An Evaluation of Systematic Instruction

The purpose of the study is to evaluate systematic instruction as implemented in two on-going United States Air Force Technical Training Center courses. Bloom's mastery learning theory was identified as the most developed model of systematic instruction; however, it was held to be an inadequate analytic framework. Accordingly, a set of analytical propositions about systematic instruction, based on two overarching principles--the trade-off between mastery and coverage and the use of instructional feedback and correction--and four sub-principles, were discussed, on the basis of which six sets of hypotheses about the implementation of systematic instruction in an on-going instructional setting were proposed. These hypotheses generally focused on the analysis of zero-order correlations between various instructional components of the Technical Training Center program.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Education

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2014

Author dc:creator

• Wilkof, Neil Jeffery

• Education, Curriculum and Instruction

Identifier

(UMI)AAI8218587

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/68813