Mastery learning and the decreasing variability hypothesis

Journal of Educational Research

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 67-74

  Livingston, Jennifer A ^a   Gentile, J Ronald ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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EID: 0005944222     PISSN: 00220671     EISSN: 19400675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220671.1996.9944447     Document Type: Article

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