Considers John Carroll's model of instruction for mastery learning, first presented almost twenty years ago, as the best way to ensure that public high school graduates are educationally competent. Discusses problems with mastery learning and offers some solutions. (WD)

Described is the concept of Benjamin Bloom's Mastery Learning as a teaching method. The author concludes that, by its very definition, Mastery Learning cannot be superimposed on traditional education. (KC)

This overview is presented in three sections. Thomas Guskey outlines the development of mastery learning, its application in the classroom, and its benefits and drawbacks. LuOuida Phillips answers questions about the student's role in mastery learning. Kay Miller describes the success of mastery learning at Westover School. (SJL)

Reports a study to examine coping strategies of college instructors confronted with the conflict between coverage and mastery of subject matter. Successful coping tends to be a result of the instructor's separation of goals and activities. An important theory becomes the structure of the course and topics are fit into its framework. (KC)

Thirteen elementary and secondary, and two college teachers, with various subject specialties, implemented Bloom's mastery learning in their classrooms as part of a graduate course on that teaching method. This article presents some of their positive and negative reactions to the mastery learning model. (SJL)

Students learn in Exemplary Center for Reading Instruction (ECRI) classrooms because they respond more frequently and use their time more productively. (Author)

Presents a four-step process for staff members interested in designing their own mastery learning program. (Author/JM)

College-level "grade inflation" may result not from flabby standards but from more effective instructional strategies such as mastery learning. (Author/JM)

Analyzes information in the ERIC data base which concerns mastery learning and mastery testing with emphasis on the secondary school. (MKM)

The article suggests recommended student competencies for students using low vision devices at preschool, elementary, and secondary levels. It also presents an extensive bibliography on low vision aids for special educators. (DB)

The Personalized System of Instruction (PSI) was tested in an introductory nursing course with 23 students using PSI and 20 in a control group receiving traditional instruction. Students using the self-instructional method achieved significantly higher grades; student acceptance of PSI was satisfactory. (SK)

Committed to outcome-based education, the superintendent and board of a central California school district proceeded to stabilize the environment, develop a research-based belief system, align an outcome-focused curriculum, and implement a staff development program. To stem opposition to OBE, mastery learning, and criterion-referenced assessment,…

Situates lifelong learning within the framework of postmodernism, particularly the notions of performativity, decentering, and lack of mastery. Describes lifelong learning in postmodernist terms as a condition of constant apprenticeship in which proficiency is never final or complete. (Contains 44 references.) (SK)

According to expectancy-value theories, increasing the utility value of a learning activity should result in higher motivation and better learning. In contrast, self-determination theory posits that the content of the future goals (intrinsic vs. extrinsic) that enhance the utility value of the learning activity needs to be considered as well.…

This paper proposes a multimedia English learning (MEL) system, based on Hidden Markov Models (HMMs) and mastery theory strategy, for teaching students with the aim of enhancing their English phonetic awareness and pronunciation. It can analyze phonetic structures, identify and capture pronunciation errors to provide students with targeted advice…