Mastery learning
Aprendizaje para el dominio
- Date
- 1968 · confidence medium
- Place
- Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Credited to
- Benjamin Bloom
- Field
- Tools
What it is
An instructional strategy and educational philosophy requiring students to reach a high level of competence (e.g. 90% accuracy) in prerequisite material before advancing, with individualized support and repeated assessment, formulated by educational psychologist Benjamin Bloom.
What it led to
- curriculum reforms based on mastering content before advancing
- personalized and adaptive teaching systems
- influence on later online learning platforms
- debate over individualized pacing versus uniform curricula