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throng~:f allu:re,t!"le tjp es of Instructionused,and thepractic e'of"
continuous yrollll*tlon.It1s8~estedthat.altho~ID&ny adva=ee hAvebeen m.de,ineduca t i ond~~'the,~a.stdecade,manYChan8e~,
are
stil l riee e sS4r1' in 'the,fieldof
I.~struetion. Th~l~
hypotheeites' thatthe introducti o nofma'stery ie&.nLlnga~,-a!\approach for,te a ch Ing '.(ouldinere as etheachlevellle.ntof ourstudentse.e11'811asperm1:ta ,~atore::l.phaalson indi vi dualiz ed il't::ltruct ion•'Thee'~nceptor raastery learntngraf~r3to"an approach ofin s trw: t -
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Pl"'OCOOlire ll(3)ad"',":lll.~p~ent
'of,s p acU ie.ccrr-"&etl velIIeallUl:e ll,and. (4)!'-"evaluat1 0n ofstuden tprogres:i.The ~~ei of lIlas-tery laa.rn1ngwascon cllpt'-lallzedbyJ.B,
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st:J:at.eg1e~
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th~ ~~~ter lnel~~~·a.deWl~ ,ac:c'ount "or ,th~ ~edures, f~ U~~':to
correct'the
·d1aguo.ed.
~eaknesl!ielS. ihe'p'~sns~Dade·lri studen ta.ch1e-. .ve:ileri~,·
andthe"clIange~ Ob8~:rv~
'in,stud~nt
'attitudes,:The
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theba~lC' stre~s' ~Dd lIeaJaiea;'~~
'of',
th~ ~Gt~' i~~,a~b. 'The,~.tar e~nci;';es'~t ~e .1M.j'~~
lJtre~lJOf:~e~PProaeharethe"a4~~~8 ~e4 ~~'~rl~.r p1a~ng.the'fe edbackandcorroc tlonprocedures whleh'tra nsforlll
It 'ea~~n
to~PdlT1d~ d.1.frerttnee~. ·and th: a~~t d~gree-,
of._i taeclahms.'I'hemajo:.obj ectionsto theapproachare rela.t l'd adldnlstrath"eprobleM that·i tgenen:te;and the difficul ty' .
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falr tl./ll0t0t, of
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objectiveIsdevelo pIngthose
attri~tes of st~~t~ wh10~ '
vru.e~ble
'"the!.:to'l1v/ef~ect~~elY
'11'1:ecomplex'soc~ety. BIO~!t
(1m )"'desp~:te th~'~dva.nce8 madeIJn.the~t,d.~oade.~e~., . '"". .1",
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andnoney,our achoo j,ssti.11 have not,,-ove,d ve ry,f artoward "I the , e:oalof,1 ncreas ed,1eam l J!gfor,all,s t ude nt s .Pre s ent. .
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f~e~/~:e~~:~~i6~t::~~st::~ :;h;~:a~~:s~earn- :!
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learn1ng experiencesfor only one-thirdof our learners (p.2) ...~
Thesecond 80urce ofcr1-tlc1~Isaoeisty.The lay publie. '
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'Itisa~h~ngape;nod when'.soelety1S; requi ring educat io na.l inilt1t1lt i ona.'1lI~than aver before..teacc ountfortheqUality
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thel~educat,1~n:' ~~~~v~. account&b1l1tY 'h~~\~~t ~en '~as;'
.so~'t~~,.
has been5~lng ~me~ous ~ounts : or '~O~~y 'o~ 'ed~cation
~urll1g,-the ;astd~cade,an(l.~snow~~~et1ng,qual1~Y~dUoa.tlonin
"return.Thi~injE!Otl on
of
u"rgca mounts o f
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11'1Insirueti~na.1 pr~ed-
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e~.nces ~He oaili,. • • ,
Moli :~·~6~ntir;·.we 'na~~·
c6Jlll'tou~~~t~nd tm.."t '~Mer:~~?;r1a~'"
.~~;:ne,~~;~o~:,~:u~::~. ~;r~~~nth~; :~e~l:~;c~~~:~ - :,',-.'
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have been learn1.ng, r'llllualcondit. 1ons. As.t~1sresearch. , -pzcceed e,special coM!.t lonllhav e 'beel\dhcO"ffl.redundQ't'which boththe level of bar n i ng and tM rate0{'le arningbB'(lOIIlB mU~b ,the&aIIIElf'ro~)Itudentto.stucl.,nt .,'nlatis,there 1s
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the'~sPon:sib)l1tl~todo,moret:o'eq ualiz e'oppori unJ. t Y';lflthln'.-lh~U: "'~,.".::
te·aCb1.~V111
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plh.ent.the s elIlethod sfound hel pful 111 ot he ra.re3.I3. • '. ' . '.
~·O!Ie~or. teache~. ' hOUl~ ~ ~Ut1~~ed.·~lD~t..lim~Va.t.i~
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vbwthell ..l"~IS·~8 '~~v1ns
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lON' ·!!~~~·~~; ~~P4~~l~f:\~~
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at'~1tud~
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,·or:i.t ~II·"i,,~~it.'an·~lU"'".th~titheywUleD~~8Mrt:..
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1t SUCC8SSf'Ully.Ineu:uiary,the stUdentls'at~ltude,_1,be"con,eq_
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.,~~t.he1r.~~ua~:~ ~~b~8,.~,e.to00W1~,~se~and,pe riods.. '..
'.' o~ istres~.'lll18ca n. be~c01lopllshed.by'h,avUs~tuclen.tBexperience,as'
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'ltud~at' cell~re4", ~l~ (lm~'~ ';D .~ .~~~~ le ot~,'c~ellta ~~ group- :-.
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d~i.lof pr8SISllr$ onthestuden , learn.attherateof thegroup~.That,la. . Ill')',r fortto=a1Dta.,1naset Schll'1ll1e of:
worka the etudentb e>:pectedto ·b epuplI1ththe'Cla.sll '"
Urdou.'bteclb,:·this grouppnssur&/forconfon1t,.
t.o
th e lSe t.':, " ,~~e:~:. ~~ol="~:e~ii~:1~u~~~t~:a:;:;1~\:~~1'~~t.' thep aes
oflearn1ng
set,by'thet.eacher
butJUkesi td1ff'lcult. " , i:' ~:~:"~~:a:~lrtwh~:a;:lL~= ,~~~:II:~~.~;)~n1~
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~ybe'~asy,to ~~de:r~.1fhy : ,
Jnany",teacherS~~:ef~.r.th.l srom,':
~ of~nstl'Uet~on f'or .l~ ~~l~'~e~,,'c~'w-1th' the 'i~8e nUI;l~rs ~r a~u~~~t'~
,
rO~nd
lQ-thelr_~la~~es:"In'ihose
large'~lasse'~" teacheis f1~d
ltd1fi...l~~lt';t~ srOUP"'8~~d8~,~.!l ,II.~ :p~vlde' ~equa~e .~n~t~c,ilo,nal,.~l'~~" ,a~
"'.rZ:;:::~::.;:·::·th.~-"'od 'M~d\i; . : ': ?'O ,.\ . .
. ".:tenc1ency f'orthe teacher'to Get the,pac8-~tocolncida1tltXtheaverage.'
. 'h. ~;;' •• ; ,.. v ,,. th.;'~;r {;;;';~r. ~'~~h up, d" heir.""
~·lo~e .i~te~~L ~'nd eip~r1~n~~"y~'~:,"~;n,o~~ f~ll~: .Th1e:\~~~:' ~' ·'
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,i~~ction diacrbl~tes ":~1nst
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,cif'~he loll~~·'~nd.uppa:.C
ie~l'~::~~ ~bl11t1" Th~ ;;tuden~~':~~ ~$:' ~p~, l~~el ~f:~~~l~ty .~, "~
V;ore",llke~ to,f1~\'aY8
of
~va:nei~ihe1r,'bO;;l~e.:thr~~'·i'~iV-," ;·'i~ua{' ii~~ ,~d, pri.vat~ ~~~. 'Th~ ~achW" c~no e~"th~r~f~.
