As reading is vital to success in life and opens the door to nearly all other learning opportunities, it is essential that educators understand why students with learning how to read. Therefore, it is key for both professionals and researchers to establish their own approaches to assist those with reading difficulties. "Developing Effective…

Within a group of advanced learners, the variety of abilities, talents, interests, and learning styles can be formidable. For the first time, this book connects the unique learning differences among gifted students to the specific teaching methods used to tailor their educational experiences. Differentiated instruction for gifted and talented…

Suggests ways to use media to improve teaching and learning in social studies classrooms. Examined are the use of multimedia packages for individualized learning, problem solving with media, having students design an instructional unit, and the use of media in a traditional classroom. (RM)

The author reviews approaches involved with acceleration for gifted students: process learning (training students to think in creative ways); individualized education (including approaches that encourage students' participation in determining content and rate); and curriculum, program, and special projects. (CL)

A seven-step instructional modification process was devised to match adaptations to individual needs of students with mild disabilities. The steps include clarification of elements under teacher control; decision about whether or not a problem exists; selection and grouping of modifications; and selection of modification option and implementation.…

Discussed the Learning Activity Package, a method for creating effective individualized programs. (Author/RK)

Before a course to improve basic reasoning skills can be intelligently designed, it will be necessary to determine the exact nature of those skills. Research indicates that: (1) reasoning skills are highly specific, not generalized; (2) a large number of different reasoning skills exist; (3) many reasoning skills are language dependent and widely…

Teachers must return to basics and recognize that their role may not be to supply answers, but rather to present questions, situations, or problems to be solved and to stimulate students to investigate issues. This should be achieved within the framework of individualized learning with the student actively participating. (JMF)

Offers explanations of various uses of computers with children, placing appropriate applications into a developmental framework. (MP)

The problems used in the Second Annual Computer Problem Solving Contest are presented. There are three groups of five problems, which corresponded to Elementary, Junior, and Senior contest sets. The contest questions are seen as interesting for individual study, and potentially useful to teachers of computer programing. (MP)

A model of the inservice training of classroom teachers for mainstreaming handicapped children is presented. The materials used in the program provide information about handicapping conditions as well as curriculum and behavior management styles. (JN)

A computer program named BUGGY is described. The program is designed to duplicate "traditional" student mathematical mistakes; pupils are to identify the nature of the errors the computer makes. (MP)

LogoWriter provides the means through which students of varying backgrounds and abilities can experience different types of learning. It involves using problem solving, graphing, critical thinking, and other creative strategies. The lessons provided in this book contain ideas that allow beginners to explore various areas of Logo while using…

This study examined the use of heuristic problem-solving strategies in math by seventh-graders under three different conditions: working individually; working in groups; and working as cooperative teams. No significant differences were found for the three conditions over a 5-week experimental period on a problem solving post-text (the Maryland…

An individualized faculty development program using a peer consultation approach is reported. The 25 faculty participants to date represent most of the institution's academic programs. Results show the consultation format to be useful and attractive to a significant portion of the faculty. (MSE)