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Suh, Emily – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2021
The domain of literacy includes multiple strategies relevant to studying in college (Alexander, 2005). This thematic analysis examines how Generation 1 learners (adult-arrival immigrants who transition from adult ESL into college) demonstrate their emergent literacy domain competence and how their literacy strategy use aligns with their identity…
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Ng, Chi-hung Clarence – Educational Psychology, 2008
The hypothesis in this study was that different types of multiple-goal learners would have different patterns of learning. A sample of 797 adult distance learners enrolled in different programs offered by a distance learning university in Hong Kong completed a questionnaire assessing their goals, use of strategies, motivational beliefs, and…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Learning Strategies, Student Motivation, Foreign Countries
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Manning, Francis; Zuzel, Katherine – Journal of Biological Education, 2003
Cell death is an essential factor in many biological processes including development. Discusses two types of cell death: (1) necrosis (induced by sodium azide); and (2) apoptosis (induced by sodium chromate). Illustrates key features that differ between these two types of cells death including loss of membrane integrity and internucleosomal DNA…
Descriptors: Biology, Cytology, Experiential Learning, Higher Education
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Bergin, David A. – Journal of Experimental Education, 1995
College students randomly assigned to mastery goal (n=26) or competitive goal (n=25) situations read a passage and took a free-recall test. The mastery situation resulted in higher achievement and greater interest, and there was no significant difference between groups in learning strategies. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Students, Competition, Goal Orientation
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Wagner, Elaine L.; Smith, Andrea T. – Journalism Educator, 1991
Describes a mastery-based learning design developed for an advertising skills course. Discusses the benefits of mastery-based learning for students and teachers. (MG)
Descriptors: Advertising, Course Content, Curriculum Development, Higher Education
Campbell, Martha – 1983
According to Benjamin Bloom's (1981) concept of of mastery learning, most students--given the appropriate instruction and learning resources, adequate time spent learning, and perseverance--can learn a particular academic skill. Because a classroom often does not provide enough time or resources for developmental students to master necessary basic…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Individualized Instruction, Learning Laboratories, Learning Strategies
Reiser, Robert A.; And Others – Educational Communication and Technology, 1986
Examines the effects of mastery criteria on the performance and attitudes of undergraduate students who were divided into three treatment groups with mastery criteria set at 70 percent, 80 percent, and 90 percent respectively. Their performance and attitudes were also compared when mastery criteria were increased, decreased, or kept constant…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Higher Education, Learning Strategies
Aviles, Christopher B. – 2001
Research studies rarely describe teaching methods in enough detail for instructors to discern how these methods may be implemented in their classrooms. The essential elements of the mastery learning teaching method are considered in terms of how they can be adapted in the social work classroom. They can be implemented in whole or part and…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Students, Curriculum, Curriculum Design
Whiting, Bryan; Van Burgh, Jill Wright; Render, Gary F. – 1994
This study investigated the cognitive and affective student learning outcomes of 36 semesters using the mastery learning approach in distributive education classes. Data were collected by a high school teacher, a junior high school teacher, and a university professor, all of whom used mastery learning. Data collected over the years indicated that…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Students, High School Students, Higher Education
Anderson, Geoff; And Others – 1996
Taking a how-to approach and a British perspective, with numerous lists and examples, this book presents the concept of learning contracts negotiated agreements between learners and instructors to achieve a specific learning goal for university and continuing education teachers. The book is organized in four parts: Part 1 is an introduction; it…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Instruction, Educational Strategies, Foreign Countries
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Covington, Martin V.; Omelich, Carol L. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1984
This study investigated the motivational and performance consequences of two features of task-mastery learning structures: retesting opportunities and criterion-referenced grading. College students were assigned either to a norm-referenced (competitive) or a criterion-referenced grading system, and to either a single-test or retest condition.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Competition, Criterion Referenced Tests, Higher Education
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Lucido, Horace – Physics Teacher, 1992
Describes a method of teaching physics for mastery. The method includes writing assignments on journal sheets, discussions of major concepts by student teams, and individual mastery conferences using questions formulated around the results of the group discussions. Discusses the ramifications of using this method. (MDH)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Evaluation Methods, Grading, High Schools
Beckwith, Don – Collegiate Microcomputer, 1993
Describes a program developed at City University of New York (CUNY) Medical School that was designed to facilitate learning and retention of difficult concepts and principles in first-year biology and chemistry courses. Topics addressed include small group interaction, cooperative learning, mastery learning, interactive technology, and information…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Biology, Chemistry, Computer Assisted Instruction
Price, Robert V. – 2000
This paper describes the personalized system of instruction (PSI), a teaching method based on a high student involvement in the learning process, immediate feedback, mastery learning, and careful planning and instructional design of the course content. With PSI, students proceed through the course at their own pace and are required to demonstrate…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Computer Uses in Education, Curriculum, Feedback
Gibbs, Graham, Ed. – 1995
This book contains 40 papers from an international symposium on improving the quality of higher education teaching and learning. Part 1 contains three papers on using research to improve student learning covering some Canadian projects, the use of research on student learning, and ways to evaluate and improve learning. Part 2 contains 10 papers on…
Descriptors: College Instruction, College Students, Computer Assisted Instruction, Cooperative Learning