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Direct linkParsons, Seth A. – Reading Teacher, 2008
ACCESS is an organizational framework to help educators plan instruction that prepares students for high-stakes tests and promotes self-regulated literacy learning. ACCESS stands for tasks that are authentic, that require collaboration among students, that challenge students, that culminate with an end product, that allow self-direction by giving…
Descriptors: High Stakes Tests, Student Motivation, Literacy, Models
Heimbach, Clinton L. – Engineering Education, 1979
Many personalized system of instruction concepts can be applied to traditional courses. (BB)
Descriptors: Educational Innovation, Engineering Education, Higher Education, Independent Study
Download full textPope, Jesse Rondo; May, Frank B. – 1971
The effectiveness of two performance-based teacher education programs at Washington State University were compared. The programs were identical in content, performance objectives, and textbooks. In one program, however, the content was presented through independent study modules; the other program presented the content through regular classroom…
Descriptors: Achievement Rating, Competency Based Teacher Education, Conventional Instruction, Group Instruction
Wales, Charles E. – Engineering Education, 1979
A report on innovations in the teaching of engineering at West Virginia University and the effects these have had on student performance is presented. (BB)
Descriptors: Educational Innovation, Engineering Education, Higher Education, Independent Study
Lamdin, Lois; Worby, Diana – Alternative Higher Education, 1976
Independent study is addressed as a creative and alternative mode of learning. Its unique advantages and strengths are examined along with its planning and structure, the student/instructor interaction, the use of learning resources, examples of disciplinary and interdisciplinary approaches, the products of such study, and methods of evaluation.…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Independent Study, Individual Instruction, Instructional Innovation
Husband, David P. – Audiovisual Instr, 1970
A science course at Purdue University requiring students to do a good deal of work on their own at a learning center serves as a basis for discussing the issue of independent study. (LS)
Descriptors: Independent Study, Individual Instruction, Instructional Design, Learning Activities
Wickett, R. E. Y. – 1986
Five models of independent learning are suitable for use in adult education programs. The common factor is a facilitator who works in some way with the student in the learning process. They display different characteristics, including the extent of independence in relation to content and/or process. Nondirective tutorial instruction and learning…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Competency Based Education, Group Instruction
Ryan, Ray D.; Berry, Wayne – Industrial Education, 1975
Steps are presented for developing a course of independent study in an industrial arts context; behavioral objectives are emphasized. A sample "quest sheet" illustrates the method. (AJ)
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Classroom Techniques, Evaluation Methods, Independent Study
American Chemical Society, Easton, PA. Div. of Chemical Education. – 1977
Included in this publication are 16 papers related to teaching chemistry in junior colleges. The papers are presented in the following topic areas: (1) Instructional Systems; (2) Current Concerns in Chemical Education; (3) Learning Problems in Chemistry; and (4) Special Topics to Teaching. (SA)
Descriptors: Chemistry, College Science, Higher Education, Independent Study
Lamberg, Walter J. – 1975
The purpose of this article is to suggest the value of a research tool which has rarely been used in studies in instruction in writing: baseline measurement of group and individual performances. This approach was used in examining the results of a study of a self-instructional program in narrative writing which was prepared for and tested by…
Descriptors: Evaluation, Independent Study, Individual Instruction, Measurement Techniques
Geyman, John P.; Guyton, Rick – Improving College and University Teaching, 1978
A study of 12 individual self-instructional programs comprising six types of media, used to supplement the learning of senior medical students taking elective family practice preceptorships in communities distant from the medical school, is described. These students showed a gain in knowledge from pretest to delayed retention test while a control…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Instruction, Autoinstructional Aids, Family Practice (Medicine), Higher Education
Kissire, Pat – 1990
This practicum was designed to: improve the skills of personnel working with students with severe and/or profound handicaps in junior high school; to improve staff development; and to increase the consistency of services offered in a community-based instruction program for K-12. A needs assessment survey of 10 staff members determined the level of…
Descriptors: Administrators, Elementary Secondary Education, Independent Study, Individual Instruction
ALLENDER, JEROME S. – 1968
A SERIES OF EXPERIMENTS HAVE BEEN CARRIED OUT OVER A PERIOD OF 3 YEARS TO FIND MEANS FOR DESCRIBING INQUIRY BEHAVIOR IN GRADE SCHOOL STUDENTS AND TO TEST THE EFFECT OF TEACHING METHODS AND ENVIRONMENT ON THIS BEHAVIOR. INQUIRY ACTIVITY WAS TESTED BY HAVING CHILDREN PLAY THE ROLE OF A SMALL CITY MAYOR USING SPECIALLY DEVELOPED MATERIALS. THREE…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Elementary School Students, Independent Study, Individual Activities
Schiller, Sister Philomene – 1967
A group of junior high school teachers devised a literature program to meet the needs of the individual learner. They selected themes of interest to students in grades 6-8 and then prepared a list of books of varying degrees of reading difficulty which related to these themes. The student could, therefore, read a book commensurate with his ability…
Descriptors: Discussion, Independent Study, Individual Instruction, Individual Needs
MORNINGSTAR, NED – 1965
THIS REPORT IS A DOCUMENTATION OF THE EFFORTS OF THE STAFF OF THE ASPEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, ASPEN, COLORADO, TO INDIVIDUALIZE THE INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM IN GRADES K-6. INVOLVED IN THIS WERE APPROXIMATELY 450 STUDENTS AND A STAFF OF 13 TEACHERS. THE INDIVIDUALIZATION OF INSTRUCTION WAS ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH THE MODIFICATION OF THE TEACHING-LEARNING…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Continuous Progress Plan, Elementary Schools, Evaluation
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