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WWC Review of the Report "Mastery Learning and Student Teams: A Factorial Experiment in Urban General Mathematics Classes"
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What Works Clearinghouse, 2012
The study reviewed in this paper examined the effects of "mastery learning" and "student team learning" on the math achievement of high school students. The analysis included 588 ninth-grade students in 16 urban Philadelphia high schools. The study assessed the effectiveness of the different conditions after one year by…
Descriptors: Mathematics Achievement, Mastery Learning, Outcome Measures, Experiments
Use of an Individualized Reading Program Under Voluntary Complete Integration: Effects on Third Grade Pupils and Teachers.
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Goolsby, Thomas M., Jr.; Frary, Robert B. – 1971
This study was an attempt to assist a rural county school system in central Georgia with instruction at the third grade level in reading skills development after voluntary and complete integration. Specifically it was to (1) determine the general nature of the integration process in the county and its topical relationships and effects upon…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Behavioral Objectives, Desegregation Effects, Grade 3
Effects of Curriculum Alignment versus Direct Instruction on Urban Children.
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Brent, George; DiObilda, Nicholas – Journal of Educational Research, 1993
Describes a Camden (New Jersey) study that assessed the effects of student mobility and stability on achievement and examined interactions between the instructional program and student mobility. Results indicated direct instruction was as effective as traditional instruction that was aligned with a specific standardized test, and it produced…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Curriculum Evaluation, Federal Programs, Grade 2
A Macro-Study on the Impact of "Method" on Second Language Acquisition.
Landolfi, Liliana – Rassegna Italiana di Linguistica Applicata, 1991
Discusses research to determine whether the methodology used in English-as-a-Second-Language classes affected scores on the Comprehensive Tests of Basic Skills. Test results of students in a Los Angeles school district exposed to a comprehension-based approach were compared to those exposed to a grammar-based approach. (21 references) (CFM)
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Bilingual Students, Communicative Competence (Languages), Comparative Analysis