Twelfth International Conference on e-Learning & Innovative Pedagogies

Abstract

With continuing inequalities in education and low student engagement and motivation, educators are moving away from competition through standardized testing to more personalized approaches to learning such as mastery learning (Bloom, 1971). While personalized learning approaches can increase teacher workloads significantly, modern digital tools are at last making these approaches more efficient and logistically feasible. The paper will report on a case study involving grade 7 and 8 students in a middle school in the USA. This study investigated the effectiveness of web-based visualization tool, “VisiLearn,” to support mastery learning through formative assessment, peer collaboration, and adaptive and personalized instruction.