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Learning Sciences at Khan Academy#

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Focuses on three big topics

  • Mastery Learning

    Student continues to work on a skill until they are able to "consistently apply it across multiple problems before moving onto the next skill". An example where a fixed schedule of topics can cause issues. Leading to gaps, which accumulate and cause issues.

  • Practice with feedback

    Practice with feedback leads to greater learning. With much work done on the type of feedback that helps.

  • Motivation

    Learning is hard, requires sustained effort, often to overcome obstacles. Mentions Expectancy-Value Theory as a guide.