TY - JOUR
T1 - Investigating Bloom's Learning for Mastery in mathematics with online assessment
AU - Pelkola, Timo
AU - Rasila, Antti
AU - Sangwin, Christopher
PY - 2018/1/1
Y1 - 2018/1/1
N2 - In this paper we report a study in which we have developed a teaching cycle based closely on Bloom's Learning for Mastery (LFM). The teaching cycle ameliorates some of the practical problems with LFM by making use of the STACK online assessment system to provide automated assessment and feedback to students. We report a clinical trial of this teaching cycle with groups of university level engineering students. Our results are modest, but positive: performance on the exercises predicted mastery according to the formative tests to a small extent. Students also report being supportive of the use of the new teaching cycle.
AB - In this paper we report a study in which we have developed a teaching cycle based closely on Bloom's Learning for Mastery (LFM). The teaching cycle ameliorates some of the practical problems with LFM by making use of the STACK online assessment system to provide automated assessment and feedback to students. We report a clinical trial of this teaching cycle with groups of university level engineering students. Our results are modest, but positive: performance on the exercises predicted mastery according to the formative tests to a small extent. Students also report being supportive of the use of the new teaching cycle.
KW - Learning for mastery
KW - Mathematics education
KW - Online assessment
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85058160375&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.15388/infedu.2018.19
DO - 10.15388/infedu.2018.19
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85058160375
SN - 1648-5831
VL - 17
SP - 363
EP - 380
JO - Informatics in Education
JF - Informatics in Education
IS - 2
ER -