Describes the development, implementation, advantages, and disadvantages of a mastery learning program for teaching mathematics to mixed ability classes. Indicates that the strategy provides a successful approach while taking account of the realities of group-based instruction, a fixed curriculum with fixed time, use of a textbook, and grading.…

The role of the arts in general education as a possible remedy to the current problems in the public schools is explored. (DF)

Teachers who experienced positive change in the learning outcomes of their students after an inservice workshop on mastery learning expressed increased personal responsibility for both positive and negative student outcomes and increased affect toward teaching, but they expressed decreased confidence in their teaching abilities. (Author/RD)

Describes a program in which student promotion is based on achievement. Standardized test scores have risen as a result of the program. (IRT)

This study explores the importance of the group context in the emergence of leadership, dominance, and group effectiveness in children's collaborative learning groups. Ten 3-person work groups performed a collaborative math activity. Using achievement goal orientation (Ames, 1992; Maehr and Midgley, 1996; Pintrich and Schunk, 1996) as a framework,…

Explores the meaning and goals of the associate degree. Argues that community colleges must be dedicated to the goals of helping people feel, think, and act, and that trends toward more stringent standards, higher levels of required proficiency, and more emphasis on general education are worthwhile directions. (CRB)

Mastery learning strategies and criterion referenced measurement tools perform a selective function in the classroom. The selective approach within the philosophical role of schools is discussed in terms of limited educational employment, competition, talent distribution, and the suggested attributes of good testing. (CM)

Presents a model for analyzing teachers' time allocation procedures in collective instruction along with a qualitative analysis of 10 elementary school teachers' implementations of short sequences of mastery learning. Sequences illustrate possible ways teachers adjust conditions that are formulated in the model. (Author/MP)

Analyzes the positive and negative features of mastery learning and its place in competency-based education. (Author/WD)

Describes the application of basic factor analytical and classical scaling techniques to mathematics placement test data that indicates that the sequence of mathematical skill areas traditionally taught in schools should be somewhat altered in order for students to reach optimal achievement levels. (FL)

This study developed an approach to evaluating the appropriateness of student effort within a mastery instructional system and then investigated the interrelationship of achievement motivation, effort, and achievement in two college courses. Appropriate effort was strongly correlated with student achievement. (Author/RL)

This article discusses a study undertaken to evaluate self-instructional teacher training materials used at an inservice teacher workshop for mastery teaching. Finds from a survey of the 17 participating teachers indicated they valued many elements of the strategy and that they would adopt parts of the mastery teaching strategy for use in their…

A new approach for teaching veterinary pathology instituted at the University of Georgia in 1970 is evaluated. Each student was told what was required in the form of behavioral objectives, given alternate sources of information in the form of autotutorial minicourses, and evaluated by formative, summative and mastery means. (Author/MLW)

Significantly higher posttest achievement scores and more favorable unit evaluations were achieved in a secondary social studies unit using a feedback-corrective strategy with a manageable degree of specificity. This supports previous research that suggests the strategy is possible within a social studies area. (SB)