A controversy has arisen about the implications of the phrase "least restrictive environment" for the physically handicapped. School decision makers must consider carefully whether or not less physically restrictive settings may be more psychologically restrictive. (SK)

Describes the sequence of planning activities for the Buffalo, New York, Writing Place Project workshop and inservices, concentrating on the steps necessary to make a writing laboratory a reality. (DD)

The Systems Alternatives Project is an attempt to develop open classroom alternatives within a modular scheduling system. Biology students are given both action and test objectives that emphasize individualization. Structure of the project is detailed and an attempt to analyze the project evaluation data statistically is included. (MA)

This material was prepared to help students understand the algebraic process involved in solving mixture problems. The paper copy is designed to be used with a 25-minute audiotape. Students are given a problem which is solved step by step; then they are to answer questions about each step. (MNS)

The Continuing Education by Tutorial Assistance (CETA) program was implemented by Olivet Nazarene College and sponsored by Kankakee Community College, Kankakee, Illinois. The objective of the program was to reach black, high school students who were likely to drop out of school. Evaluation was accomplished by pairing 35 tutees with 35 nontutees.…

Argues for a team teaching approach rather than withdrawal from regular classes for remedial reading students. (JL)

A health education program is described in which students complete a unit of study by using their own initiative, participating in small group discussions, and maintaining individual contact with the teacher for guidance. (JD)

A scale is provided for assessing the degree to which a particular program is individualized, accompanied by instructions for administering the instrument and scoring the results. The scale consists of 70 items divided into three major sections: observation of students, student interviews, and a teacher self-inventory. Taken together, the items…

The questionnaire dealt with: earmarks of weaker students, parents' attitude, the teachers' training and working conditions, problems of individual instruction, time-frame, existence of professional associations, evaluation of professional conferences, and the use of media. Some evaluations are appended. (IFS/WGA)

Gives suggestions for making tutorial writing sessions constructive and fruitful. A tutorial component is a program of individual meetings with the teacher for each student in the class. Their purpose is to go over with each student his essays or compositions. Benefits and cautions of these sessions are spelled out. (PJM)

A brief overview of the history of teaching writing reveals a shift from an emphasis on the composed product to the composing process and provides writing teachers who work one-to-one with students with a theoretical seven-stage model of the composing process: starting-point, exploration, incubation, illumination, composing, reformulation, and…

INDIVIDUALIZATION OF INSTRUCTION IS A DISTINCT ADVANTAGE OF A SMALL, RURAL HIGH SCHOOL. FIVE FACTORS OPERANT IN INDIVIDUALIZATION ARE THE DIRECT GOAL-CENTERED INFLUENCES OF THE COMMUNITY, TEACHER PREPARATION, THE CLASSROOM ENVIRONMENT, USE OF THE PHYSICAL PLANT, AND OPTIMAL USE OF SCHOOL FUNDS. SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONAL INNOVATIONS IN MOCCASIN,…