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Lesson 7: Safety, privacy, and additional resourcesMastery challenges in Course mastery - 2020
What are Mastery challenges?
Mastery challenges are a way for students to review and practice previous-learned skills in a course. They also provide another way, beyond Unit tests and Course challenges, for students to level up or down in currently Proficient skills.
Why Mastery challenges?
Mastery challenges highlight opportunities for students to engage in personalized, spaced repetition of the skills students have already started practicing. Research shows that spiraling skills over time and across lessons is a key component to minimizing student learning loss and improving knowledge retention.
Where can students find Mastery challenges?
Mastery challenges aren’t always available to students; they are unlocked when a student meets the following conditions:
- They have reached the Familiar level for at least 3 skills in the given course,
- They have reached the Proficient level for at least 1 skill in the given course, and
- It’s been 12 hours or more since they last started a Mastery challenge (or they have never started one).
Once unlocked, Mastery challenges are found on the main Course page of mastery-enabled courses.
Note: Mastery challenges are currently only available in Math courses.
Mastery challenges are available on the Khan Academy mobile app as well! Be sure to update to version 7.02 on Android and iOS.
What type of questions will students see?
Mastery challenges always consist of 6 questions that review 3 skills. Mastery challenges are personalized to each student, reviewing skills that the student has worked on across the entire course.
Mastery challenges review 3 skills in each challenge, devoting 2 questions to each skill:
- If a student answers both questions correctly, they level up in that skill.
- If a student answers both questions incorrectly, they level down in that skill
- If a student answers 1 question correctly and 1 question incorrectly, their level remains the same for that skill.
Mastery challenge questions are randomized, so students won't necessarily answer questions for each skill consecutively.
How long do students have to complete a Mastery challenge?
Students don't have to complete a Mastery challenge in one sitting; once started, students have 12 hours to complete a Mastery challenge, or the challenge will reset with updated skills based on a re-evaluation of student progress. Students also can only complete one Mastery challenge per course per 12-hour period.
How can teachers view students progress on Mastery challenges?
As a teacher, you can view a student’s work on a Mastery challenge by viewing the individual student report.
The activity will display as a Mastery challenge in the activity column. As with other activities, you will be able to see the date the student completed the Mastery challenge, levels and level changes for the skills assessed, the correct/total problems and time spent.
Can I assign Mastery challenges to my students?
No, Mastery challenges are not assignable to students. Each Mastery challenge is specifically curated to meet the individual student’s needs based on their current skill levels and time since their last activity with the given skills.
Want to join the conversation?
From above:
"Once unlocked, Mastery Challenges are found on the main Course page of mastery-enabled courses."
1- What happens to the Mastery Challenge, should the student not select the Mastery Challenge? In other words, is there time component that requires a student to both check for a Mastery Challenge and attempt that Mastery Challenge?
2- Can the Mastery Challenge be assigned (and therefore "required") by the teacher?
Thanks,
Chuck(25 votes)
Hi Chuck,
Great questions!
1. As noted above, the student has the option to select or not select the Mastery Challenge on the course homepage. Students don't have to complete a Mastery Challenge in one sitting; once started, students have 12 hours to complete a Mastery Challenge, or the challenge will reset with updated skills based on a re-evaluation of student progress. Students also can only complete one Mastery Challenge per course per 12-hour period. If the student chooses not to select the Mastery Challenge, the same rules apply. The Mastery Challenge will reset with updated skills based on a re-evaluation of student progress after 12 hours.
2. Mastery Challenges are not assignable to students as each Mastery Challenge is specifically curated to meet the individual student’s needs based on their current skill levels and time since last activity with the given skills.(4 votes)
When will mastery challenges become available to other courses?(5 votes)
They new ones will slowly get added. If you're talking about missions, It will be removed June 30 2020(4 votes)
How do I know what my student profile is. I set up multiple profiles and I’m not sure which one is his. And I don’t know how to delete the others.(5 votes)
How do I change a due date on an assignment I've pushed out to a class?(5 votes)
I have completed several Mastery Challenges. One of the badges I can earn is to complete a Mastery Challenge. Why is it not showing up that I have earned that badge?(4 votes)- The badge was probably deleted in the new Khan Academy update.(2 votes)
- Do the students have to take a test or anything to get started on the Mastery Challenge. How will Khan know where to start?
None of my students have started anything in Khan Academy yet.
Jamie(3 votes)- Hi Jamie!
Mastery Challenges aren’t always available to students; they are unlocked when a student meets the following conditions:
They have reached the Familiar level for at least 3 skills in the given course,
They have reached the Proficient level for at least 1 skill in the given course, and
It’s been 12 hours or more since they last started a Mastery Challenge (or they have never started one).
Once unlocked, Mastery Challenges are found on the main Course page of mastery-enabled courses. Hope this helps!(4 votes)
I am not a teacher, but I am wondering how you see how many skills you have mastered. I am trying to earn a few of the 'Sun' badges. Can anyone help?(3 votes)
Under Learner Home, click on progress.(1 vote)
is there more mastery challenges(3 votes)- I have assigned, "Getting ready for 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade" I am having the students take the Course Challenge Test to start. If they get in the 90 percetile or higher, for example in 3rd grade, should they move onto 4th grade or should they build up their mastery points?(3 votes)
how do I get the aqualines? I've mastered over 20 skills in course mastery and yet am unable to go past the aqualine droplet.(2 votes)- I just fixed it: Press dat button that says "Check for new badges and avatars". I skipped straight to max aqualine(2 votes)