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Instructional strategy and educational philosophy
Mastery learning is an instructional strategy and educational philosophy that emphasizes the importance of students achieving a high level of competence in prerequisite knowledge before moving on to new material. This approach involves providing students with individualized support and repeated opportunities to demonstrate mastery through assessments. If a student does not initially achieve mastery, they receive additional instruction and support until they do. Mastery learning is based on the idea that all students can learn effectively with appropriate instruction and sufficient time, and it contrasts with traditional teaching methods that often focus on covering a set amount of material within a fixed timeframe, regardless of individual student needs. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Mastery learningA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Simulation-based mastery learning in gastrointestinal endoscopy trainingInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Help seeking in academic settingsThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Mastery LearningCited 251 times
- Go sideways: Differentiated instructionA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Keller PlanA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Noun A teaching philosophy stating that students must achieve a level of mastery in each topic (e.g. 90% in a test) before moving on to further topics.
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Mastery Learning
Mastery Learning Reconsidered
Setting Mastery Learning Standards
Power, Mastery And Organizational Learning
Learning Theory Foundations of Simulation-Based Mastery Learning
A Practical Review of Mastery Learning
Mastery Learning
Time, Equality, and Mastery Learning
🆕 Influential since 2022
Simulation-based mastery learning in gastrointestinal endoscopy training
Simulation-Based Mastery Learning to Facilitate Transition to Nursing Practice
Simulation-Based Mastery Learning Curriculum Development Workbook
Cost of simulation-based mastery learning for abdominal ultrasound
Mastery versus invention learning: impacts on future learning of simulated procedural skills
📚 Books worth reading
Help seeking in academic settingsStuart A. Karabenick, Richard S. Newman · 2006
Strategic help seekingStuart A. Karabenick · 1998
Fires in the mindKathleen Cushman · 2010
Implementing mastery learningThomas R. Guskey · 1985
Organizing classrooms for small group instructionCarolyn M. Lawrence · 2006- 📕Individualizzare l'istruzioneVincenzo Bonazza · 2006
- 📕Multicultural applications of mastery learningGüzver Yıldıran · 2006
- 📕Suktal ŭi chŏngch'esŏngMi-ae Kwŏn · 2021
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