Study Guide-Chapter 9-Slavin (1997) 				Page 1

** Questions marked with asterisks are not necessarily answered directly in the text; you may need to expand on the information provided in the book.

1.  What did Mr. Arbuthnot find out in his mathematics lesson?  What could he do to improve?  

2.  What did Carroll (1989) suggest about student learning?  How did Slavin's (1987) QAIT model follow from Carroll's view?  Briefly describe each of the four components of the model.

3.  How does students' prior preparation for school and new lessons affect a class' performance?  Why is it important to accommodate to student differences given this preparation?

4.  How do between-class and within-class ability groupings differ?  Give examples of each.  What are their benefits and problems?  

5.  What are ways to deal with differences in prior knowledge and learning rate?  

6.  What are examples of ways of applying between-class ability grouping?  What has research on this shown?

7.  Why has untracking become popular in the last few years?  What are ways to deal with this?  

8.  What is regrouping?  What are its advantages?  

9.  What is the point of nongraded programs?  

10.  For what subjects is within-class ability grouping most common?  What has research shown about this grouping?

11.  What is mastery learning?  What are its underlying assumptions?  What are forms of mastery learning?  How can it be used in the classroom?  (See pp. 318-320).

12.  What has research on mastery learning demonstrated?  

13.  Why is outcomes-based education suggested in some instances?  How does it differ from mastery learning?

14.  What is the goal of individualized instruction?  How does peer tutoring work?  Has it been shown to be effective?  What about adult tutoring?

15.  How is programmed instruction an example of individualized instruction?  Has it worked?  Support your answer.

16.  How have informal remediation and enrichment been used to help students?  

17.  What is the goal of computer-based instruction (CBI)?  What are examples of it?  ** Have you ever used this?  Has it worked for you?  

18.  What has research on computer-based instruction shown?  ** Is this consistent with your own experiences?

19.  Who are students at risk?  Do programs exist for them?  Support your answer.

20.  What is the goal of compensatory education programs?  What are pull-out programs?  

21.  What is Title 1?  Has it been shown to have effects on students?  Support your answer.

22.  What is the purpose of early intervention programs?  What are examples?  Have they been successful?  Explain your answer.