Suggests that the current instructional paradigm--the lecture--is outmoded, as is the presentational format of most technology aid instruction. Recommends the use of the mastery learning model to transcend this outdated teaching paradigm for the instruction of developmental students. (42 references) (SL)

Reports an evaluation of factual study questions as a component of an introductory psychology course taught to developmental students with a computer-assisted, mastery learning teaching method based on Keller's (1968) Personalized System of Instruction (PSI). Recommends that instructors of introductory courses, especially those that serve…