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ERIC Number: EJ478627
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1994
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0361-476X
Who Benefits from Mastery Learning?
Lai, Patrick; Biggs, John
Contemporary Educational Psychology, v19 n1 p13-23 Jan 1994
Data from 95 educationally disadvantaged Hong Kong students placed in mastery-learning classes were compared with 64 control students in expository-learning classes. Results indicate that under mastery learning, deep- and surface-biased learners increasingly diverge in performance and attitude, with surface learners doing better unit to unit, and deep learners worse. Implications for mastery learning are discussed. (SLD)
Descriptors: Analysis of Covariance, Biology, Cognitive Style, Comparative Analysis, Control Groups, Educationally Disadvantaged, Foreign Countries, Grade 9, High School Students, High Schools, Interviews, Mastery Learning, Performance, Rote Learning, Teaching Methods
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Deep Learners; Hong Kong; Surface Learners