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Peer reviewedSlavin, Robert E. – Review of Educational Research, 1987
This article examines the literature on achievement effects of practical applications of grouped-based mastery learning in elementary and secondary schools. The review found no evidence to support the claim that mastery learning improves student performance on standardized achievement measures. (RB)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Effectiveness
Peer reviewedSlavin, Robert E. – Review of Educational Research, 1987
In this rejoinder, R. Slavin responds to a broad range of technical and philosophical issues about his use of best-evidence synthesis to research the effectiveness of mastery learning. (RB)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Learning Strategies
Peer reviewedAnderson, Lorin W.; Burns, Robert B. – Review of Educational Research, 1987
Responds to R. Slavin's best-evidence synthesis of research on mastery learning. Contends that at the heart of decisions about education are value judgments about how the mind should be cultivated and for what goal. (RB)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Learning Strategies
Peer reviewedGuskey, Thomas R. – Review of Educational Research, 1987
Discusses R. Slavin's best-evidence synthesis method as an alternative to traditional meta-analysis and review techniques. Explains the inherent weaknesses of the technique Slavin uses and how the techniques can be misused. (RB)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Learning Strategies
