The purpose of this study was to determine whether a workshop was an effective way of providing teachers and administrators with the knowledge of mastery learning. / To achieve this purpose, a workshop, Designing and Implementing An Effective Mastery Learning Program, was evaluated. The workshop consisted of 37 participants and was taught at Florida State University during the summer semester, 1982. / A daily log of all classroom activities was maintained by the investigator to provide accurate descriptions of the workshop experiences and to determine the nature of the instructional activities in the workshop. The log was a narrative account of the following workshop elements: (1) objectives, (2) activities, (3) evaluation techniques, (4) instructional aids and sources, and (5) assignments. Based on accounts of the daily log, the workshop appeared to be a good learning experience in which all course objectives were accomplished. / Data were collected through the Formative Observation Instrument, the Student Instructional Rating System, and optional items to determine participants' assessment of the overall workshop and its activities. Results from the instruments indicated mean scores and percentages that showed strong and general agreement with items on the instruments. / Furthermore, data collected from the teacher and administrator/supervisor questionnaires determined participants' perceptions of the effectiveness of the implementation strategies as well as the level of implementation of mastery learning participants had made. Results indicated a high level of implementation and effectiveness of the implementation strategies. Participants showed strong or general agreement with items on the questionnaires in every instance. / Major conclusions of this study were: (1) a workshop may be an effective way of providing teachers and administrators the cognitive knowledge needed to implement successful mastery learning programs, (2) the majority of the workshop participants implemented mastery learning or some element of mastery learning, and (3) direct observation was a viable means for collecting data. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 44-11, Section: A, page: 3242. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1983.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_75228 |
| Contributors | WASHINGTON, BRUCE EDWARD., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 284 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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