Suggestions for teachers interested in setting up their own individualized program in basic writing skills. (Author)

This study attempts to elucidate some quantitative measures to assess the adequacy of adaptive decisions in individualized materials. The primary purpose of the study is to improve the curriculum developer's ability to generate better adaptive materials by improving his judgment of the quality of the diagnostic portions of his material in meeting…

Individually Prescribed Instruction (IPI) depends upon a structured curriculum made up of sequences of behavioral objectives which the student must master in moving from one level of ability to some subsequent higher level. The curriculum designer has the responsibility of specifying, with varying degrees of exactness, how the typical pupil would…

To be effective, curriculum change must be understood and accepted by the teachers who will ultimately implement it. The Downers Grove experience in developing an Individually Guided Education concept offers a model for involving instructional personnel in curriculum development. (Editor)

Examples of how Empire State College in New York uses learning contracts together with first results of students' evaluation of their use.

Between May 1967 and June 1970, the Houston Independent School District in consortium with 14 others contracted with USOE to coordinate the development of an organic curriculum. The project's purpose was to create a climate for change, while interpreting for Houston secondary schools the objectives of a plan that would be: relevant, based on…

Describes a self-instructional curriculum design and development course, based on a process model for individualizing instruction, suitedto the complex subject matter of higher education. The course is designed to train educational research and development personnel, teachers, administrators, and training specialists in the design of instructional…

This package of individualized curriculum materials for industrial arts, developed by the 1969-70 Experienced Teacher Fellowship Program for teacher and student use, is a result of an in-depth study of the 1968 revision of the American Vocational Association's booklet, "A Guide to Improving Instruction in Industrial Arts." The 10 major…

Describes curriculum materials that can be incorporated into an easily managed instructional system that allows for the accurate diagnosis of each students' learning needs. (Author/LF)

Presented is a description of a physics program format used, with a high degree of success, at Boyertown Area Senior High School in Pennsylvania. The program features integration of desirable curriculum innovations such as individualization with a recognized curriculum (Project Physics) while maintaining the quality of a solid first year physics…

Reviews the foundations for individualized instruction in science, analyzes some of the attempts which have been made to implement it in the elementary and secondary schools, and explores the implications of individualized instruction for the science teacher. (PR)

The Keller Method requires abolishing lectures as a vehicle of information transfer in favor of a study guide and breaking the biochemistry course into a number of units each to be mastered at the student's own pace. (Editor)

If music is to continue to play an important role in the lives of young people, their individual needs must be considered. Individualized instruction can work in music ecuation. (Author)

The relation between teaching activities and evaluation is often hampered by test results returned which are too late to be of use, are difficult to interpret, or poorly correlated with curricular objectives. A synergistic relation, on the other hand, can produce greater student learning than either teacher or evaluation can produce alone.…