The Center on Innovations in Learning (CIL) is a national content center established to work with regional comprehensive centers and state education agencies (SEA) to build SEAs' capacity to stimulate, select, implement, and scale up innovation in learning. This report is a collection of evidence ratings and practice briefs. The categories for…

This report describes an experimental study conducted in two New York state high schools for the purpose of determining the feasibility of using electronic calculators to improve mathematics instruction. The study was also concerned with determining whether or not curriculum-related materials can be developed to make the electronic calculator a…

Describes a program which stresses student self-instruction. The innovative abilities of students using the A-T approach are nurtured and expanded. This paper presents what can be done in the science classroom as the result of genuine student participation in the learning and teaching processes. (LS)

A systems approach was applied to the development of a multimedia computer managed course in college physics for the U. S. Naval Academy by the New York Institute of Technology with funds provided by the U. S. Office of Education. The experience in the construction of the program is incorporated into a course development model to serve as a…

Presents reflections on the author's visit to the United States to look at independent learning in the classroom and laboratory. Outlines concerns that the ILIS will have to consider in the future. (GS)

Describes the work of the Education Committee of the ASE on mixed ability teaching which includes the collection and coordination of information offered by teachers, the dissemination of information, and the preparation of a booklet in this field. (GS)

Briefly describes an instructional program based on the individual needs of students that was designed for grades K-8. (EB)

A program designed to manage instruction so that each student's work can be evaluated daily with specially designed assignments for each student is described in this report. By means of placement tests, pre-testing, and highly sequenced behavioral objectives, the teacher can prescribe for each student in the class according to his needs. The…

This paper describes the biology program at Munster Senior High School, Munster, Indiana. It is an individualized curriculum utilizing a multi-sensory systems approach, and is presently taught by a team of three teachers and one para-professional to 458 general biology students and 36 advanced biology students. Each student must complete 24 units;…

Reports on an investigation of self-pacing in an undergraduate personality course taught by the Keller method. Results indicate that grade point average is related to rate of progress, but that even the weaker students can achieve mastery. (GS)

The introductory materials science course at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (Massachusetts), while still being regarded as in a state of evolution, has remained nearly constant for the past two years. Since the course is given each term, except summer, to 40-90 students of various disciplines, there has been ample opportunity for continual…

At the Ohio State University a precalculus course with a very large enrollment was individualized by using a combination of televised lectures, small recitation sections, flexible testing procedures, variable course credit, and other innovative procedures. (SD)