This bibliography is intended to be comprehensive (through December 1, 1973) in its coverage of articles, books, and conference papers on the personalized system of instruction. It also includes some papers dealing with related topics such as the audiotutorial method, individually prescribed instruction and, occasionally, programed instruction.…

Presents abstracts of 17 documents from "Resources in Education" on programed instruction, personalized system of instruction, and computer-assisted instruction. (PD)

A survey of relevant research strongly suggests that the Personalized System of Instruction (PSI) offers considerable potential for community college instruction. It has five main features: students move at their own rates of speed, utilize written study guides, demonstrate mastery of each unit before continuing, meet with proctors for periodic…

This bibliography is part of a doctoral thesis entitled "Individualized Instruction: Its Effects upon Achievement and Interest in Beginning College Spanish," an evaluation of Purdue University's Paced Spanish program. The bibliography cites more than 140 books and journal articles on the theories and goals of foreign language teaching…

This guide provides resources for teachers who want to develop and provide interdisciplinary instruction for their students. Following an introduction, the first section, "Subject Area Philosophy and Rationale," covers subjects from English and humanities to environmental education and physical education, discussing how to teach process…

Suggests and lists sources of information on reading instruction that discuss the promotion and enrichment of the interactive learning process between children and their environment based on principles underlying the cognitive-field theory of learning. (MKM)

This overview of bibliographic instruction (B.I.) in college and university libraries provides a brief review of the literature, proposes an indexing language based on the special terminology of the field for more precise literature searches, and presents a 174-item bibliography of journal articles, books, and ERIC documents. The literature review…

This handbook offers suggestions for teachers who have children with learning disabilities or mild mental retardation in their regular classrooms. A brief discussion is presented on practical issues regarding mainstreaming and on the potentials and future opportunities for retarded individuals. Procedures for preparing nonhandicapped children to…

A selective review of literature related to individual differences and instructional strategies is presented. The major purpose is to give the reader a flavor of the kind of thought that is currently prevalent and the type of research that is being conducted in selected areas. No attempt is made to provide either a comprehensive or a balanced…

A review of research on instructional methods at community colleges since 1970 is presented. Studies of individualized instruction, programmed instruction and computer application, media approaches, affective approaches, student-faculty interaction and learning outcomes, and peer tutoring are discussed. Positive impacts of the various methods are…

Inherent in the middle school philosophy is the recognition that students vary widely in their stages of physical, cognitive, and affective development. A special school is needed to meet the unique requirements of these transitional youth. The history and present trends of the middle school reflect dissatisfaction with the junior high school. A…

This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 15 titles deal with the following topics: remedial reading teacher attitudes, how parent training in behavior modification and transactional analysis affects remedial reading instruction, the effect of role change on the reading…

The mission of the Wisconsin Research and Development Center is to improve the quality of education by addressing the full range of issues and problems related to individualized schooling. Each major line of inquiry pursued is designed to culminate in the publication of a "milestone" document such as a book, a monograph, or conference proceedings.…

Intended to help educators, especially content area faculty, understand the factors influencing writing and to give specific teaching ideas across the secondary school spectrum, this paper reports a study of current research on writing methods and instructional models to develop a rationale for cross-curricular writing. Following brief discussions…

The many dimensions of individual differences that make each learner a challenge to the foreign language teacher are discussed. The teacher must interpret the information and provide differentiated environments to "match" these differences. Emphasis is placed upon learning styles and learning strategies. An historical perspective of adapting…