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they'aro '~~/~~es' "ho"~~ve
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f'r00l'group-bileed'l):lGtructlo~.,
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at
thuC:OMlll.et lonof.Grllfl8"U,'then ltC~l.dpa.rl.l,ys,"~tti-l~ted
't o'th epro!l\o"t1o~_"
polictes'" f our~chools. , I~l~i~
ths. :P-i>~l1o e~1II1nat.lonsinNeW"f~ndl.and~ere~Ped:torGrad~ll9and\0''' -1~
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orsch oolexa l'l1.naUclns.'1hiSDon'~ pa.Vel1 the; ,W~Y t~ -teadh~ ",
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'al l.sChoolsto dotamineitsstandards far'these 'gradesin reJ.a.t1on
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..- these".condl't~ons.
.i~l'" na:~onable
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RecentChanBes.!!!Newfoundland,~
·Since.,co~ttderat10nill'Newfou~and. ~.the,v,iewthit changes
are
neee9~ in'ed~U~~ ha.~,~en :ade', uxg,en~ by adJc~tors
andlaymena.l1kG.',Th1o view hasreaUJ.tod. i n s lgnirica ntS'tr1dEis.ha~
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TheRoYAJ,c~lln1Bsion.headedlby.~'.P;~,J~1ra.rren(1967)·~~ed . s~,ofthe'lD.sicchS.ngea·t ha.t'hav~takSlipl9.c eto~mpi-0V9"eduCation ,t th.
~hooi "~l . !~n
.d d . . \ . . . .The"'p'r of ellsionaJ,b a tion ofteachIng has beenieneet~in '.th& claseroollls;New'appr oaches to instl"lctionhaV-8beentntr~
.duee4' ••••.Ina. growingIlUlbber of' ecbocj e,thBre1snowno ri gid divisi onofth9Qayint olos son per iods , the,chlldren arenot'lIlade,tositquietly1n rowsof.deskts,th e teaching 18JIluchlessauthoritaria nthani twas,physical·.pun~shlllent 18seldOlllus elf,and10113emp~1818placedonwr1t te n exaJllinat1ons~Stude ntsU'9ptlJ:1Jlittedto progres sllIon .at
,theirownrate ,to war k in _ 11 groupsorind1v1dUa.1lJ.and
to,learn:froDl aIdde variet ypfresources(p.6).
·Furthercha.rJ8;8e wereevi de nt';t,-the'departlilent.level to
grant.
"the's~h061smoreauto nol:lYin'set.t 1ng~~.gXad1ngtheirO~exam.:.
:
· 1na.t1~ns~ V~~ (1~~:1seUS36d th8S~' Cha~e'9 wb~~'
hesai~;
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been
,>l".a.~e ,~O{,~BC~:
90me.~f t~e: ,~i~nce~ 't~
progressive.ed~~~on :,.
1n,this prov1 nc::it . TheGov" rM ent beganafteroon:!~Etrat1ODto~
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8u~h'c~~es~
bu't"it -;,;"s~~t:untU' th~ re~~J!II!\~~t1~ns'
by~ R~YaJ., .· ·
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·c.o~s~~~n on Ed~~i,:(m
in:l 964"e~ ~le!lle'nted' ~~t e~~r1c~nt' ·.
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P\l11l:Osj,,~',•••~.Lat er regul at i onsst.a:t~ thatJI,S,o('JUlIB' ". .1972 , h1ghscho o18approvedbythotl1nl sterwouldbepBl"lll l t-
ted t.oaes1gnSO%of'thefl na1. mark,for the'GradeX;6xa.r11.-
ination cer'rtl£1cate(p.?). ' . .
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,.-.lI'~nv'iew,9dlIIanyOr...~Bcoongea
made.in
'BchoolG ldthgrei"t ,'.opt1rllis-.aandsuggs 3t oo"t h at theroorgaritza.tion.tia:a -h~lpedstude nts .:l con.s1dera\lly. I~· '~6 und~nlab~~ '~h~~ 1~ has f~ll1uit~, l~~~ ' to
~
largeexte~~' ~s .it
wasadV,ocated't~ d~" . Th~
p'oaltivere~~
t.aO,f SU;hchanges..a.y'beseeni~:the'1.11creas in8nUIll'bEtr sof"
,studentswho arecontinuing'1ns~ondary, educatl on ;aswell'as a si milar.. .. . • . . .
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.in~seinteac~ing,facil1t1es.~ulldi~sand res0m=:ces•..It'lf0uld
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diffi c ult to·'-:,uggest.~oil~er.that~1 ch~e3we~'for~he ~~t~In the opi nion'o f the wrlter;.,'the reorganiziLtionhas cont ributed'
•.l~el.y ~o"anoveterowd.1.ng of ,studentsin'our classrooms.ecnee- qu~ntl,.;direct progress",ofst ude nt1"~'r,g ~,
be en
hi~Bred'.'rat h er thanaidedby'
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11.cha nge'.This~'ondltion ~~ire5'
tha t.. .'..
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.Th~.'.,:n~uct,iono.~
t ia
pa.~r-t~'90\~atterllpt8d:to.outline some,of the weaktiesses,in'the educational,aystelllof thi.sprovi nce .~nd ha.~SUMBsted.~ollle"steps't ha t havealreadybeen."take nto-overeoDle't~~~e wea:kn~sBe5~ ~t ~a~ co~iUded t~~t ' O~n1zatiOna1
changes aren~t
suffi cient.. that,~ore. . emphasis shouldbeplaced,on theins truc tional aspect of,teachIngInth~vari.ou'seteeeeceee, What 10needed. 1s an appi-oach
~hBreby
more stUdents aretauShtto thelev~l ~r
r1asterye.the·
'llyallO'dngahigher propor tionof stU:dentsto acquire g:reahr levels
{ -
I f J
1 \I I
· of
cleYe,lQPel~~t.\8~ftl1ar , .~O ~at pr,oP~~~ .by·:.~~~tn ~ ~agel '(~9nl :
and.by;llavle6(19'7lJ.)~S;lIithaDd Naae1&ald.
.'L',' · ,-- ." , . '" , ' The system sapproachviewsthe entire~ucat1onalProgralll as'a ,systellllof.closelyInterrela.tedpllrls.I t isan'orch_. estratedlearningpatternnth allpartsharmoniouslYintegrated.
Int o~ewhol e1theschool , th e tea.c:her,thestude:nts . the IMIdlA."andtheIIlaterhls.Such an approachint eg rat es the older,lIlon ~aJIIll1armethoiBaodtoo1s, of-i nst ru c t ionwi th the newerone e--the COl:lputQr ,televlalon~'Ilrogram:ned.
In.struct1~n.rm.,s1ll1Ulat l 0ns.toname11few,(p.86) .' "· "
Wh~reu.~h18 ,~eSCr1Pt10D or
the'SYSt.e~8
approach"'out U nes'theI - - .- . . .'
I~~~o~nt~: ,~ WO~k\_l~)he l~~truc~londproo.~s~.~other,~,~scrl~'~~~
fbe u s_on the ot9p-li:r-step"prOCeduresfor~ell1grtl.ng,suehan ,I
. . I ' .'. - ' ,.:~. ' •
ef f e c tiveir'ls t ru ct i om l systelll.~"ie9eOMlIIents ona. lea.rn1l'lg systalll~d~sJgn,asfollows.
· , ", ,
.
