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Emery, Alyssa; Sanders, Megan; Anderman, Lynley H.; Yu, Shirley L. – Journal of Experimental Education, 2018
Few studies have examined the impact of mastery learning on mastery goal structures or even on students' motivation more generally. In this study, we examined one middle school that implemented a schoolwide mastery learning system, conducting interviews with a sample of administrators (n = 3), teachers (n = 4), and students (n = 9) to determine…
Descriptors: Mastery Learning, Goal Orientation, Administrator Attitudes, Teacher Attitudes
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Mack, Michael R.; Towns, Marcy H. – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2016
We report the results of a phenomenographic analysis of faculty beliefs about the purposes for teaching upper-division physical chemistry courses in the undergraduate curriculum. A purposeful sampling strategy was used to recruit a diverse group of faculty for interviews. Collectively, the participating faculty regularly teach or have taught…
Descriptors: College Science, Science Education, Chemistry, Undergraduate Study