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Synthesis of Research On The Effects of Mastery Learning in Eleme
Synthesis of Research On The Effects of Mastery Learning in Eleme
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5-1986
Sally L. Gates
University of Kentucky
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Commons, and the Secondary Education Commons
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Published in Educational Leadership, v. 43, issue 8, p. 73-80.
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Synthesis of Research
on the Effects of
Mastery Learning in
Elementary and Secondary
Classrooms
The results of well-designed studies show
extremely positive student learning outcomes
and teacher variables. More studies are
needed on several questions, including
long-term consequences and effects on
classroom interactions and climate.
rograms based on mastery learn- ( 1926) and can be traced to such early curriculums, many of which bear little
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