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Direct linkGuo, Meng; Leung, Frederick K. S. – Psychology in the Schools, 2021
This study compared the relationships between the goal orientations, learning strategies, and mathematics achievement of Chinese Miao and Han students. A total of 211 Han and 321 Miao fifth- and sixth-grade students from Qiandongnan participated in the study. The results suggest that, in both samples, mastery orientation positively predicted the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Ethnicity, Correlation, Goal Orientation
Download full textRedding, Sam – Center on Innovations in Learning, Temple University, 2014
Personal competencies--cognitive, metacognitive, motivational, and social/emotional--are applied by students in learning (mastery of knowledge and skills). These competencies are both acquired through learning and applied in the learning process. Personalized learning--a promising approach to education made practical by advances in…
Descriptors: Competence, Mastery Learning, Individualized Instruction, Learner Controlled Instruction
Peer reviewedGentile, J. Ronald; Wainwright, Laura Cox – Research and Teaching in Developmental Education, 1994
Discusses the effects of mastery learning and criterion-referenced grading schemes on student memory and motivation to succeed. Indicates that such programs are effective in college level developmental education programs. Provides suggestions for establishing criterion-referenced grading schemes, including several variants of mastery grading…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, College Students, Competency Based Education, Individual Development
Peer reviewedTowers, G. Charles; Towers, James M. – Contemporary Education, 1996
Describes one elementary principal's experience with implementing outcome-based education (OBE), which combines competency based education and mastery learning. The principal explains that he is not convinced that OBE is a worthwhile philosophy to pursue, and he lists problems and common objections from teachers and community members. (SM)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Administrator Attitudes, Competency Based Education
Lee, Howard D. – 1990
This document contains materials from a workshop on Elements of Instruction Vocational, Technical, and Adult Education (VTAE). The model used in the workshop was based on the teaching model resulting from the work of Madeline Hunter. The workshop consisted of formal presentations, opportunity for participants to put the content into their own…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Behavioral Objectives, Classroom Techniques
EFF Voice, 2001
This newsletter reports on the activities of Equipped for the Future (EFF), which is a National Institute for Literacy (NIFL) initiative that develops content standards to ensure that every adult can gain the knowledge and skills needed to fulfill real-world responsibilities as workers, parents, and citizens. A message from the NIFL…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accountability, Adult Basic Education, Adult Development
