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DeGeeter, Marcia L. – 1986
This annotated bibliography on mastery learning, intended for use by teachers, administrators, curriculum-planners, and researchers, covers writings and reports on the following topics: (1) research reports; (2) use of mastery learning concepts and strategies; (3) task skills analysis; (4) sequential learning; (5) learning hierarchies; (6) task…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Research, Feedback, Instructional Improvement
Browning, Mark – 1988
The purpose of the research was to manipulate two aspects of genetics instruction in order to measure their effects on college, introductory biology students' achievement in genetics. One instructional sequence that was used dealt first with monohybrid autosomal inheritance patterns, then sex-linkage. The alternate sequence was the reverse.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Biology, College Science, Computer Assisted Instruction

Ruthven, Kenneth – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 1987
Proposes that ability is a concept central to the current practices of mathematics teaching. Argues that the widespread view that mathematics learning is an ordered progression through a hierarchy of knowledge and skills subjects students to "ability stereotyping" and serves as a gross global model. (TW)
Descriptors: Ability, Ability Identification, Academic Achievement, Attitudes

School Science Review, 1986
Contains eight articles relating to various topics in science education in Great Britain. Includes science and drama, energy education, science curriculum evaluation, science achievement, a sequential learning approach, multicultural science education, children's images of scientists, and humanizing science education. (TW)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Curriculum Evaluation, Elementary School Science, Elementary Secondary Education