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Keller's Personalized System of Instruction: The Search for a Basic Distance Learning Paradigm.
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Coldeway, Dan O.; Spencer, Robert E. – Distance Education, 1982
Reviews research results and arguments supporting Keller's Personalized System of Instruction (PSI) as a paradigm for distance learning, describes a project at Athabasca University which compared various PSI configurations for distance learning, and discusses the advantages, disadvantages, and flexibility of PSI for such use. Nineteen references…
Descriptors: Evaluation, Foreign Countries, Independent Study, Individualized Instruction
New Markets for Private Education in Canada.
Davies, Scott; Aurini, Janice; Quirke, Linda – Education Canada, 2002
While provincial governments in Canada are increasingly regulating public schools in the name of accountability, more parents are choosing unregulated tutoring businesses or "new sector" private schools. Reasons include a competitive edge, an emphasis on cognitive development, a more personalized environment due to small teacher-student…
Descriptors: Competition, Educational Environment, Foreign Countries, Individualized Instruction