Mastery Learning
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Title
Mastery Learning
Abstract/Description
Over the last four decades, few programs have been implemented as broadly or evaluated as thoroughly as those associated with mastery learning. This article describes how mastery learning originated and the essential elements involved in its implementation. It discusses the improvements in student learning that typically result from the use of mastery learning and how this strategy provides practical solutions to a variety of persistent instructional problems. Finally it explains the common misinterpretations of mastery learning and summarizes the results of research on its effects.
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Date
Editor
Pages
752-759
Publisher
Elsevier
Resource type
Background/Context
Medium
Print
Background/context type
Conceptual
Open access/free-text available
Yes
Peer reviewed
Yes
ISBN
978-0-08-097087-5
Citation
Guskey, T. R. (2015). Mastery Learning. In J. D. Wright (Ed.), International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences (pp. 752–759). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-08-097086-8.26039-X
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