by Hon Hau-sut. / Thesis (M.A.Ed.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1990. / Bibliography: leaves 106-118. / LIST OF TABLES --- p.iv / LIST OF FIGURES --- p.v / ACKNOWLEDGMENTS --- p.vi / ABSTRACT --- p.vii / Chapter CHAPTER ONE --- INTRODUCTION / Chapter 1.1 --- The Problem and its Background --- p.1 / Chapter 1.2 --- Purposes of the Study --- p.2 / Chapter CHAPTER TWO --- LITERATURE REVIEW AND THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK / Chapter 2.1 --- Research on Teaching Educationally Disadvantaged Students --- p.5 / Chapter 2.1.1 --- Definition and Characteristics of the Educationally Disadvantaged / Chapter 2.1.2 --- Consequences of Inaction to Educational Disadvantage / Chapter 2.1.3 --- Measures Commonly Used to Help the Educationally Disadvantaged / Chapter 2.1.4 --- General Principles of Effective Programs / Chapter 2.2 --- The Theory and Strategy of Mastery Learning --- p.12 / Chapter 2.2.1 --- The Carroll Model of School Learning / Chapter 2.2.2 --- The Theory of Mastery Learning / Chapter 2.2.3 --- The Instructional strategy of Mastery Learning / Chapter 2.2.4 --- The Bloom Model of School Learning / Chapter 2.3 --- Defining Features of Mastery Learning --- p.25 / Chapter 2.3.1 --- The Philosophy / Chapter 2.3.2 --- The Curriculum / Chapter 2.3.3 --- The Instruction / Chapter 2.3.4 --- The Assessments / Chapter 2.3.5 --- The Teaching / Chapter 2.4 --- Review of Research on Mastery Learning Programs --- p.36 / Chapter 2.4.1 --- General Achievement / Chapter 2.4.2 --- Specific Achievement / Chapter 2.4.3 --- Knowledge Retention / Chapter 2.4.4 --- Variability in Achievement / Chapter 2.4.5 --- Time-on-Task and Learning Rate / Chapter 2.4.6 --- Student Affects / Chapter 2.5 --- Effectiveness of Mastery Learning on the Education of Disadvantaged Students --- p.50 / Chapter 2.6 --- Mastery Learning Studies Conducted in Hong Kong --- p.53 / Chapter 2.7 --- Problems Requiring Further Research --- p.55 / Chapter 2.7.1 --- The Problems / Chapter 2.7.2 --- Summary / Chapter CHAPTER THREE --- METHOD OF STUDY / Chapter 3.1 --- The Conceptual Framework --- p.62 / Chapter 3.2 --- Research Questions and Hypotheses --- p.64 / Chapter 3.3 --- Variables --- p.66 / Chapter 3.3.1 --- Independent Variables / Chapter 3.3.2 --- Dependent Variables / Chapter 3.4 --- Design of the Study --- p.72 / Chapter 3.4.1 --- Characteristics of Educationally Disadvantaged Students in Hong Kong and Selection of Subjects / Chapter 3.4.2 --- Assignment of Teachers / Chapter 3.4.3 --- Academic Content / Chapter 3.4.4 --- Experimental Procedure / Chapter 3.4.5 --- Experimental Design and Data Analysis / Chapter CHAPTER FOUR --- RESULTS AND INTERPRETATION / Chapter 4.1 --- Reliability of the Instruments --- p.85 / Chapter 4.2 --- Initial Comparability of the Experimental and Control Groups --- p.87 / Chapter 4.3 --- Cognitive and Affective Outcomes --- p.89 / Chapter 4.3.1 --- Cognitive Outcomes / Chapter 4.3.2 --- Affective Outcomes / Chapter CHAPTER FIVE --- CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS / Chapter 5.1 --- Conclusions --- p.96 / Chapter 5.2 --- Discussion --- p.100 / Chapter 5.3 --- Limitations --- p.103 / Chapter 5.4 --- Implications --- p.104 / REFERENCES / APPENDIXES / Chapter 1 --- Mastery Orientation Sheet / Chapter 2 --- Science Mastery Chart / Chapter 3 --- Mastery Certificate / Chapter 4 --- Table of Specifications / Chapter 5 --- Formative Tests / Chapter 6 --- Summative Tests / Chapter 7 --- Long-Term Retention Test / Chapter 8 --- Corrective Exercises / Chapter 9 --- Attitudes Towards Science Inventory / Chapter 10 --- General Self-Concept Inventory / Chapter 11 --- Academic Self-Concept Inventory

