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mastery learning

mastery learning noun: a teaching philosophy stating that students must achieve a level of mastery in each topic (e.g. 90% in a test) before moving on to further topics.

Noun

mastery learning (uncountable)

  1. A teaching philosophy stating that students must achieve a level of mastery in each topic (e.g. 90% in a test) before moving on to further topics.

Questions about mastery learning

What does mastery learning mean?
Mastery learning means a teaching philosophy stating that students must achieve a level of mastery in each topic (e.g. 90% in a test) before moving on to further topics.
What part of speech is mastery learning?
Mastery learning is a noun.

Words near mastery learning in the dictionary

  1. masterwork
  2. masterworks
  3. masterwort
  4. masterworts
  5. mastery
  6. mastery learning
  7. masthead
  8. masthead sloop
  9. masthead sloops
  10. mastheaded
  11. mastheading

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