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 Recommends the use of the mastery learning model to transcend this outdated teaching paradigm for the instruction of developmental students.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)

Responds to Anne G. Koehler's "A New Paradigm for Teaching with Technology," which appeared in the Journal of Developmental Education (vol.22, issue 1, Fall 1998). States that the main objective in developmental education is for students to learn, but that teachers should also keep current with new technology and effectively monitor and redesign…