Specific procedures for assessing a handicapped student's mastery level within a continuum of mathematics skills are described, and analysis of error patterns discussed. (CL)

In this study social work instructor and student reactions to a behavioral instructional method called mastery learning were examined using qualitative methods. Mastery learning utilizes additional learning time and repeated testing opportunities to increase student learning. Students rated how helpful seven instructional elements of mastery…

Urges accurate assessment of program implementation and the determination of student performance in areas not measured by achievement tests. Offers indicators of hard-to-measure levels of achievement in teachers and students, as they have been developed in the Johnson City, New York, Public Schools' mastery learning approach. (JW)

The overall effects of cues, participation, and corrective feedback on classroom learning are estimated. The constancy of effects of these instructional qualities were explored across characteristics of students, and educational and contextual conditions. The results confirm the Dollard-Miller-Carroll-Bloom theory that has evolved during the past…

Focuses on keys to managing a mastery learning model of instruction. (AEA)

After the introduction of outcome-based instruction, students in Red Bank (New Jersey) schools achieved significantly higher scores in the required statewide tests. (MLF)

Fuller, physicist, educator, and director of the University of Nebraska's ADAPT (Accent on Developing Abstract Processes of Thought) program discusses ADAPT in terms of its interdisciplinary, reasoning skills, and mastery learning orientation; university support; plans; student testing; achievements; and faculty training in Piagetian theory.…

An effective competency based teacher education instructional system should be able to determine the competencies necessary for teacher effectiveness, design reliable assessment instruments, and gear instruction to individual student capabilities. (JN)

Suggests replacing academic failure with a system in which the teacher explains standards of coursework to students, enabling them to work toward a specific grade or to receive an "incomplete" if they fail to meet minimum expectations. Benefits of such a system are outlined. (SJL)

Mastery learning sounds promising but problems arise when its practical application is attempted in the classroom. (Author/JM)

In this interview with Executive Editor Ron Brandt, Bloom answers criticisms of mastery learning and explains why he believes it is so important. (Author/JM)

Describes a method of instructing adult students in arithmetic which is used at LaGuardia College (New York) and which allows for the full implementation of mastery learning principles within a semester or quarter system and avoids some of the difficulties of the Personalized System of Instruction (PSI). (AYC)

Describes experiences with a Keller-style computer studies course for future mathematics teachers. Aspects of the implementation are detailed, the motivation for thoughts behind the course are discussed, and the evaluation of student performance is supplemented by students' reactions to the course as measured by a semantic differential.…

A post-quiz remediation strategy based on mastering a sequence of subskills in college algebra resulted in higher examination scores for students. (Editor)

Describes the writing program which might emerge if several recognized American writers were asked to identify childhood experiences which influenced their development. (DD)