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Effectiveness of Mastery Learning Programs: A Meta-Analysis

University of Michigan

Robert L. Bangert-Drowns

State University of New York

A meta-analysis of findings from 108 controlled evaluations showed that mastery learning programs have positive effects on the examination performance of students in colleges, high schools, and the upper grades in elementary schools. The effects appear to be stronger on the weaker students in a class, and they also vary as a function of mastery procedures used, experimental designs of studies, and course content. Mastery programs have positive effects on student attitudes toward course content and instruction but may increase student time on instructional tasks. In addition, self-paced mastery programs often reduce the completion rates in college classes.

Review of Educational Research, Vol. 60, No. 2, 265-299 (1990)
DOI: 10.3102/00346543060002265


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