Math proficiency rates are strikingly low for children from high poverty communities. Therefore, it is urgent to find solutions that help them develop basic math skills. Given theoretical considerations about math learning, a potentially promising option is to target children's cognitive engagement. In this study, I investigate a program that was…

LEARNING THEORIES, METHODOLOGIES, AND PROCESSES ARE DISCUSSED, AND THEIR RELATIONSHIPS TO SOCIAL WORK EDUCATION MARKED. EARLY DISCUSSIONS CENTERED ON WHETHER LEARNING RESULTED FROM SPECIFIC RESPONSES TO SPECIFIC STIMULI OR GENERALIZED RESPONSES TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS. TODAY, MOST THEORIZING HAS CONCENTRATED ON SPECIFIC TYPES OF LEARNING,…

Experientially-based, independent studies, conducted during the month-long January term at St. Lawrence University, and reactions to them are described. Emphasis is on the conflicts arising from non-structured studies approved by the Department of Geology and Geography. (LBH)

This book provides discussion and guidelines for administering an individualized instruction program; it is stated, however, that the book is not confined to individualized study units alone but brings in the creation of any educational instrument, a variety of which are illustrated in the appendixes. The following topics are considered in this…

The public health practice program at the University of South Carolina illustrates two general principles of service learning. A model program is described and its implications discussed. (Editor/LBH)

The mobile unit--an individualized instructional program in office occupations in which nine weeks are devoted to typewriting--was developed to meet the needs of the disadvantaged junior high school students. (BP)

Presents a wide range educational program for developing a child's individuality. (RK)

An interview with the founder of England's Summerhill School, which emphasizes a maximum of student freedom. (JF)

Presents techniques for evaluation of individual growth and development and a list of points for use as a check list to measure the extent to which evaluation is individualized in a given individualized curriculum. (Author/RK)

THE CONSISTENCY OF THREE MEASURES OF LEARNING RATE IN MATHEMATICS AND READING WAS STUDIED OVER DIFFERENT UNITS OF STUDY. STUDENTS OF GRADES ONE THROUGH SIX (N=152) MATHEMATICS AND READING, INDIVIDUALLY PRESCRIBED INSTRUCTION. EACH WAS ASSIGNED TO A SPECIFIC LEVEL IN A CONTENT AREA BASED ON SUBJECT MASTERY. THE RATE MEASURES INCLUDED THE TOTAL…

A system for individualized instruction is outlined, and stress is placed on growth environments and administrator and teacher responsibilities. This open problem-solving system is one in which decisions are made according to established goals. It is made up of the following stages: (1) establishing the ideal base; (2) establishing a reality base;…

All "open" schools have one principle in common; they represent efforts to expand the freedoms of learners. Some features characteristic of open education are the involvement of more people, more part-time learners, a curriculum relevant to life, and a broadening of the learning environment. Emphasis is on the learner with a diminishing…

The materials contained in this package are designed to aid Community College of Vermont (CCV) associate degree students in the development and implementation of their own written, individualized, competence-based learning contracts. As development of the contract requires both assessment of prior learning and planning for sponsored learning, the…

Steps to foster improvement in individualized instruction are outlined, and stress is placed on developing teacher competencies and systematic procedures. The steps used to accomplish this include planning in terms of goals; organizing work; establishing the proper classroom environment; employing teaching strategies that are diagnostic,…