. . ., . /!biB.lIle thodology cOllSlstsof systella.tleprocedlml8 for planning,des1gnir,g.carxy1na:,out, and ovaluatingthe'total: proCessoflea rn1llB' and tea.chin,g.It. 1Bdlreot ed a.tach1oYillB' spe c1fi cobjectivesandis bas edon res earchin hU/IIMlearn- ingandcOl\lll\1mcation.Applyingth1e ;llethodology w11l produce aleai:-n1 n,gsyster.l whi charranges hl1ll\.&.n andnon-hlllUn eeecueeee .~:i~,;n::;'git,nnerto brIng abouteff~ct1ve student . .
.The
~i~r
1eIlFo~.~~t.Of' th,~s ty~e':o~ dO,liign ', ~ndbellJ~ee
HI.the,;~~nceof." "'fpur ~edllnlsIplannl.'~I.de Signing, illlpleilentlng ande"aluatl~in developing any educationalpr~lI'.
cons~~~~tly',
ithas'';;8~ted
'i n~.
6twiJ",'6fth e meteryl~n,g
approaCh ee.: ' .pro?~~ed" ,by.·C.iu'roi1. (1963),' , . Block't (1971)' ,and.,Bloo.. (1971).'-
Itis the thesisof~e,wrHerthata'lDasterylearningapproac h
'. , .
.
.;'i11!'B91.5t..lu.theSOl~t10n'Of.theprOb~'UI8dhCUSS8din thh'paper .
·S~ude!'ltswould,be
ta,usrt
~indi viduals.and advanced;atara.te .tha\i~e·~.t1ble,~t~tJtelr,:a.bn~tiej,.":~.t~·Of,,ll1&;l:'U~t,,~n ,\lsud 115 student eenteredrather thangroup 'based and promrtlon18
·W.e rit i l rig
(1973)~,
.. . . ..
. . '. ... /"\.Ma:stell:y1earmng ,'which1~ rates t.he requ1rellentand
ct="-"-~~,--;-_~~ ~d~terl ~ta:~O:r~;~~:,~;~~":r _ ~p~:lIi:~.:~~
=1:;:~\~~~ loMl ~:h:~O: ~:;;~or. -
..
;~nU·1:,~,S ?o...~nt' o~·~~ry 1e~ng: 8~~e5 ~~.
lUllnc~
acter1'~.t:~'C.S
"or:~hlB
appr?ach;,I tS~el!lt5
that8t~:n~ pi:oin:S~'
.-'· 1 -- - , . I 1- I I ";---- - \ "
I' - 14 £ J:.
'.,'
se conceptof m&.st'3::::fle!1rn1i ::ref~rstoamode~of lns t.I'lJ-ct l on which as the reate....ingcl~st1nct1veteat uresl
'to .
A/:.l t ?ydef~ned ~:~q~_~nce , ~.r ~.~1~1'~, .ani,c~nce~~s:.s~:~~~red~n,
-.~lS' or
a't;;Lck"ana.l,ys13' ,processwh1l:h 1:!I-y,enera l ly'a.:;socia.te d' .',e'.>' ,:" ," ", '_.",: .1: -, ' ',.' '.:"",withthe'l.eaml~theo;"·ofGag:W;./. ./.,.' :'. -:
. ' .' ' . . ' . I · · . ' . , . ' " ':
A n
e:valuatl~n~ys~elllwhlCh. spe~lrf1es III(I.S~ery·cr1ter~a.for,each.
,_~~1.1,~;o~ _con~~_p.~.:, ln -t~e. seque.~c9~K· . _
_",,' .:..~,:',,.: :
.J.'A pac1l'18'.s ya te", whlchlnsl.lrlllstha't the-l ea rner hasachievedthe .. '," .c."-,':":,",', p- -,' -1-,"..,:,:".-::.-,
c, -, .: . -:
_ma 8tery c rl ter~forlovn levelpnrequlsltesk1113andcone ept:s1n
-. . . ~~\;l~hY "~rl~~ ~'~ f~~ i:t(~~~' •• i~a~ng re~~ '~1~~~;"" .
"'~e;~i t~'ne~p,t~ ' and\sk;'li~~ ', ·,' , ·r· ... >''":.'', , ' ,'.:' .'.: '': : , ..-.' " < .: :
::>. '. : ' .. : / . . .
.Joanyn.qoiels of Il\asW17,lea.rn1ngh<i.v,e,beendevelopedinthe'
~·~\~~w ;ea~:.::'~~::~osta~~.:'~,~·: ~n',\~e, '~~~:i.:~m~.ei·~:"~.~ :.~~.c~::· ' ; :::'' . : : : '...:
lll~,~l.l!ilS -de~.elO~bY:Mu~lle1i:l~.,1973.~:7h~,s.llIodel,...J'!U~l~er~sald~'.:~r
·lbe.Ja3.,~t~ry 1nS:tt"\l~ti:ona.i ,'~Odel·i~
asfoiio\J:;'- complet~'lI'iti).·" "
.,. 'rationale:'Res ea rc hind ica te s th<i.t Illoststud~ntscan'learn
':·'aa.lIlost
aliythi ng ,~lvcnenOugh tiMand
properpr erequ1151te' lCIlrn!Il8.'Therefore"1flie,arrange nU instructional'tasks into,th,eirproper learntngsequence,al:no~tall,stud~nrs,'"11111 be,ableto accOlO.pllsheach and. every,task"eventually . I fE13Chstudent 1s ta U8htunt ilhe.eaeteeeaparticUlar · .'learn1ngunit ,he ean then besenton-to,the next,task'or"
.goal0:!Ldinfinittm~Stude ntaa.renot COlllpared,with othel:..','..
stUdents ina!l\ount'learne(j,i,and.nostudent 1s ever'at the"_ ..bottol:l of a distributio n"beCa.U'sliI,there1~nodistrlbutlan..
.:cr
te.steeerea{P. s).: " \ . .·
~a~~~~~~~~Ch.;,~~ d;d riO~ :n~~d ' ~~Pe~Si~~':,:~~~l~n~': ~~
'"'."..'''.1--: ... ." ,.' ": ,,,." , '. ." ,,', ' . ',,' ';.
~OgraIliS.'1t,~elPedlIIoreGtud~~t,slIIa,st.er,/llor eid:r:k In lesil"tinl';".
·and'~ea.uBe,1t'dH,notdeS~na.te;aIIpBc1f1e:amount oftll11.e.fpr
co~p'~et'~o~,.
" .'lt
.' ;'pro~;lde.i:
',.
. :',i.nd~Vid~11l'.~.
' . ,. ... . ·'1nstru~t~~ri.
" ," '.:A"lIlodel :forMsterj'learniilg'was:offic iall y,proposed.
.an th~: :~O ·~:(~Oll;{%)') .',1~~iud1rig the
-nev"f~~t'~r '~r ti~ ::' '.
··. 2i::~,::':;:·:~: :::=h::;'~tlV~tl~;: ;,iok (1~),
".~.
,',;' :':;~~'.·;"'n}e-·lIlodel·· ~~~Sed'-';~~ .!~e:qualii~,,~f ~h~':s~Ji~~t'15' :'
. :l,ns t ruetl on' andhis abil1tytounders~nd':it.lnteracUd,..··
.'.to extell,d:the~tllll9he,neededf.l?rtaekIIlILstery::ooy ondtMt'·
· ·~~::~~~~;q6~~s~in~~~~i~~~~(~~s,t~~l~:;·t~u:::;~
.,s t a ,mi twer eh!8h.·thenhewoul d:require l i ttleor,no
":ad.!l i t1o~l:lea r ni ng time.However,,1!'they,were,'both"l ow,.
·the nhewould,require~uchadditional tbe,(p.6).,' -:.', :.
.'·I t".,was Benjan lri'.mooll, ., . ' ·ln" 1968,' wllo t ra ns f onned, ;" '.' ..,:th',is model'.'".
