APA Dictionary of Psychology

mastery learning

Updated on 04/19/2018

the process of gaining knowledge in a certain subject or domain, with the intent of understanding the full scope of that subject area.
a theory of education in which students learn material in several different ways over a series of study sessions until they understand the material well enough to teach it to others.
the acquisition of material beyond basic recognition, recall, and understanding to a point of thorough cognitive integration at a conceptual level.

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