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Educational Methodologies

Educational methodologies very widely across cultures and paradigms of education

Benjamin Bloom's Two Sigma Problem

In 1984, University of Chicago Professor of Education Benjamin Bloom published a study showing that mastery learning, and particularly in conjunction with one-on-one or one-on-few tutoring instruction, led to dramatical improvements with respect to the conventional classroom model.1)

Direct Instruction

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Jun-Jul, 1984 | Benjamin Bloom | Educational Researcher (Journal) | The 2 Sigma Problem: The Search for Methods of Group Instruction as Effective as One-to-One Tutoring
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September 10, 2020 | Nintil.com | On Bloom's two sigma problem: A systematic review of the effectiveness of mastery learning, tutoring, and direct instruction