1n:,o'
'l~ .. e~~e.~.~i~~,'.,t~~.,:;.~r,~~te:~
..iear~~,: , B.l~~~':S:,·:~or~l~ .'
~odei"e,..~ha:B1zed;tl~:allple:f~,ed~c'k/~o'rrec;t-10nprocedures,to'.'.,
·
~~s~ ,t~~: e~c~ , ~t.JdBn~."~:'uri1t 'iri~t~~fo~
waso~"~Pti~l:
:, '.\,~~~l,ty.":~e~,.,c~~~t~o.n·,·~a'~ ~~~;~efin~" ~~'~~~+,'b~ ,:'fC~~,~~,':'
.:_dev1e!s"Bl~olll'~ llI~el suege~t~__SU.?Pl~/Ilen.~_ma~erlaJ.6 to·be,,'.:..
~~~iie~ .t~::he~,~' ~e.,:!I~~den,~ ,,~ereo~e n~B~u~~l~n~~ Pi:obl~~9'
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wi . . . .Pt~'i>l<
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.' \. ~~~~~ ~:task "~d~~ wh~8 ~~h8~ d~ :;n~t. ·Th~" m1~'k~ ,,~~ 'bY . "'.-;' ,:. , ". •;,:."
~'d~~;~~ 'ls to':~~vanc~
thoSe:~~t ·~O ~~~'~~" ihe" '~e: ,~~,~:':-':" '~' <:'::. ~,.
-:'..,..",'"....
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. d~~~~~ilt ·rates~ ~.i- .~id.ne
•.to'~~~rl
W,:3'Clal~ ha'3':be~lI pru~~i~ . .b/Cl~;'
. :'~.. (1958) a~ ~~~ll~on
.. '''.(~96~) ';h o' bO~ f~Und 1~
."~~ohaYe..'~l&i ~;ai.bil1t.i,!3 ~or'~o.'- '.l~ming
';ihe~'M/nIlY~ bB~~bl'!tto'leam.~.'&:....
stery
le.,. l.'...:'rhls'
d1rfe rence
l~.";tude~t. ~pUtud~'f~. lI~bjeC~'~·s"ubjeet':" ~~.,.te'~;~'~ ' ~Ol1 :(~~~) :
..~e . 'a:~.~,el~ .~s
KI.P9!i~),:ci~.
, :'~:': tm..
t:~e·.
leyel:~~ :~e"'~~.~':1t'~
in'~'. ~~bjec\ d~~nd~'uPo~';'
,l.o':. :i:
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(';.~~l~
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~~~,c~~~ed..~l· a.~t1.tUdes.are:~Jcllveo~.~iIrthe• ,rate
;t
wh1.cha.nd,thelevel 'to lIhlchst~ent~will/ eara .,.Abililyto understandInstruc t io n • • -. ..
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I
Another cau::IeforIIatudent"enon-a~hle"~III.n;
115rela~~ll! ":..'.. .:
.,1m.bl:U
iy'
ig',~~'lIr~ta.~d:ih~01~~t~C~10Dgl.,.ii."Bloo.it (i968)'d ef i nes."th.·~blilti'?fthe"l~~r
'to :
u~~r~ta~exa~UYwhil.t.
1t'1~"h'~ill'-:".
· to ·l~~ :a:~ .~e ~OC8d~. · th~t ~ ,n~.~;;;"~ fo~" ~chl:~llzie~L '~~ '
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'ment'
th'l.
to"he"~~~~~"s'ed , a~
urgencyfor '~urr~e~~
lIlil.«:ers.~nd t.ea.~h~rs t.o "develo P aPPrOache9'~O:~nstruet1~n _1I~1ch w~~l' ~~t"
~~;';'e thj/~eed&
. ofdi.ffe~nt ~oUP$ 'Of- le&r.ner,~.,·It· 19 ap~~~t
' . ,', _. , -, '
t~tNO:S'tltt ude ntsean'maat erwhatMith<l.ve:,t. o:teacht.helil•.o.ndit. .
\~;
,.t he:,':t.:U k'oi,';i1st~i:iction
-tofind,the'~~~n~':~hiCh
wU'lena.bl~
. · ·~~~·,' ~.r~~~~+~·~.e. ~~~·~~~:~ ~.n>~~s" ~/~1.~~:.·,'i8 ·~h~," tilnj.th~'-
'..,learnerle_v1l~lngt,ospend on~eilrD1ng.A,~oll8:persevera.nee'.
., . ..'... ' - ',-"' . .<" .'
~.~ual. tn~u~~:~n )~~~ thl~ ;~~~~h ~', t~e:~1te~
pa!J~ t~.e .Y~ll1"~' · · . - L : ". '. !.' '. . , _-~~ : . ."
.i . '.',:,The.S.~hOOl.le&,t~lCa1:J{e~~r~m,t·_J~.n1or!highsc~O.~l.1nthat, .,i tll~rv~s,a~proxl~t:~:250studenb/n,C~dee 8i.a~_:9~,-Th.~."teach~
l~st.~ffc:o~~1.~e~1I>•.l1emb<trsh ipOf;,t\lel~e:,~.eac~r~WhO".te aCh.
'-',:-nractlcall" fU~l-t1l11e._~h~~ethe PJ:l~cl~t:eache8 al1t~e_:~~re
..
~han hi\l;-t~~e~ _~e SCh~Ol: bu1~d1ng .~as Or~lna1~bUllt
. ;,appro~~
...i
y8 5~t",,~nti;
bu'by;~.~;';~,'," o~ ~.vl;. portabi. ol",~
· ;00" 1~ ",,;"".... 250"ud.n'~ ;n ':''';.~ ,;'':~
edc o''';''o;''. '''.:
en';'; .. \oc.'ed t; a c_ Uo1'Y ;i
;'''';' '5000)OOP1.
';'eyo f Who~
';T;'~".r.t';'o •• • ;'gov.~", "" .ted ;"; Ul,1;. . "< >: '
': .~o~ C~~~' l~'lUd~~' ~~'co~· s~bj~~~- ·-~; ,~ngl1sh. ; iclen.ce i
. ~thelllat1~:~"_~~~- s.t~iliee ~
French,and"Re~1g16n''W~~h ~.ther SUbj~ets'
'.reeeil~1y,~ntroduced In:~udi;,g_H~althSci ence8.~·c~n_t,Evente~-An:: :;l ntesra:IP~Of.theC~eU1Ull1rayb~'d'es~lbed&8th&_:~thlrd
currieu1UJ:l"
aid
In¢llide s'aPort~'arid~lubs''SUClhasthe
Clee,Club';.Ch~"ss'~i~~~: 'Fre~eh· C~Ub;~~."w~,~~ as"co~t~tees ,~~ ~ttange ,~'~~':o~her act~vi.t1e8 ,d~.i~·t!le - ye~:· BY ~rade
9.th.e~t~ent~ ~'8~~ed a~c~~n& ,~. th~~~ '&eh~~~nt' durln8' ,~~ prev1o~ ye~"s w~~k~' :~a
:whiehdlffer:'~'lgn1fi~'antJifroMhtah achieve rsto1011'aehi~rS:-.
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The'gen~: phll~Oph1
"ofa-is~n~'na- -~s
and"prOlI:otion'in'i~~~ ' .
