This publication provides research-based guidance for intensifying instruction in reading and mathematics for students with significant learning difficulties, including students with disabilities, in kindergarten through grade 12. The guide gives technical assistance providers and states information reflecting "best practices" for implementing…

The Mathematics Learning Center at Cerritos Community College in Norwalk, California is described. Discussed are how it is organized, financed, staffed, and operated. Pitfalls to avoid and helpful hints are included. (MNS)

Diagnostic teaching is described and discussed. Different types of errors are explained and examples of errors and their possible diagnoses are given. (MK)

Focuses on modifying personalized systems of instruction (PSI) by using competency unit testing instead of mastery testing. The algebra service courses at the University of Arizona are described. Includes data on student achievement. (MNS)

This booklet describes activities and materials which can be planned and constructed from inexpensive and easily obtainable materials. The activities are used for the earliest primary grades (K-3), remedial, and special education classes. For each activity the objective, materials, and procedure are described. Topics include introduction to number…

Intended for use by visitors to the Demonstration Schools in Individualized Instruction (DSII) network, this guide provides the following information: lists of members of the DSII steering committee and service center contact persons, explanations of the DSII and of Project CITE (Coordinated Information for Texas Educators), a visitor's checklist…

This student manual is concerned with the practical application of mathematics as used by masons. The manual's design allows students to work at their own pace. Included in each of the five units are individual lesson sheets with written instructions and explanations. Each information sheet states that topic's objectives, information about the…

This demonstration project provides intensive instruction in reading and mathematics to selected fifth graders in the 1974-75 year and for selected fifth and sixth graders in 1975-76 in order to raise the reading and mathematics performance of underachievers to a level commensurate with measured ability. The sharing of learning activities in…

The outline of mathematics skills provides for individualized instruction by allowing each student to complete performance tests which indicate the point at which his instruction should start. The course is divided into two parts; one covering operations with whole numbers, decimals, fractions, and percentage; the other dealing with ratio,…

Individualized units of math instruction related to each of several occupations in 14 occupational clusters comprise the high school career-related math curriculum. An introductory booklet provides students with general information on the clusters; when students have selected an occupation that interests them, they take the packet of instructional…