A human must intervene. The advantage of formalizing this process, MLE, is that now MLE can itself be analyzed, improved and most importantly, taught to others. Because MLE has been discussed in so many other publications from the International Center for The Enhancement of Learning Potential in Israel, I shall not dwell longer on it here. The students demonstrate their mastery by what they say about the subject, how they solve problems posed in the subject and by showing skill in using the tools and methods associated with the subject. Teaching presumes the intelligence is already developed and that mastery of the subject is the main goal.
Mediation is concerned with having students master their own thinking processes.
The students demonstrate this mastery by showing an awareness of how they organize their thought processes, how they use their intellectual resources to acquire, organize and analyze information, how they develop strategies for controlling themselves as they encounter challenges. Mediation looks upon the development of intelligence as the main goal and as intelligence is developed, teaching goals will be met. Intelligence is what you use when you do not know what to do. The objective is help the learner to develop rules and principles based on the experiences of the learner.