by Ma Yat Bong. / Thesis (M.A.Ed.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1991. / Bibliography: leaves 99-104. / ABSTRACT --- p.ii / TABLE OF CONTENTS --- p.iv / LIST OF TABLES --- p.viii / LIST OF FIGURE --- p.xi / LIST OF APPENDICES --- p.xii / ACKNOWLEDGEMENT --- p.xiii / Chapter CHAPTER 1 --- INTRODUCTION --- p.1 / Chapter CHAPTER 2 --- DEFINING THE RESEARCH PROBLEM --- p.3 / Chapter 2.1 --- "Scope of Adult Education, Continuing Education and Adult Continuing Education" --- p.3 / Chapter 2.2 --- Justification for the Development of Adult Continuing Education --- p.5 / Chapter 2.3 --- Importance of the Economic Justification for the Development of Adult Continuing Education --- p.6 / Chapter 2.3.1 --- Human Capital Theory --- p.7 / Chapter 2.3.2 --- Adult Education as Post-School Human Capital Investment --- p.7 / Chapter 2.4 --- Studies on the Economic Impact of Adult Continuing Education --- p.9 / Chapter 2.5 --- Difficulties in Identifying the Economic Impact --- p.10 / Chapter 2.6 --- Statement of Research Problem --- p.11 / Chapter CHAPTER 3 --- A REVIEW OF SELECTED LITERATURE --- p.13 / Chapter 3.1 --- Economic Role of Adult Continuing Education --- p.13 / Chapter 3.1.1 --- Basic Education for Remedial Purposes --- p.14 / Chapter 3.1.2 --- Training and Retraining for Vocational Skills --- p.15 / Chapter 3.1.3 --- Employers' Sponsor and Corporate Effort Investment --- p.16 / Chapter 3.2 --- Adult Continuing Education and Earnings --- p.17 / Chapter 3.2.1 --- Earnings and Programmes at Postgraduate Level --- p.17 / Chapter 3.2.2 --- Earnings and Programmes for Employment and Training --- p.19 / Chapter 3.2.3 --- Earnings and Resource Conversion from Youth Education to Adult Continuing Education --- p.21 / Chapter CHAPTER 4 --- DEVELOPMENT OF INSTITUTIONALIZED ADULT CONTINUING EDUCATION IN HONG KONG --- p.25 / Chapter 4.1 --- Historical Background and Its Recent Development --- p.25 / Chapter 4.2 --- Adult Continuing in Hong Kong - Agencies --- p.29 / Chapter 4.3 --- Aims at Increasing Productivity and Earnings of Participants --- p.31 / Chapter CHAPTER 5 --- RESEARCH METHODOLOGY AND THE HYPOTHESES --- p.33 / Chapter 5.1 --- The Theoretical Framework and Research Methodology --- p.33 / Chapter 5.2 --- Areas of Investigation --- p.34 / Chapter 5.3 --- The Hypotheses --- p.35 / Chapter 5.3.1 --- Testing of Earnings Differentials and Participation in Adult Continuing Education --- p.35 / Chapter 5.3.2 --- Testing of Earnings Differentials and Employment in Matched Work Fields --- p.36 / Chapter 5.4 --- Methods of Analysis --- p.36 / Chapter 5.4.1 --- Characteristics of Participants of Adult Continuing Education --- p.36 / Chapter 5.4.2 --- Concurrent Earnings Premiums for Participants of Adult Continuing Education --- p.37 / Chapter 5.4.3 --- Earnings Advantages for Participants whose Employment is Matched with their Study Field --- p.39 / Chapter 5.5 --- The Data Set and the Variables --- p.41 / Chapter CHAPTER 6 --- FINDINGS --- p.45 / Chapter 6.1 --- Characteristics of Participants --- p.45 / Chapter 6.1.1 --- Activity Status --- p.46 / Chapter 6.1.2 --- Age --- p.47 / Chapter 6.1.3 --- Sex --- p.47 / Chapter 6.1.4 --- Programme Level --- p.48 / Chapter 6.1.5 --- Occupation --- p.48 / Chapter 6.1.6 --- Industry of Main Employment --- p.49 / Chapter 6.1.7 --- Field of Study --- p.51 / Chapter 6.1.8 --- Participation Rate --- p.51 / Chapter 6.2 --- Estimates of Regression Coefficients of Respective Earnings Functions --- p.70 / Chapter 6.2.1 --- Concurrent Earnings Premiums for Participants of Adult Continuing Education --- p.70 / Chapter 6.2.2 --- Earnings Advantages for Participants whose Employment is Matched with their Study Field --- p.72 / Chapter 6.3 --- Testing of Hypotheses --- p.86 / Chapter CHAPTER 7 --- CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS --- p.88 / Chapter 7.1 --- Characteristics of Participants --- p.88 / Chapter 7.1.1 --- Programme Orientation and Clientele --- p.88 / Chapter 7.1.2 --- Disparities among Participants --- p.89 / Chapter 7.2 --- Concurrent Earnings Premiums for Participants of Adult Continuing Education --- p.89 / Chapter 7.2.1 --- Justification of Employer-sponsored Programmes --- p.90 / Chapter 7.2.2 --- Motivation of Individual Participants --- p.90 / Chapter 7.2.3 --- Overcome of Brain-drain --- p.91 / Chapter 7.3 --- Earnings Advantages for Participants whose Employmentis Matched with their Study Field --- p.92 / Chapter 7.3.1 --- Remuneration Structure --- p.92 / Chapter 7.3.2 --- Adaptation to Technological Change --- p.93 / Chapter 7.3.3 --- Programme Quality --- p.94 / Chapter 7.3.4 --- Economic Performance of Individual Industries --- p.94 / Chapter 7.4 --- Recommendations --- p.95 / Chapter 7.5 --- Concluding Remark --- p.98 / BIBLIOGRAPHY --- p.99 / APPENDICES --- p.105

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