Correct Answer - Option 3 : Attain mastery level by teachers
Mastery learning is a term, formulated by John B.Carrol1 (1971) and Benjamin Bloom (1971). Mastery learning provides a compact and interesting way of increasing the likelihood that more students will attain a satisfactory level of performance in school subjects.
They transformed their views into a system with the following characteristics:
1. Mastery of any subject is defined in terms of sets of major objectives which represent the purpose of the course or unit.
2. The substance is then divided into a larger set of relatively small learning units, each one accompanied by its objectives, which are parts of the larger ones or thought essential to their mastery.
3. Learning materials are then identified and the instructional strategy selected.
4. Each unit is accompanied by brief diagnostic tests which measure the student's developing progress (the formative evaluation) and identify the particular problem each student is having.
5. The data obtained from administering the test is used to provide supplementary instruction to the students to help them overcome their problems.
- If information is managed in this way, Bloom believes, then time to learn can be adjusted to fit aptitude.
- Students of lesser aptitude can be given more time and more feedback while the progress of all is monitored with the assistance of tests. This model is called so because it believes in achieving mastery on a particular subject.
- Every class suffers from 'under-achievers' (performance of the students lacked from normal students), these students suffer from an inferiority complex, which affects their progress. This inferiority complex affects self-concept. These students have a low self-concept, which affects teaching.
- Ultimately it is an enormous wastage of expenditure on education.
- Thus, Bloom presented this model to achieve mastery on a particular subject to a certain limit, to every student, called it 'Mastery Learning Model', based on two assumptions.
- Except physically, mentally, and emotionally handicapped students (ninety-five percent) all students can master a certain subject, if they have given choice to learn at their speed and by proper teaching methods.
- A subject can be mastered from 90 to 95% if proper teaching methods are adopted.
Hence, we can conclude that the Attain mastery level by teachers is not developed by the mastery learning model by B.S Bloom. Instead, it talks about the mastery level of a subject by students.