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·.~~t~ndonpo'....lbUl~le~" . /
.;
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~xt.nL,h.ipst
nin.thesubj ec t taUed •.nte"...
t~e~t8axe:~~~ ~ 'the ~ow ae~i.e e~~nt ~],.~-.ln -c~. ~o "Tht~ ~lt;;;'t~o n.·_
'~u.~ · .. l'th
the fl:en.raldt~ln~;t~1IJ' ·~tud.ntA: ~' ~~nt.r1b-;
.. <.~
to. :,~,,~\crw ae~~~~~"itt-~~~i;·~.&~ etud"n~a
lfO·~,. thei
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- . . '...?'tor:.vorJdnswhen"the,. ..re:.~_~.... en1f'the ,.do.not._a~
:'p,. nct.'.nr..i'
~ork··tJ:>~,.~1U.~«lven
~"pa.~.and..Jl'I....~on',t~the.. . . ":ne:.rtimde._~e~~ou.t~.f.·thoee~l~P~~..to,~next"grade;
~_~~'. r~ll.~·~U~. o.f" t_IIll~~~~ -~~ ~n t~~ ~~u1~lt
....o~t.··_::
.Pemaps, theanswe r 11••1nc~1.t l ngonly theco - .ptsthat.t.ud"n'ta..
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~/~)1~1.d &1l~1f '~~ '~t~ents
'to·ac~l~V~.~~_·hl~e~ i~~~la &~l<l .el1J"inato
-.::,~~,:h~. ·1"~.~~ .~~~ .~·. ne~t:~~~,'.l~,nu~.ax,P'lr1~~~~ ~U~h.~,~.
lapl. ..unt& UonIroul.dal80rellove the'need.to,dlv1d,e et ude nt .intoc' :
~~;~' ~Dd ~~ne~l.. ~l_.e~~·
;,' .•': ' ...
~,"e.~l~.·'~n
!hl.•_eo:;~i.:~ 'be;~ :-in ,l~~~~ 'bo~; ~:'~
::':~:i:=~:::t: :'::~':<hl~' ~.:;.,,:~.\ ' :>
'·:~t.er·~l.~~·Art~UO i.r.'~·a~~:Gn4~8ciuB:'~.;t8.;pt:~·~
~~ .~:'U > .r..oC~~~ ~e,.&~~'.~d .~. 1~1ee,~~t8d·.I'~~ '
.the,...cl.a.e. nex-t7"U'1nAI«-bra.Thewrit e r l.,otth..opl nion'.
,'~t ~· a~6~ • • ~~ beBn '.'~ik~~~~·l~ OM"C~~·,,·' ~B ~;~ri:::,
.'.. '.':.'."",' ,': .:>" ' '.' , - .' ,",: ;... ';' ,.:-" ' , -:"
,," '-' ~.-.'.
appro;a ehcould~extend ed,to~OIlIpl&tep-ade andn..ntG'the;
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.: , , . '," . def,lned.u~"til,~h\lJe,le&nlJ.,l:1g~r.~~~~~~el~..tha~:~~._~e~~ng ot a.nyU~i:1,11,~ba.blYd':'Jl~nd~ntupont~&,learn.i.1."8:drall pr,1o:c
~nlt~.
11l?e k.(19:71)'attelllptedto~~W.n; ~e .II~~elle
of".MateXy leai-n1ll«'strategi es:1naequenthllY'j~aru~' sllbJect~'Whe n,'he~d;. " .', " . , ., , ',' ' " , ,"'''',
'.'Die1ea. rn 1ng'
o r
ali1sequentlallj 1l:cr8115ed.$ubJ eet·depends. uponthe1eartdt>«or eaeh of.Ha.un1.ts.·If .a.-t. 'eaeh',stage':. 1n the, $equence,'!:hestudent 1.earnsthe_te r :1al upon which
" t.he 'nex1:unltbuilds. then h1s ,1earn:t:nll'thro\l8hout the
.eequenceis,U.kelyto,beadequa.te(p.66).'.." : .
~~~ -(11h.) ~~~":s~.te.t'~ls ~ri. ,o~:: 8~bJ"~:ot
.for'the .deYel.o~~·~~~ > ,'
. ,or:a'IM..~iY'lell.rn1.nSapproaeh.·Kesa1d.'tha.taGU C C 88 8,fuJ..ma.a~v:rY
. ::;::h~:·,7,:::;r:t':';.::r::.:;t;::.:'::::.::C .
·~e'nt' hae ·ch~~ed' i~~1.1e· o:...;r· ~~ pa~t y~ ;'Th~ ~~r: c~~~ 1f1~
Bi~~~ when "~~ ~l~.~~iT '~oure'es' ~n~81c',~~~' ~~bjeet~ (-'e:~;;'
. :
"ht~~etl~·.: i;gil$h,. ·~:u.~;.~th~~t;C8 . "~nd
·$6 :1e ooe).~ ~ood
...: ;~t ::~~'st~~nb :1n~~~~
to:~lite~' ~~~~ ':te~lird~i~ee '~-t.
'.'t~l~' ~~{~o~ ~~'e'tl~ ,fro. ~ O~ul~' ~hl~h"Jl~~selfIn'~~{s
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aiJ;t:~~.~~i~~e~~' ~'
a:~8~~e
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>rbn.ed:j':itt::,± ':h~P:::::::~i:~~f:~:: t::::::og
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'" .~~Sahd.th~~.wi th i n,e~~.Un1t.~~1s.r~l:lrtohIC~l<.
•
O%d?r1Il&.~s ,n~essary r~use !l.~chorder1ng,:orrespo~
toS.tud,;,·, ' eob':ll~ntal: ~evel~~IlI8~t,
llS}h8Y,pa,S5tro~
t\e easy,~9
..~:',lIIore . :"
.dlfi.1c.uitstaies:
;f. learn1~.
''[3yo~e~l~'~e. ta5ks
'the~t~e~ts
were p~1tt9d to ~ss' :f'r~'~ra.mril~'materlal 1nt~Jnew a:na u:n:~'. i fUllb.r"M~e.riaJ.;.:.·Th1$·'ord;n~ .1~' ·~.th~~1~8·,·1~ e~~l~Y
~';~~n~ fO~'~~ c6~~~t:/a~. Prl~ei;i.~S:-~, ~lit' ~n'l?~vio~:Sly.· "
~n~' t~nov~~~r, C'?~~dered:.~.;. ~~a ~~·~1~
..'~ th8
..~~- "" ,
.:1II~t' ofFdue~t1on.-'delot~th0~~nii$w~lch~e~"deeDl~,~8ce5sa.:ry -._,a nd,incl uded:
top1~'1J
,whi chwm, neCe~
'to'brl~',
the.studerltll pre.;,,:.
req~sl~
..ieari\1fi8 uptoth~~u~~' ~e:el~. ~t .:~:
dec'idedtoPOIJ~pone.,so llle'~oPl~5Unti l,laterl~.th8,,,Yeariopr¥~e'roea- ..''s&Q.ue~ti~ am~ei:lentof·urdtB.~i.ater,.wh~ri,atudent8hadd~ve1~
8~tl~ ,~ _~~~e:'bf:,~e.:~~t~ apP~~Ch~,
th9..tOP~~8: 1~.~?D\'9~~'f: -
.·1:
M~surel:lent. and ,Pro~bll1ty:_were
·ta ugt,tconcurrently,~th' O~~b\<." .",·':·
::, :·:u:ii~··o~' t~e" n:~; si~tellllS;
buton d1f£~~t dayS~ ,Th~ ·lnn~vat.or\"
.
. . . ,. .
..' .. .. . . ,.
. '. .
",Pl,atm~to..;~. n_e~~b~\aDdmaItocha~e8:a s"o~dbed~1IIlld ~~e&8sary,''\\'..
'•.
a~._~~~~~ous ~O~8\\t~8~ts. , . : .
': ' , \ \ __.";, :~Asthe')'earproenS.!Ied.It.~a.me.8v1dentthat the~
! .'\. ' .
~:·'Pl.nilM':a~ ~~e ~t~t w~~~\~ot ~; '~~p~~ted ~~e~"~
the.llori.:'· .}:~ :.;,.~ •• t;;" ;~: ·"'''i~''d~to .n~&.r.; r~,;on,bu~~~ ; .. .. , ....
i:.
