Instructional technology has increasingly been used to promote individualization, particularly with its ability to adjust the programs based on different learning rates and amounts. Describe the effectiveness of a tutor and tutorial factors which influence achievement. In it he concludes that individual tutoring is twice as effective as group instruction, and makes a list of factors which account for different proportions of learning. Review his article and speculate on which of the factors listed can be implemented by current instructional technology to augment the efforts of the instructor. Describe mastery learning and how instructional technology can be used to deliver and manage a mastery learning program.
Mastery learning is at the heart of many individualized instruction programs.
It basically aims to provide instruction and assessment until a student has reached a specified level of achievement. One implication of this is the testing of students often and perhaps repeatedly to determine mastery. For an example complete the diagnostic and prescriptive assessment instrument by selecting the Macintosh or Windows version. This diagnostic and prescriptive test from Module I5 covers Postman, pp. Macintosh version Windows version Enrichment Activities 1.