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CEO @LambdaSchool (YC S17): A CS education that's free until you get a job. I have made remarks that I do not agree with.

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    Austen Allred‏Verified account @AustenAllred Mar 31

    Last month we launched something at Lambda School called “mastery based progression,” where if a student doesn’t grasp material he or she can simply repeat that week in a small group, led by a paid, graduated student. The extra practice does wonders, for both sets of students.pic.twitter.com/VhMnhp33ft

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      2. Austen Allred‏Verified account @AustenAllred Mar 31

        Importantly, this represents one tiny aspect of how flexible education can be. Every education I’ve ever experienced before Lambda would have just move on and left students perpetually more confused.

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      3. Austen Allred‏Verified account @AustenAllred Mar 31

        It turns out most of the reason we educate the way we do is a result of a broken cost and incentive structure. The internet + aligned incentives lets us blow all that up.

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      2. Marty Nelson‏ @martypdx Mar 31
        Replying to @AustenAllred

        That’s pretty cool. How do you manage the spread of students across many “weeks” of material?

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      3. Austen Allred‏Verified account @AustenAllred Mar 31
        Replying to @martypdx

        At a certain point the notion of cohorts mostly goes away, you just have students working on different weeks with instructors spread out

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      4. Marty Nelson‏ @martypdx Mar 31
        Replying to @AustenAllred

        The “social obligation” factor of being a cohort can be highly motivating. Also hard to judge students having a true bad week (which can be disastrous in a cohort model) versus being uncomfortable and resistant to growth.

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      5. Austen Allred‏Verified account @AustenAllred Mar 31
        Replying to @martypdx

        Our cohorts are very large, so there are still solid groups. And it’s based on an assessment we call a “sprint challenge” so it’s objective

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      2. Mitchell Wakefield 🕵️‍♂️‏ @wakefield00 Apr 1
        Replying to @AustenAllred

        Sounds very similar to @42born2code

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      3. Austen Allred‏Verified account @AustenAllred Apr 1
        Replying to @wakefield00 @42born2code

        Kinda not really

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      4. Mitchell Wakefield 🕵️‍♂️‏ @wakefield00 Apr 1
        Replying to @AustenAllred @42born2code

        Regardless, you are working on a great mission! 👍💯

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      2. Yves Muya-Benda‏ @yvesmuyabenda Mar 31
        Replying to @AustenAllred

        My curiosity is what attention is spent on the process that the students apply in attempting to master the material. Setting it out might make student failures less likely, while also giving future instructors a clear framework from which to assess and guide students.

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      3. Yves Muya-Benda‏ @yvesmuyabenda Mar 31
        Replying to @yvesmuyabenda @AustenAllred

        Too if you clarified the weakneses in the procesess, you could either/and test for them coming in, or create remedial material which addresses them. Some folk because of prior experiences do not have much of a concept of "mastery based" learning/teaching.

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      4. Austen Allred‏Verified account @AustenAllred Mar 31
        Replying to @yvesmuyabenda

        Yup. Have a team working on all of that.

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      5. Yves Muya-Benda‏ @yvesmuyabenda Mar 31
        Replying to @AustenAllred

        Cool!

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      6. Yves Muya-Benda‏ @yvesmuyabenda Mar 31
        Replying to @yvesmuyabenda @AustenAllred

        By the way, here is a book on C you might find interesting: http://aop.cs.cornell.edu/  It is unique for how it builds up mental models of computation as it goes along, including the mental model it presents for pointers. It is what I will use when I eventually get round to C.

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      7. Yves Muya-Benda‏ @yvesmuyabenda Mar 31
        Replying to @yvesmuyabenda @AustenAllred

        Too it presents one of the few models of problem-solving within programming, that I have found to be useful.

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      2. Travis Mix‏ @travisamix Mar 31
        Replying to @AustenAllred @LambdaSchool

        where was this when I decided to waste 70k on a normal school for cs?

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      3. Travis Mix‏ @travisamix Mar 31
        Replying to @travisamix @AustenAllred @LambdaSchool

        The sad thing is I spent 70k and didnt learn anything except for that we all came from monkeys or possibly fish, and that hemp is great for the environment. Everything else I already knew #EducationUSA

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      1. Andrea Baumann Kim‏ @andrea4animals Apr 1
        Replying to @AustenAllred @LambdaSchool

        This is a great idea. Thank you for improving education.

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      1. Scott Lindner‏ @lindscot Apr 1
        Replying to @AustenAllred

        We are looking to connect with other schools pursuing mastery and competency based progression. Here’s what we’re thinking https://www.wab.edu/learn/flow21  @nat_atherton @johndarcy

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      1. Gad Allon‏ @g_allon Mar 31
        Replying to @AustenAllred

        Love the idea. I try to use online resources for that purpose in my on campus class. Will try to do something similar next time around.

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