~useof.the:c~pabl11tl"or",thest.Ddent~~ncl~he.1~lCll;·1~t.O.:
·th~ pr~:Or 'the
'ne;':un1t onthe'Hetrl~:S;st.e . Con-iuent;". ~~
:'
..
':","SeC·~~:~ ·
,,'u.~ic· ~~lIU lno~~ed_th. de~r1Pt1011 '~r th~~\a~
l~ theton.or:Objec~1Yes.n.etOl'lll~tlon'oiObject1ve~~lon«
i-a n~l~~ In-·~~·lnll~C~l~~· -~~IUJ; ·.~s Bl~'-(l96B; ~~ted-:.
.
- .
.- .. .. ".- .
- .-,. '~1II n~c!~sarrtonv1a~uieIn1i~~~to suttthestude nts '". eapa.bll:1tles
" a.nd·
school lIChed~.-~ Cha~ters'w~re.tlna~):deleted
t.o
bedon•.thetoU~!il,g~•.·-nll!."l~ixt~wor k on .Expon&ntall.Di111t.egera.whichareclosely~latedt.o theCrade9;r<Il5?lIl _"nd::C~u.ld' be
d.one.tb lltOllo~~: 'ye~~ '
1 ".-'
'". ~ ' , " -. . '. . ,,'. .
'- . a~.~~~ t~ In'{olT~
&01.ng intolIucbuMee~33arY"de:tal.I
•.How~ver: the
"~iter'bEttle TedihO,anal;ysb
to
be"'e s sent W 1fl~teil18entdecisions' .,-: -:
:-,' ', ' .~ :
. . . .
'.".. -.. .
'.: ' .. .'
'. ....out•.todlJnt l opNat8X1"1Deach student·slearning,-teacherslhoUl.d:~', ...:' ~. ~w.~ ~. ~C~Il1~~:
..,i;e~: ~tude~~,
haVe-a~~ln&d'.l~~ ,~' ~6¢~1~.~,
:.';11ionlypose1b1e1tthetukstobelearnedare ducrl'bed interms -..';,;
WOll'~~~e~ obj~t.1~~'.
The~bj~~~.'res act~ d.~ne·~~:~t.:
".~.~ \,~:~ted~' "
. . . ..
'lbe
~~~ ~b.~ iha.t"
a:_ ere wrlt1~
of~~jeet1YelS;
Would-~t
'.,
~~It.~t lea.~zi,g
-itl",,'th~' liar ~tt.~~e.::_obJect1veS :..r~' U:~ tha~'
'.:~ll ·d~ thla'~' ~I Inn~to~··fu·. '~t the ~g~~ng
or"th~
year.'~~~a~~' "
.:' ..; i liat'.~· g~neral . o~Jecuve~:de~~e<I t'rci~ th. de:te~in~ oo~~nt
•.";'; u
objeot1~o,
Q"leol"~ id"; ~'b~;:'
_o ;,.,.,.;'o."..!,
;to',bI;"
~ented;to ~l~ .ch~l ~. it ~s"then n~.~ i~"p:epare
~'.
.'.
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.
"~."'·I;",,,'i"
" " , ',-
': ..
:. ," '.:' '.' . '. ' ,,,'Cc:n~equentlylot.~";levels,KlIr eestablished.B.a nd C-gradell were
.
• ' :. "" , . '" . . p,'theref'ore nec essitatedvery little,uxpla~t1o.nto parents.
,,:nd
s'tudents .Thi'l,nnovat or
was
'notccncer~edabout thefactthat~,nyoft"{'IIt~..entS·would berecord ed.asA's ,"'for
th16 wa~' them3.~ alm
of this .approach .'Thewriter realizedthatregardlessof the lnstruct10n
·g1v.n and:the timeallowed,'solliestU:dentscoul dnotrea~h'theA- l e vel .:'..
, ,," ,:,', ' , ; ' , .' :' '
sheets-a ewell'as on thel!u1let1nboard, Student s r6q,ui red an'exp j.en-.
. . ..
atlon
a.~'
#'consta~t rell'linde~
of,tl;lee:~ goa18lformasteryc'a~
onlybe ':
~hieV
__Od-' if.·~~ey
are' ~wa:~ .of ~.xac~lY
"hatm~st ba ,~st:re~. ·,'·.".
',',The third,st epfor,taskanal,ys1sliaSwellstated by Block(1971 )
whenhesald ,
. , ' . , '.
i~;el~~~i~~ei~t~o=:~~h~S~~i~:;~:i:t~~nt~:~~~t1ves
whe re by-th eevidencerequired,tojlldg e.andg:z::ade eachstudent IS lea.rn1ngata.s...ubj &ct's.COllpl'!'t;onca~bega~ered:(pq61),
."A~'Block'hassuggested ,the'6ett1~of~'sterr60a1srllqU1~Sollle
',: " ; " ,', " ,,"
:.
'.Bet
~::dot
to~ummat1~(l
evaluationa~dserved
asth e sol:e'criterl o n:~1~~t 1lhlC~ ~ch" ,~t~erit's Perf~~DC~
"was',~ud8ed.
... ..The'
'f.cl~~':
did~ot
find~~~ '~h~ literature·an; h8rd> ~nd 'fa~t
ruleafor set titlg this
~~n~
but:us edt~e A~le~l ~f
80%aa:t he,·.aster)':
1~1 ;':Th~s
lfaea'familiar'~tan~ used'i~"ihO s~hOol ~~
.i
'
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.-.' . ' .:- :.The sllccsssfu1-~lelllenta:t.1on'and'~ OJllplet.1~n of'an;'~t~
.' ,-:. , '-.-: : "-,. :'
learning,s~tesy'1fa.Bconl)~dere4'b)fth~'writer.
too:
bed.<'pend"ntupon the~e~~t1onof_;.a;te~iais.-a~U;~~n1quee"t:Obe:u'slId'in-lr,15t.rUct1o~.Fo~
thi ./re~son~
-the1Ir1t~-deVBlo~~ aniTl8trttct~ona:imod~1 i;i:
exhibit-t he'~n~~lcomponents'ot15U~h
an-
approach;TtlhJiod~l"18'di:~lay~onN~4i.~Core'~a.min1ng·-this.mod el;'1t,~~benee-
e~~-to l~~lUde
&,bi-1~t
desc.rlpUorio:r th'e.rtUde~~s-~1e1pa.~1ng
.
o~' ~{ve
\10'1m.ember~ t~ -~h~"~laaB':
T\ro DC those tXanl>ferred-1'r(l1l"':-"sehooi~1nODtar10.a~ N~wBI"UllfJlI1ck,t;1I6otherslIoret;ranaferred
'._:';,'
~:~~he:'_c:l&.a;~a_~~~r
thei7~\~1.~t.1on per'l~_"and '~M
ee-".'."_' . .
',~e~t~o_
be,P1.&C~. ~n
t;hb'c~"B
..l.~"r in: t~e
year.:Thingaveth~' ':': ". " < :.~':. ... : ~ :.: '. " ." ;'.'. _ .'
}e.ot...1lIP1~
.Of "_'~ud~"t
•..•,A.lt-.h.'."""...•.a.."s:
a,.,0; ,"'" n~"
/ ·:-" .';'__
6t~~nts.
thi sa,ddedan1ncreaa~ b~en
on group workandthe'.correoU ngof,c'olllple tedworkby the teachex'.
. .
'-- .," '. -.' " ' .p~b1ellls ~erlencedWith.:thes e,s t udents· lS,terIn the'ye:iro
. -, ' '- '- ",-", '
teachers.Suoh-'eoJalllen~as'la ck orlQj;orc.s t ·"a nd·.la c k of.~ntaJ.
help'and
~port· '.!I.idad
thetaaeh~- ln 'deail~
wit h\OIllS"O:r'the', '. " .
evalU:~t.ionandre81'Ouplngaithe~tUdenta. nu~:trad1t1onala~~ch
'lf~d appiyeo~eeorrCet1~sto'thegr~....s a'"hole,wl~'al1t ma~,:
.'J)rOV1s1on.forthoseha.ving masteredtheob j ect.1Yes't o move,t o 'the
. C
." . .,
..The:ti ost''Bl gn1 f1eantdlff~refl(letntheln t r oductionof" _stery
~oarn1~
and . ;~t10nal'
approa ch~~~Et strat'egl~~ ~~in
1n-stn.lctl~~ .
