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Coupland, Mary; Solina, Danica; Cave, Gregory E. – Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, 2017
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…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mastery Learning, College Freshmen, Engineering Education
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Frick, Theodore W. – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 1989
Demonstrates how Bayesian reasoning can be used to adjust the length of computer-guided practice exercises and computer-based tests to help make mastery or nonmastery decisions. Individualization of instruction is discussed, and the results of an empirical study that used the sequential probability ratio test (SPRT) are presented. (25 references)…
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Assisted Testing, Higher Education