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Levine, Daniel U.; Stark, Joyce – 1981
This report examines the Chicago Mastery Learning Reading Program (CMLRP) and other schoolwide approaches at selected schools in Los Angeles (California), New York City, and Chicago (Illinois) to identify factors in augmented achievement gains. This extended summary and conclusion seeks to provide information which can improve the general…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Community Involvement, Compensatory Education, Curriculum Development
Drummond, Marshall E.; Jablonn, Raymond – 1981
After introductory material outlining some of the major challenges facing community colleges today, this paper examines the efforts undertaken by Chabot College, California, to meet the demands of the problems posed by "new students" and fiscal constraints. Described first are Chabot's two mastery learning centers, at which students…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Computer Oriented Programs, Learning Laboratories, Mastery Learning
Shabat, Oscar E.; And Others – 1980
The proceedings of the First Mastery Learning Conference begins with Rocco Caponigri's introduction and Oscar E. Shabat's discussion of the importance of mastery learning to community colleges as they attempt to educate large numbers of underprepared students. Next, Benjamin S. Bloom examines the shifting emphasis in education research from…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Community Colleges, Educational Research, Formative Evaluation
Beausang, Kenneth R. – 1977
The degree of influence instructor tutoring had on the performance of Black Hawk College sociology students was studied along with the question of whether students expressed a change in the degree of preference for the mastery approach when an instructor was actively involved in the learning process. Two classes were used: one during spring 1976…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Faculty, College Instruction, College Students
Berea City School District, OH. – 1977
Six goals are essential to basic skills mastery. Goal one is the identification of specific competencies and performance indicators which are necessary for students to master to become a coping adult. The appendix lists 17 competencies modeled after the Adult Performance Level Project (APL). Competencies are organized into five knowledge areas:…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Competency Based Education, Educational Assessment, Educational Diagnosis
Kroen, William C., Jr. – 1980
Social studies teachers face pressures from demands for greater emphasis in the areas of multicultural aspects of the world population, expansive technological changes, citizenship and moral education, and accountability for basic competence. The latter demand offers an opportunity to return to the broad perspective of teaching students not "what…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Demonstrations (Educational), Drills (Practice), Elementary Education
Hinton, John R. – 1980
This review of the literature on individualized instruction entered in the ERIC system between November 1978 and October 1979 covers the development and sharing of individualized learning modules and systems; mastery learning; applications of television to individualized instruction; descriptive and research reports on individualized…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Programs, Educational Media
Omelich, Carol L.; Covington, Martin V. – 1980
Under a mastery learning system students can take successive parallel tests with study interspersed between tests until they demonstrate a minimal level of competency. For most students, such procedures increase final performance, yet some may experience repeated subjective failure. Self-worth theory predicts that repeated failure in the face of…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Affective Behavior, Attribution Theory, College Students
Forsyth, Robert A. – 1976
Most educational objectives can be classified as either mastery or developmental. For mastery objectives, teachers can develop satisfactory assessment instruments relatively easily and can describe student achievement as "can do" or "can't do." For developmental objectives, there are a number of evaluation methods, and student progress varies in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Behavioral Objectives, Educational Objectives
Heydinger, Richard B.; And Others – 1977
College IV, a cluster college of Grand Valley State College (GVSC), was established to eliminate many of the traditional barriers of access to education, particularly for the working adult. This report traces the formation and evolution of this four-year liberal arts college from its planning (1972-73) to its fourth year of operation (1976-77). In…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Competency Based Education, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation
Decker, Dwight F. – 1976
Vocational-technical students (n=92) and liberal arts students (n=156) were the subjects of a study conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of four instructional strategies intended to produce mastery. Strategies employed were: traditional instruction with no make-up exams; unlimited make-up exams with end of semester deadline; unlimited make-up…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis, Educational Testing, Formative Evaluation
Greater Newark Urban Coalition, NJ. – 1976
One purpose of this paper is to describe how the concept of statewide minimum standards has been used in other states and to suggest precisely how it should be used in New Jersey. Current New Jersey law requires districts to establish pupil proficiency levels in basic skills, to identify children who fall below them, and to provide those children…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education, Mastery Learning
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Harlacher, Ervin L. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1978
Discusses examples of community-based, performance-oriented community college programs, those emphasizing mastery of identified competencies, rather than grades or degrees. Outlines requirements for developing performance-oriented modules, which include establishing course scope and units of knowledge to be progressively mastered. (AYC)
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Community Colleges, Community Education, Competency Based Education
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Hudson, Tate; Alderman, M. Kay – English Journal, 1988
Asserts that teachers should help students develop learning strategies, and describes how teachers' actions can increase students' success. Notes that, if students are given a "second chance" at completing their tasks, their chances of achieving academic success are improved. (MM)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, English Instruction, Junior High Schools, Learning Strategies
Sportsman, Michel Allain – Curriculum Review, 1986
Describes foundation and development of a performance-based teacher evaluation method developed in Missouri which makes mastery learning the basis for outcomes of instruction. Eight discrete parts of the teaching act characterizing successful teaching, four criteria important in performance-based evaluation development, and four definable phases…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods
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