TheClae~'I'OO~ operat'iOv.~f- ~8te.ry
lsarnl tlgro110lf·e~:~he .'
,e taS-es.de s crlbe1ibyBlock (19'71),ThoseS~~8 ar~as'follo.r.u({ ).
~test1~'
(2')~up~~
(3)',I~~~Ction '(4) '
Fomatlve'w a tlltg (5 ) Applica t ion'ofl~i~
corroative s ;a.nd(6 )~uve 'e~lua.tlo~.
Ma.,nyof,thess',s r e bl s l ea.lly thestopstc'befollowed under atradit-
"
" .
' ,' .of-'IIhlch' a :recontr1bUt1~factorstoachievement.'I'helr-I.Q._ra.t1~
~ed f~~ .~7
t'o'9.8~~~ ~he
otiste~:u:~_ 8OiLl~~ ~o~~ver;
mOrasignificant was-the lIlean.'I.Q.for the olass.The meanI. Q. ll"d,8~.
IncU~~iri;; -~laSS
'ofbel~w~:aV$~e' Intell~ence. ' oihllr-ln1'~natl~~
,.<"- .- ' . ' ,' ..".'';. " , .,
.?'~Was'obta.lnedfrolllthecUllulat1V9:records cOllIpleted_bytheirprovloU3.
.
..
"&6edl~e'r&nt1al'of five years;-:l:81'l&1'1\S'fro~i2 ye~s', t~17"Years•
.; Thill,agediff ennUal..ccm,trlbuted.to awI de dIvers I ty'of'~tur1ty .
Inte:rest~.peD~~M1ne~$•.~nvi.ronmenta.lfaetor~"a.ridability ;'&11
-i:, .<,,:
f ·
b'~~louml 'i~~h1ori:
as'~~eh"~ ~oas1bie .~~, ~Ile '
theforIns t ruc ti on a nd student studies•.
The toeaehar
'p~s~~teci
thele5ac:i~
to thewhoi:e' -
group on~~ '~k
..pr~s'crlbEid
,",'udng\he ~th~~ '~~.
inf1!a"~~~-,th~ .~her', ~~leVed '
to'
be" ':~o~~'·a:Pp~prlit~_
for~.~
..~~~Me~t' i; ~he ' obje~t~~~ : ~~:~ii itere 'enco~~d ' ~~ put -t'~h a~ropr1ate '''~e~~ ' ~-rf~~h~~~
;~e fir!>t: Instru~t~o~i'~r1od'-~~~er than at\ho tlir1e ;~f ~~i. :
.';: ','.,-'" "/<.-, -,',"', " . ,'. '"" ., . ;:"" ...--,,-,;..;
group~ct1v~ty.·A:f'ter,c~lIIple~t1on-oftheleasoM and pxacticeon,thie'-;:
,tOPIC'~, ~h8"f.~_llt ~ta«~ o.~·the f01'M.the e~uat10n ~n~ .
_,Block(l~) de8C~~dth~~f.ornatlveeveJ.ua.t1 onasan-~n~
tea.cblng7 leattdnsproc:es~.-HeSaid;
\
..~ ,..
bist..1"u;.;ont
; uiml.n1stered
a.t'ih~ClO~8of au~t.:-t.hernfDre.~ pr ov idesan in-d e p th pi ctureof what skil lseach :Jtudent .has,orm,s not'le?"l:1lod.ConsequentlY" Its UP',.,58sts,lrtwhat
.; :Y to h~~~;~~~s1~:=~~~~~;; ,:;o:~~::~~~~~ ~wh~ns:'"
.tfci;,10nal_:~unl~
'{;',69) . ,.- _ _,' : '.'.:,'.' " ...: ,:In,l:'.esponse..to.,theSU8g8st!on:slllad,eby-BIOC~j,n his artiole ,.t~(l
,t.e.i~liit~.·:~t:.th~eod
or-
~~8tru~uoril,adlnin1s~redShQrl~e8tB'todetermine'1II·~8teJ·.·The't'e'sts1l8re·~otirnded. Rather.thay>I'~r&
.
~~'~i~ted a3~~~ti~~aiiciry-:'-maatir;'~'
. -','-: - ;.", -. '- > : ". ;
'IIloi:elIork
',-;..ne~~
,, '-,~e~
..';:~i~
ery,Jlirki Dg'ga ve thosewhoeeeerveai tpo51ttv"evidenceof their-
:" ~'. ',-,'..
," ', ."
-. ' .'.: ," " -'-. '
", . ' .- .',"~~eiiil~ a.chlevell\elrt~-·I:t'1lfbtjU.~ved·'thatth1s'evidenc~~~lnro~'~
the~' ~ppr~~b
.~o' ~~ 1e~Dg;' 's~~~~~ ,th:'~;:6t.~:'ha~i~s ~~~e:: : aatl~;~~t~i¥/:a~;(Gell~~t~ :~08~~1~'e, 'i"rite~st ·ln ~nd ~~t.i~u~~~ · ' t'o~~; ,the 1e~~ '(B1'oe~',
1911 ) :, oth~~:'st;~en~a' ~"':t~e1r ' ;da't!..: ...
'r.... ..;,:' . ,':'.'. "..'. " ' "" ' " ','" ': ',, ,; :-,'.' ,'" ' ,- ," >,-'.>"
.a.ke S and',uriden:t.ood. :Mhythliyne~ed,"ore,~or~In,:t hl s area.,Ther'.
:"'~'"e~~~e.~.· t~~~~::m~' w:~~.~
so.that,'t he y , too,"eow.,ci.-at:talri,a ,' maste ry' ,marking'next,tlJle •... ~o~~::::::v:t:~::: :~::v::: ~r:t:::~ .. ::o:::;:~.
~~~1~, 1mmed1a~e: ,~.~~ba,~~l~~~~~ :,~~;~. ~tl~~t~ee :as ~:-
-, :n~s1!'Y.",thellasteryh~,~~,The'fX~~."of~he:d1ff1e~,~le8,lfe,~.
~,~c~~.~' s~ ,~ha: ~h8\:~~,ach'~r,,~~~};7~~,~,~, ,s.tu~~n~~ ~~l~d~'~'
.'.. "
'~~.~~?~,':,or,d7,~,~,;tc~~s/:~8t~~:1~,~.,~e~eac~8!:r.:
duty be~.~e on~,O!~1ng~Ccmi1J1gt~:t~e,, :l~~t,~~~gatne4::. .
:.~1 " ih~n:
..t~,~~1~tlrrg ,~t8 ,1~it10~,';~ .,s~eC~l,~
.~n8~:ct10r:ai:',
,';procedures'wherebY the, teacher'could .cceeeee,t hes e1earnlt16d1tf1cult.l,.ee•.
'
;Th,!,' ,t~~~,~qu~'s ~~:8~~t'esle'~'~PP11.ed>hav~
bee'n':S~~Z~ Und~',
>t he!·h~adina:'.~A1~.~~~e',Learid~,s,t~te~es:.,~il.~g,,·,1,01\.pa.g~,41,':Thes e, '.;"
J l
'I I
;~
. i
. ... ..
~~"t~~~q~~.:'~~.~.~ "the :'te;U;~~::"dur:l~" ~e;i\y~~; ' a~' 'Ft<-~~'~,
~~'>o~: :t;o:~~ b8'-~~d\.t a~'-'~ne 'tll11e~"
.. .~s::f~JI~~i.
in:~e' ~Dd'of.:i~e·, ~~~h~~:. '~8"'· . lde al.··wh~'n.:~~~~n/
.
