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Mastery Learning Reconsidered.
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Slavin, Robert E. – Review of Educational Research, 1987
This article examines the literature on achievement effects of practical applications of grouped-based mastery learning in elementary and secondary schools. The review found no evidence to support the claim that mastery learning improves student performance on standardized achievement measures. (RB)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Effectiveness
Taking the Mystery Out of Mastery: A Response to Guskey, Anderson, and Burns.
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Slavin, Robert E. – Review of Educational Research, 1987
In this rejoinder, R. Slavin responds to a broad range of technical and philosophical issues about his use of best-evidence synthesis to research the effectiveness of mastery learning. (RB)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Learning Strategies