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David Goldberg, CEO david@csmlearn (303) 862-7233

M. C. C. S. Core Skills Mastery. David Goldberg, CEO david@csmlearn.com (303) 862-7233. What do you need to succeed in college?. Capable, confident, adaptable student. Core math & literacy. Independent learning (by reading). Personal traits. Persistence Carefulness

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David Goldberg, CEO david@csmlearn (303) 862-7233

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  1. M C C S Core Skills Mastery David Goldberg, CEO david@csmlearn.com (303) 862-7233

  2. What do you need to succeed in college? Capable, confident, adaptable student Core math & literacy Independent learning (by reading) Personal traits • Persistence • Carefulness • Self-reliance • Confidence Problem-solving & thinking skills

  3. Core Skills Mastery -- CSM • Web-based course • Adaptive learning / computer guided • Online or classroom • Course free for everyone • Including teacher support & professional development • Certificate available for students who complete CSM

  4. CSM curriculum has two parts • CSM Course • Integrated math, literacy & problem-solving • 10-80 hours • Optional: Challenge Problems • Advanced problem-solving & thinking skills • Cultural capital and life skills • 10’s of hours

  5. CSM curriculum • Integration of math and literacy • Depth of knowledge; fluency; intuitions • Workforce contexts • Everyday usefulness • Units, including length, weight and volume, English/metric, conversions • In-depth proof-reading • Hierarchical structure of documents • Detailed requirements (logical AND/OR) • Inference, categories, default categories • Complex tables and graphs • Mental math & estimation • Problem analysis through keywords • Relevant parameters for problem-solving • Sequencing of tasks (forward, backward, linear and tree) • Rates, proportions and ratios • Averages, and use in prediction • Complex time schedules • Basic financial calculations • Information extraction from texts

  6. Curriculum orientation Decision-making, supervisor level skills Not low-skill entry-level work College graduation and success Notcollege-prep

  7. Focus of CSM instruction Teaching students skills Teaching students how to learn skills on their own …through reading

  8. CSM requires a high level of mastery • In most educational technology, mastery is: • a 1 in 5 chance of guessing it right • a 60% passing grade • On the job, the only acceptable grade is “A” • Want students to learn about A-level work • How you do it • That you can do it • How good it feels

  9. Building persistence, self-reliance, confidence, etc. • Trainees always learn on their own • Maintain rhythm: hard effort • Consistent and meaningful positive feedback • Protect students from learned helplessness success

  10. One course, many applications • Secondary schools • 8th/9th grade HS prep; 11th/12th grade math elective; college-prep classes • Adult education • GED; college transition • Workforce education • CTE foundational skills; core workforce academic skills • College • Dev ed; college success classes; co-requisite foundational skills classes; scholarship • Businesses • General skills upgrades; “right stuff””right skills”

  11. CSM-driven “Community Uplift”in Washington, DC • Simultaneously address skills issues at all levels at once • Schools, adult, workforce, college, business • CSM Certificate communicates college and workforce success skills • Colleges and businesses provide incentives • Everyone provides certificate holders • Self-sustaining growth • Positive-feedback of supply and demand • No heavy-handed coordination • No additional resources • Multiple partners, and looking for more

  12. CSM • Free course • Free professional development and support • Low-cost certificate • Capable, confident, adaptable students … who can succeed at college • Deep math and literacy • Problem-solving and thinking • Independent learning (through reading) • Persistence, carefulness, self-efficacy, confidence

  13. How to start Learn more… www.csmlearn.com Contact me… david@csmlearn.com

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