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The term 'learning progression' is commonly used in two ways:

  • a description of how a learner progresses in their learning in some topic over time
  • a hypothetical teaching scheme to be used by teachers to help learners progress in a topic over an extended period (usually multiple grade levels)

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Author: Keith

Former school and college science teacher, teacher educator, research supervisor, and research methods lecturer. Emeritus Professor of Science Education at the University of Cambridge.