A Systematic and Integrative Sequence Approach (SISA) for mastery learning: Anchoring Bloom's Revised Taxonomy to student learning

In this contribution, a methodical and student-based learning sequence entitled Systematic and Integrative Sequence Approach (SISA) is introduced. Primarily utilized within STEM disciplines, SISA is inspired by instructivist and constructivist approaches to learning and ultimately seeks to help students reach mastery learning levels regarding complex concepts within these fields. By organizing and anchoring lesson plans concerning these concepts to the cognitive objectives outlined by Bloom's Revised Taxonomy (Krathwohl, 2002), SISA facilitates students' preparedness to contribute to the creation of technological developments and innovation in STEM fields. Offering an example of its application, this paper outlines how SISA has been integrated into the instruction of hydrodynamic velocity profiles in viscous flows. In addition, this effort highlights exploratory data collected from students taught by the SISA approach. Analysis of this study and implications for future work are also discussed.