The 2 Sigma Problem: The Search for Methods of Group Instruction as Effective as One-to-One Tutoring.

Bloom, Benjamin S.

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ERIC Number: EJ303699

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1984

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The 2 Sigma Problem: The Search for Methods of Group Instruction as Effective as One-to-One Tutoring.

Bloom, Benjamin S.

Educational Researcher, v13 n6 p4-16 Jun-Jul 1984

Reports on attempts to find alternative methods of group instruction. Discusses the use of mastery learning techniques and the need to improve the students' learning processes, the curriculum and instructional materials, and the home environmental support of the students' school learning. (CMG)

Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Family Environment, Group Instruction, Individual Instruction, Instructional Improvement, Learning Processes, Mastery Learning, Teacher Improvement, Teaching Methods

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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IES Cited: ED505962

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