Study Session and Mastery assignments usually draw from a large pool of assignment material (often algorithmically generated to produce limitless question permutations). There is no pre-established number of questions for either Mastery or Study Session assignments, questions are drawn from pools throughout the study session.
Assignments are delivered one-question-at-a-time, and the student submits each question for grading individually and immediately, instead of having the entire test graded at the end. These assignments are also sometimes described as learning dialogues, because of their question-answer-next question style.
Mastery and Study Session assignment types emphasize the following pedagogical approaches.
For Mastery assignments, instructors create carefully structured collections of questions grouped by learning objectives. Mastery assignments require a login and password, and results are recorded in the Gradebook.
For Study Sessions students control the study process by practicing question after question. Questions can provide hints and full solutions that are available to students while they work. Results are displayed one question at a time and are not recorded in the Gradebook.
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