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ENGAGEMENT
“There are several types/categories of engagement – academic,
cognitive, intellectual, institutional, emotional, behavioral,
social, psychological, to name a few.”
Parsons, J., & Taylor, L. (2011). Student Engagement: What do we know
and what should we do? University Partners (pp 3). University of Alberta.
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The Four Stages of Mastery
COMPETENCE
CONSCIOUSNESS
“I don’t know what I
don’t know.”
Unconsciously
Incompetent
1
Count how many candies there are.
Student Might Be Thinking:
“I’ll count the candies.”
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Count how many candies there are.
Student Might Be Thinking:
“I’ll count the candies.”
The Four Stages of Mastery
COMPETENCE
CONSCIOUSNESS
“I don’t know what I
don’t know.”
Unconsciously
Incompetent
1
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
Answer & Justification:
“I counted each candy and there are 21 total.”
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The Four Stages of Mastery
COMPETENCE
CONSCIOUSNESS
1
2 Consciously
Incompetent
“I know what I
don’t know.”
Count how many candies there are.
Student Might Be Thinking:
“I know I’m supposed to multiply, but I’m not sure how.”
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The Four Stages of Mastery
COMPETENCE
CONSCIOUSNESS
1
2 Consciously
Incompetent
“I know what I
don’t know.”
Count how many candies there are.
Student Might Be Thinking:
“I know I’m supposed to multiply, but I’m not sure how.”
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
Answer & Justification:
“I counted each candy and there are 21 total.”
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The Four Stages of Mastery
COMPETENCE
CONSCIOUSNESS
1
2 3
Consciously
Competent
“I grow and I know;
it starts to show.”
Count how many candies there are.
Student Might Be Thinking:
Answer & Justification:
“I see 7 groups of 3 candies.”
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The Four Stages of Mastery
COMPETENCE
CONSCIOUSNESS
1
2 3
Consciously
Competent
“I grow and I know;
it starts to show.”
Count how many candies there are.
Student Might Be Thinking:
Answer & Justification:
“I see 7 groups of 3 candies.”
“I added 3 candies, 7 times. There are 21 total candies.”
3 6 9 12 15 18 21
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The Four Stages of Mastery
COMPETENCE
CONSCIOUSNESS
1
2 3
Consciously
Competent
“I grow and I know;
it starts to show.”
Count how many candies there are.
Student Might Be Thinking:
Answer & Justification:
“I see 3 groups of 7 candies.”
“I added 7 candies, 3 times. There are 21 total candies.”
7
14
21
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Count how many candies there are.
Student Might Be Thinking:
“There are 3 groups of 7 candies.”
Answer & Justification:
“There are 21 candies because 7 times 3 is 21.
The Four Stages of Mastery
COMPETENCE
CONSCIOUSNESS
1
2 3
4
Unconsciously
Competent
“I simply go because
of what I know.”
7
3