This report on the status of programs authorized under Article 8, "Technology and Educational Improvement," from July 1, 1983, through December 31, 1985, summarizes progress in areas addressed by each of 12 sections of the article: (1) Technology Utilization Plans; (2) Inservice Training for Technology Use; (3) Regional Coordinators; (4)…

The two studies established an empirically derived set of guidelines for producing and evaluating microcomputer courseware for students with learning disabilities. About 100 teachers of learning disabled students in Pennsylvania and Virginia participated in field testing the guidelines. The first study was conducted in four steps: first,…

The proliferation of the mastery learning literature over the past decade has acutely intensified the need for the formation of a specific Clearinghouse on Mastery Learning (CML). An attempt at establishing such a clearinghouse has been under way for the past year through the Loyola Center for Educational Improvement, based at Loyola University in…

Two intermediate algebra classes at a large university were selected for this study comparing increase in mathematics achievement for students enrolled in a course that used either traditional lecture approach or a traditional lecture approach plus a mastery learning laboratory. The laboratory was staffed by tutors who administered and graded unit…

Intended for physical education teachers of the handicapped, teacher educators at teacher training institutions, and research workers in areas of the handicapped, the document reports the effects of a theoretical model of teaching psychomotor tasks on the motor behavior of mentally retarded children. Chapter 1 introduces a psychomotor teaching…

Books, articles, and theses are included in this annotated bibliography on mastery learning. Approximately 100 citations are included covering the period from 1969 to 1979. (DS)

For the nation as a whole, there is a moving bandwagon of educational change, clearly hitched to attempts to personalize and individualize instruction. The new emphases on the quality of learning appears to offer some potential solutions to two current problems: the twin problems of quality and equality in education. Traditional group-oriented…

An approach to evaluating the appropriateness of student effort within a mastery instructional system was developed, and the interrelationship of achievement motivation, effort and achievement was investigated. In support of a prominent theory of classroom learning, appropriate effort was strongly correlated with student achievement even when…

The objectives for tailoring a physical education program to meet individual abilities are presented in this proposal for developing a curriculum using the concept of mastery learning. The primary emphasis of this program is on developing skills in sports that will be enjoyed for a lifetime. Developmental procedures for initiating the program are…

There is both less and more to mastery learning (ML) than meets the eye. Less because mastery learning is not based on a model of school learning, and more because it is the most optimistic statement we have about the power of education. The notions of setting achievement standards and letting time for completion vary, of using criterion…

An internal/external efficiency evaluation on the economic implications of mastery learning is presented. Two important aspects of mastery learning are: (1) its intrinsic worth regardless of economic benefits, and (2) the necessary changes in the social and economic structure that will make the mastery learning approach increasingly functional. It…

A modified mastery learning method resulted in significantly higher achievement and improved attitudes of educational psychology students than either traditional lectures or a combined approach. (Editor/MM)

Discusses some basic ideas that demonstrate how, under favorable conditions, all students can learn whatever the schools have to teach. (Author/RK)

Desegregated schools often become resegregated by placing minority students in low ability groups and special education programs. Individualizing instruction for black children, understanding their culture, and encouraging mastery learning are ways of avoiding this damaging situation. (JD)

A prose text in veterinary medicine can be arranged and supplemented to facilitate efficient and effective acquisition into short-term memory. Methods include: variation in textual format; relating new information to previous knowledge and future goals; providing specific, test-relevant objectives or introductions, describing mnemonic devices; and…