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Mastery Learning In The Secondary Schools, Eddie Joe Steffey
Mastery Learning In The Secondary Schools, Eddie Joe Steffey
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The purpose of this field study was to develop and implement a model for the introduction of mastery learning at Chester High School in Chester, Illinois. In 1984-85 this researcher was named principal at Chester High School, which is located in a small, blue-collar community. Academic achievement was not perceived to be at an acceptable level. The researcher felt that the introduction of the mastery learning techniques suggested by Bloom and others combined with other pertinent research on effective schools could have a positive effect on academic achievement.
Although this field study was designed for Chester High School, it may …