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| Reports - Descriptive | 3 |
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Peer reviewedBrandt, Ronald – Educational Leadership, 1976
In this interview, James Block explains the model of mastery learning, developed by himself and B. Bloom, according to which individual differences in academic ability are lessened by appropriate teaching methods. (GW)
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Individual Differences, Individualized Programs, Interviews
Peer reviewedAnderson, Lorin W. – Educational Leadership, 1979
Schools have devised several ways to adapt instruction to a wide variety of student abilities and needs. Judged by criteria for what adaptive education should be, most learning for mastery programs look good. (Author/JM)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Processes, Creative Thinking, Educational Objectives
Peer reviewedGeisert, Gene – Educational Leadership, 1979
Historically ranked low on student performance, the New Orleans schools are fighting back with a new program called the Secondary Curriculum Improvement Program. (Author/JM)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Failure, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Objectives
Peer reviewedKatims, Michael – Educational Leadership, 1979
Chicago's mastery learning program takes into account the complexities of reading and the realities of urban classrooms. Its designers say that if a program does not lead to success, it is not a mastery learning program. (Author/JM)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Criterion Referenced Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Formative Evaluation
