. Teaching can zero in on the price point, so the  student is not given something that is either too advanced or too  repetitive of what he or she already knows.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">School of One takes this idea one step further by also trying to  identify student interests and learning styles as well.\u00a0 If a boy is a  Little Leaguer; then baseball statistics may be the best way to teach  math.\u00a0 If a girl plays volleyball, the examples can be modified  accordingly.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3441\" title=\"like-a-mechanic-daniel-s-christian\" src=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/like-a-mechanic-daniel-s-christian.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/like-a-mechanic-daniel-s-christian.jpg 525w, http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/like-a-mechanic-daniel-s-christian-150x85.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Adaptive learning: Putting an idea into practice at the School of One &#8212; from EducationNext.org by Paul E. Peterson Time magazine touted \u201cthe School of One\u201d as one of the 50 top innovations of 2009\u2014the only educational innovation to be given that honor. 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