Mastery Learning: Improving the Model
- Publisher:
- MERGA : Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia
- Publication Type:
- Conference Proceeding
- Citation:
- 40 years on: We are still learning! Proceedings of the 40th Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, 2017, 1 (1), pp. 189 - 196 (7)
- Issue Date:
- 2017-12-01
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In this paper, we report on developments in the Mastery Learning (ML) curriculum and assessment model that has been successfully implemented in a metropolitan university for teaching first-year mathematics. Initial responses to ML were positive; however, we ask whether the nature of the ML tests encourages a focus on shallow learning of procedures, and whether the structure of the assessment regime provides sufficient motivation for learning more complex problem solving. We analysed assessment data, as well as student reports and survey responses in an attempt to answer these questions.
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