The experiment was done multiple times in two subject areas and with students in grades 4, 5, and 8 Over a 3-week period, students were randomly assigned to one of these three groups
Conventional: 30 students in a class are taught the subject matter by a teacher; students are given periodic tests. Mastery Learning: Same as Conventional, but with additional formative assessments and feedback to determine the extent to which students have mastered the topic. Tutoring: Groups of 1-3 students are taught by a tutor over the 3-week period and given the same assessments as the Mastery Learning group. The difference final achievement measures was significant:
The average Mastery student scored higher than 84% of the Conventional students (this is a 1 Sigma or one standard deviation improvement) The average Tutored student scored higher than 98% of the Conventional students (this is the 2 Sigma improvement from the title) |
what is mastery learning?
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Science
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Technology
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Engineering
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Mathematics
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Empowerment
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