Suggests ways to maximize the individualization of packaged instruction and discusses techniques for developing tutor-assisted modules as a means of keeping a human element in packaged instruction. (RAO)

More than a dozen CAI modules which teach the uninitiated user how to use the interactive Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) are described. The modules are based on the principle of incrementally increasing difficulty, self pacing, and student involvement. The first half of the set introduces the student to interactive computing,…

This is a catalog of individualized learning activities packages (LAPs). A LAP is a 4" x 6" microfiche containing a maximum of 60 pages. Generally, each LAP contains two sections: (1) a section for teachers including learning objectives, suggestions for materials and activities, and test answer keys; and (2) a student section including a list of…

An abbreviated description of design and construction of an individualized program for automotive shop courses presented as an example of what can be done with limited resources to improve program quality. (HD)

A low cost approach to individualized English instruction is described.

This is a general information document describing the Hertfordshire Computer Managed Mathematics Project funded over a four-year period by the National Development Programme in Computer Assisted Learning. Its aims were to develop a two-year course for all-ability 11-to 13-year-old pupils and to implement a computer system to serve the course. This…

A learning packet is a unit of study on any given topic which allows the student to work somewhat independently from his/her teacher and from the learning rate of the remainder of the class. Most learning packets contain a self-assessment test to find out exactly where the student is with respect to a particular skill. Good learning packets…

The development of a COMIT module began with visions of fascinating combinations of computer graphics, slides, tapes, films, student computer interaction, and many other potential tools to be utilized in geographical education. The selection of a subject, however, led to a rapid revision of the initial concepts. In addition, the methodology of…

A joint research project in educational techniques, which was conducted by the University of Waterloo and the IBM Corporation, explored the use of color television with random-access videotape under computer control. At the end of the three-year project, papers were solicited from all COMIT (Computerized Multi-Media Instructional Television)…

The document is one of two containing scripts meant to be used with filmstrips as part of in-service teacher training workshops arising from the National Curriculum Development Project for Vocational Educators of Disadvantaged and Handicapped Students. The scripts are for filmstrips entitled "Individualizing Instruction for Disadvantaged or…

This fifth in a series of six learning modules on instructional planning is designed to give secondary and postsecondary vocational teachers help in selecting and obtaining the kinds of student instructional materials which support the lesson and meet the needs of students with varying reading levels or expertise in the subject matter involved.…

This twenty-fifth in a series of twenty-nine learning modules on instructional execution is designed to give secondary and postsecondary vocational teachers help in developing the competencies needed to operate film equipment and to use films in presenting information in the classroom or laboratory. The terminal objective for the module is to…

This twenty-third in a series of twenty-nine learning modules on instructional execution is designed to give secondary and postsecondary vocational teachers help in operating overhead and opaque project equipment and in using overhead and opaque materials to present information in the classroom or laboratory. The terminal objective for the module…

This twenty-sixth in a series of twenty-nine learning modules on instructional execution is designed to give secondary and postsecondary vocational teachers help in developing the competencies needed to operate record players and tape recorders and to use this equipment effectively in presenting information. The terminal objective for the module…