~~ .Ilm~ll ~.;p ·.1,nst~t1o~;:' ''~~')ie on~ :~ache~ ld.~, ~o~~:~t~,~nt;' :. .' wh:i~h .}8':~~_:-:~u~,~~., ·s,~nc,~:--:~~Ch, lns1:~U~~ ,~ ,~n~t" tO U-',',"
rang~, ' 1t, ~tJ ';olle, O~Y
in~e'clall.r ~'ed-',8~~i~~. ·a~.t~en :
'.
'. :.:
strategies
Va.r1ed :~o~,·,toploto ,~'opio d~P~~l~ .~:,·th~:'~eoa~ease8 ObS~~~~.
'For''e~mo, ~'t~d~~tS.
thetei~h~r.~O~ly; te~ated
'i ns t ruc t i on· 1n the~~,:'~; 'tho'-'1f~~~~88e~'~~;',bY u~~~
. . ~.'pro~',w~~
she'at',,' -. ' , ",' ' .' ' , '.
Mter~,l~
. .-gave
':fUrlhe,~pnCtice)efo'i'e~hey atte~-~eie:ry t~stB;
For "still 'othOi-s
,th~prob1ll:llseemed:tobe'm·ore·'~~~;',:i:tapp~md'..
that -th~'~d1ff;~Ultl~s ~er~ caus-~'bY'
a~k '~~ prereqU1~~te ieU:n~
.
--..: :.,," : .. . ::'
':. '" , .,', ."".-, ,:".',
,'.-. .
":, "l,ng. 'The,s estudentsshowed,a lack of,i nt e re s t a,nd,under s ta nd.1Jlg1n
~~e~ ~o~~.'~S~l~en~. \~d',~h~~r+ ... "~~~· ~ ~f~~~t :t~~t-"
,"'m~n{!r_OlIl the'~gq1~ cia8s'-lnstrictlon.Foi:thel'~lt~ mtceB~
" ~e,. ~PPl:1~il~~· ~~'~l::'~U;" l~trwiti~~ was :p;o~~- ~e" ~~~' .;
~ ,to'~~'~lllt 8t~e,nt,s ·io"·Ov~i::o~(~~e~. ~~~l'e~~,les' . • '~_~~e,.~~ . ,
:';'.::::~~~~2\:t:~~~::::~'~:·:l:ilj::::~.:~it::::r~~~·
'
: l~ivid~ '~~8t~~t~O~ :~O'~~~1~8,~~t':~'·~~n·~os~':·::~. ~~
~~:iM8 '.,t~
':~~'.,~~·s:~~~·~~~·.the'vri~~ i'~+¥ '~~~~~."~~,,~~," .."
" mOre'l-~~n
1l1x~. e1g~~ iii ' ~ Srollp,° depencUtlg
on'thele~~~-
.lC~till~' ~i. ~e" ~~~~nt~/. ~~'o·~'~&d ·;~;the Cl~~'.
liaS"~~~
.touse,'a'
~let{'~~' ~~tte~~~ J1eii.;8~:~. :·~~lfe~e~.' '~~~~,
should,:
" :~~l~~ 'thai ~~se' ~~~~~,'~~~uss~' 'belo~' ~'ci~stli~: ~''rek:~~b
.: .v:
..
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~,
\f '.:
' .'.~
',,:.
, L
,wlt.h:the6bject~vea,g,~C~f1eda~)he,outsetO,r'tlio":,'pl:-~"' ,?'he
;lM~" IlV,~~~t10~~ac~~u~i~~
.fo:·~: o~, ~~ ",t~~,'e~~;l~r,~n4 .> ',
served as the chiefcri~qr1a'for,th~:fliJaJ.p1l!-O.ellentof,'Btude nts . ,The'Pl~c:'e~~nt.cr'5iud~nta 4t,~_"th~'i-~tk~'.-cla9~."~l:thO~h'
n~~ ~~~~ld~~
to"OOa'step'l~'t~B'~~t8~ Pl&n;'~q~ -~UCh "
:dellbera,tion
,Q'~
the::parto(~he 't~a~her: _
The_i~c~' that
_~~~ ,~tu_
"d~~t6had:n~tco.Pl~t~all-t he'topi~e-pOe~-~~e'pl:obi~m6
. ta:'to"
1~ -th~ .: ..':but" ~~'ee~ '~~o~lenlS'- ~~e ~~t1i-~'ed- t~' e~~ :~~~6~~"
',d~'lng:ihe :1iI.t~ '~t&6e~ -by 'l~t~ns'~~e' w~k, ~ei~' ;#diii~~i:~pProach~~
•.1,;e-t'~a:ch~rfound,itadirantae:~ous't~_d~velop,aPhllcsoph~-:':for
~~~Ci~' o f ~~u~~nt; befo~ ~~oh:"a ,~~v~ ~s '~de : T~ -~-~~"eitent
';;oss,ibl~.:·'studenh· w~re p~ac~, In--~ec~rice
1Iithth~ 'a~~~~" or_
-"orkCOv~~d~~c~eSBi'ullY-,''t heext~iit'at'
thei;-
achieveJl e nt~u!h~:::j:::,~~' th'lZ,'''~I~r .. t ;;;;y: .~ th':_::"~'ln ~th.~ .~ . .. ~ • . ...•:
',The
-~i~~~, 'Offe~_d '_~h" ~~ll,OW.ing,:.~~gesti~ns ~~iitf:ng~~~~t, . ,
.,'',pl~c"",ent;ofstue..ents,fro""~he,lI1& st eryclue. 'nioeestud~nte,who had'-..:-~-,','::
>~~.
spe'ndi ne;a-"inl~l~ount
o f
t1~~,'0~,~~eW;--1IO'';'1dbopn 'the':~f ~~e~ ~~OM'~t~., ~iC'~~ l!It~de~~~ 1fho 'eo~t~nt1Y<,,8h:olt~_d ~
quest10ns
bn~5hE;~t
'c'fpaper~rov1ded.n,~ae
questionsWertH 1.,
,Wh." .a t'did'YOIl 11b. about.' '1;he,
Ma.thellat1ca claes.
. th1s,yeu?2. What'di d'younoi likeabout.theola s s?
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errorsIn Iolrlguage.
thi sY88r?~ithe,st'Udent s"replied.
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~heck ,~ith
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Mme'\lork·~ :
.2.,I t helped 1111 gait!oonfidencoi nol.l1'work•. 3.·It',helped,'uegetbetter grades. , ' "
4.Theteacherhad,moreUD.etol!lpendwithBo.egroupe• .S.Vework~hard erto set,intc a certaingroup.
6.Iworked,betteJ:w,1.tha,groupof,frlends., , ' . .·7.'Th e wholegroupasks,forhelpfroa~thete&cher•.not one;pe~,0t:'''' 8.Ve',hlLd allopportunit yto,bprvv-e grades byrepeaUDg . .,
.'a 1Jlli Uar testa. ", ", " . ~,'" ' .'
9.I f,yc u we rl slow.·you,had,achanceto catch up.
10.The·teacherlearned whereyou~llIadeIl1sWee.
n.,I t.iseas ier tolearnwhenyou'goover'i t II 3eeond.time.
12.Wed1dn ''tntsh,throv.ghthelIerk all lie did iDotheryeara .· 13,\fecouldget hal ptrolltl',le group.rather:thanthe.teac~er•.You:,
.,m18ht·und e rs tand your'friendsbetterthantheteacbar. . 14..The,workgot donef'asterand tue pusedJ:lorequioltly: • .15..Thetel\Che:r-JIlld,e.s~.~hatevez;yon',~ellhow,t~ ~o.1t.,