Self Paced Teaching?

Question

I was wondering what people thought about self-paced learning?
Personally, I think it is a great idea. Instead of a whole group of people learning at one general level, each student can learn at their own pace. I suppose that is why students are either promoted or held back. I suggest that intead of using that method, I suggest using other methods to give the student an opportunity to never get a grade less than an A, the more they repeat, the more they are apt to get a better grade, plus their would be incentives to accomplish more, instead of the deterring effects of not accomplishing tasks in a timely manner.

I remember back in school, we would read a small section, then answer some questions. We raced to finish thes in order to finish first and go to recess. That meant getting a passing grade and believe me, we did whatever we could to get to recess early.

P.S. I created a windows program that does just what I was referring to and is totally free of charge. The $ is all in the development of the quizzes, which I, as a programmer can't afford to do.
I am not shamelessly self promoting my program, but it just a reference to what I mean and wouldn't hurt my ego if it was used to help others.

http://www.hollandprojects.net/Project_MFC/Project_Teacher/Project_Teacher.htm

Answer 1

hmmmmm.....no one answering. as a former teacher, I think all kids should be able to learn at their own pace. there aren't enough teachers in public schools to do it right. the drawback with letting a student go at their own pace is that some aren't motivated enough to go at any pace and never learn. a good teacher can motivate most kids to learn as much as they can.