Gifted students with learning disabilities have exceptional capabilities and can perform well, but their disability may impede their academic success. Being gifted and learning disabled seems paradoxical. The most misjudged, misunderstood and ignored students and community members are gifted students with learning disabilities. Research about…

A search for a method of measuring progress in a system of individualized instruction became the basis for the rating profile described in this article. (Author/RK)

Due to cost factors, an educational institution may be willing to finance an individualized instructional system for only part of its student population. Three approaches to selectivity in individualization have been suggested: individualizing the most advanced courses, the first-year courses, or selecting those students who can profit from an…

As a result of an extensive examination of its freshman composition program, the English department at the University of Nebraska at Omaha created an individualized, self-paced program in writing. This paper describes the areas of concern identified during the assessment of the traditional writing program, discusses the principles upon which the…

A holistic and teleological approach to individualized FL instruction is proposed as a possible universal pedagogical theory. The following guidelines are offered. Broad goals and specific operational objectives should be defined, and performance testing devices developed. Each student's particular psychological aptitudes and physiological and…

Individualized instruction is discussed as a means of making ESL instruction effective for all students. This instruction should be based on the student's past experience and present needs, information that can be gathered into a student profile. Practical suggestions for kindergarten through grade 6 include bringing the individual's home,…

The report examines the use of student activity sheets in evaluating the performance of students in the Appalachia Educational Laboratory's Employer-Based Career Education (AEL/EBCE) program. All activity sheets completed during the second semester of 1972-73 for selected participants in the following subject areas were examined and are analyzed…

The Instructional Support System for Occupational Education (ISSOE) project focused on (1) review of individualized education systems, (2) selection of appropriate occupational clusters, and (3) development and field testing of a system and materials. Exemplary and innovative approaches to individualized education were reviewed by site visits and…

The document contains descriptions of multimedia training resources of materials relating to mainstreaming and the education of handicapped children in the regular classroom. An introduction covers organization of the guide, criteria for including materials, and categories used. Provided for each of the 89 entries are title, date (if available),…

This teaching module instructs preservice teachers about accelerating the progress of rural gifted students. Acceleration consists of various provisions that allow early completion of school, including grade-skipping, cross-grade placement, early entry, dual attendance, special class placement, and radical acceleration. In rural areas, the…