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Hymel, Glenn M. – 1981
This paper describes the Loyola Center for Educational Improvement's (LCEI) effort to develop a clearinghouse on mastery learning (CML) which would serve as a depository for conceptual and research documents on mastery learning, competency-based education, instructional design, and other related topics. The nature of the clearinghouse is defined…
Descriptors: Clearinghouses, Competency Based Education, Databases, Educational Research
Peacock, Colin – 1981
"Language Skills in English," a three-year project designed to explore the application of mastery learning techniques to solve the reading and writing problems of secondary school students in Scotland, is discussed in this paper. Background information provided in the first section of the paper concerns the context of the project, its…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, English Instruction, Foreign Countries, Guidelines
Jones, Beau Fly – 1980
This paper offers a detailed discussion of materials developed for the Chicago Mastery Learning Reading with Learning Strategies (CMLR/LS) program, an upper elementary program in which appropriate learning strategy instructions are embedded within the text for each assigned task. Its purpose is to provide researchers and educators with a…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Elementary Education, Listening Comprehension, Literature Appreciation
PDF pending restorationCreemers, Bert P. M. – 1976
This report describes the development, implementation, and evaluation of programs designed to improve the educational opportunities of working class children in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. First, an overview of the objectives, program types, timetable and organizational structure is presented. Secondly, programs are described according to three…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Compensatory Education, Educational Opportunities, Elementary Education
Quellmalz, Edys S. – 1984
This paper examines problems involved in designing an integrated system to teach and assess critical thinking skills in the classroom, and describes the Monitor Achievement in Pittsburgh (MAP) Critical Thinking Project, an attempt to draw upon research from diverse disciplines in developing an effective pilot project in the Pittsburgh public…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Critical Thinking, Curriculum Development
Nichols, Roy D., Jr. – 1980
A reading program implemented in the Birmingham, Alabama, public schools in 1974 has produced increases in reading achievement in each of the years it has been used. Prior to 1974, the average Birmingham student's standardized reading test scores ranged from two months below the national average at the end of first grade to one year and nine…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Individualized Instruction, Inservice Teacher Education, Low Achievement
