Mastery Learning

Definition - Slavin: "...defining characteristic...criterion level of performance..."
Ineffective - Slavin: "...no evidence to support the effectiveness of...mastery learning."
= OBE - Spady: " ...mastery learning, since it was what OBE was called at the time."
& OBE - King: " An integral part of OBE, mastery learning was the vehicle..."
Equal Ability - Glickman: "...the majority of children can become equal in their ability to learn..."
Goal 1 - Slavin: "central goals...to reduce the variation in...achievement..."
Goal 2 - Slavin: "central goals...reduce...correlation between aptitude and achievement."
Rate Inequality - Slavin: "corrective instruction...or...(wait) for their classmates to catch up."
Leveling Process - Slavin: "...only be achieved by taking time away from high achievers..."
Corrective Instruction - Slavin: "...the cost of doing so would hardly be 'very small'."
Achievement, Retention - Slavin: "...mastery learning students spent more than twice as much time..."
Experimental Flaw - Slavin: "...extra time often given to mastery learning classes is a serious problem."

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