Are Mastery Learning Strategies Beneficial for Developing Problem Solving Skills?.

Mevarech, Zemira R.; Werner, Shulamit

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Publication Date: 1985

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Are Mastery Learning Strategies Beneficial for Developing Problem Solving Skills?

Mevarech, Zemira R.; Werner, Shulamit

Higher Education, v14 n4 p425-32 Aug 1985

A comparison of three instructional methods (frontal lecture strategies, mastery learning strategies, and experiential mastery learning strategies) in a paramedical course showed that frontal lecture produced the highest scores on the lower mental process subtest while experiential mastery learning produced the highest scores on all measures of problem solving skills. (Author/MSE)

Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations, Classroom Techniques, Comparative Analysis, Experiential Learning, Higher Education, Mastery Learning, Medical Education, Problem Solving, Skill Development, Teaching Methods

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