Increase the use of feedback and correctives through mastery learning procedures¶

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Description¶

An implementable teaching activity: structure instruction so that frequent formative tests give students evidence about their learning, and follow each test with correctives and relearning opportunities before moving on. The authors argue that "mastery learning is a convenient and practical means of increasing the use of feedback and correctives in the average classroom," and that the "feedback/corrective cycle provides students with evidence about their learning and an opportunity to relearn the ideas" they have not understood. They identify this cycle, not rote procedures, as mastery learning's active ingredient.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Instructors must administer frequent formative tests and provide corrective activities tied to their results
• Students must be given time and opportunity to relearn material before proceeding to new content

Constraints¶

Target Learners¶

• community college students in any course field

Target Learning Goals¶

• increasing student achievement and course outcomes

Related Strategies¶

• Low Stakes Quizzing
• Timely Feedback
• Low Stakes Testing

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• Bonczar, Thomas P., & Easton, John Q. (1983). The Effect of Mastery Learning on Student Achievement. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED238505