Elementary school libraries can be more than a place for books. Some suggestions are given for making the library an active part of the educational process. (LS)

PLATO (PROGRAMED LOGIC FOR AUTOMATIC TEACHING OPERATION) IS A DEVICE FOR TEACHING A NUMBER OF STUDENTS INDIVIDUALLY BY MEANS OF A SINGLE, CENTRAL PURPOSE, DIGITAL COMPUTER. THE GENERAL ORGANIZATION OF EQUIPMENT CONSISTS OF A KEYSET FOR STUDENT RESPONSES, THE COMPUTER, STORAGE DEVICE (ELECTRIC BLACKBOARD), SLIDE SELECTOR (ELECTRICAL BOOK), AND TV…

STUDENTS INVOLVED WOULD BE UNDERACHIEVING JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. THEY WOULD BE CHOSEN TO PARTICIPATE ON THE BASIS OF ESTIMATED POTENTIAL. THREE OBJECTIVES ARE TO RAISE THE STUDENT'S WORK TO THE LEVEL OF HIS REGULAR SCHOOL, TO HELP HIM OVERCOME HIS SPECIAL PROBLEMS IN BASIC LEARNING SKILLS, AND TO HELP HIM JUDGE WHAT HE MIGHT BECOME AND…

Designed to assist local education agencies (LEAs) in conducting annual program reviews, the handbook focuses on evaluating Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) for handicapped children. An annual review meeting guide discusses purposes and procedures of the review. The second section provides a background on the planning-evaluation process,…

This report describes and evaluates in narrative form methods of individualizing instruction utilizing published and/or devised programmed materials. The Needs Inventory Program, Learning Disabilities Workshop, Family Education Program, and specific grade-level programs are described. A teacher survey showed a favorable response to these programs.…

The purpose of this paper is to describe a system of individually guided motivation which is directly tied to a total system of individually guided education. In the system of motivation, the child's entering characteristics are assessed, motivational objectives in the form of desired behaviors are set for each child, a program designed to…

The purpose of this research was to determine whether a relationship exists between personality characteristics of teachers and their success in implementing the Individually Prescribed Instruction Program (IPI) (ED 030 584). All 43 teachers in IPI programs in Oregon, Washington, Montana, and Idaho were used as subjects and each was rated on a…

Teacher training for work in Individually Prescribed Instruction (IPI) depends heavily upon an intensive orientation to this specific system and to the theory and rationale underlying it. It can be fully successful only if it involves very extensive experience in actually working under this system in the classroom. Also, effective operation of an…

A survey was made, once in the fall of 1968 and again in the spring of 1969, of schools participating in the individually Prescribed Instruction (IPI) program. The results of questions concerning pupil placement, prescription, curriculum-embedded tests, and posttests are compared. (JY)

Two papers are presented here: "History of Individualized Instruction" by Dr. Robert Scanlon, and "Self-Directed Learning: the Master Key to Educational Reform" by Dr. Glen Heathers. Dr. Scanlon's paper briefly outlines the goals of the Individually Prescribed Instruction (IPI) program and discusses its place in the development…

This report takes a broad, analytical look at three systems that emphasize individualized instruction: Program for Learning in Accordance with Needs (PLAN), Individually Guided Education (IGE), and Individually Prescribed Instruction (IPI). In this assessment the following areas are examined: (a) the principles that characterize the system, (b)…

A study was made to (a) describe how self-paced Military Occupational Specialty (MOS) training affects the Army assignment system; (b) identify ways the existing assignment system can accommodate individualized instruction; and (c) suggest modifications to the assignment system to provide better integration of self-paced training with assignment…

The aims of this study are 1) to survey and summarize reports on predictions of teacher role changes, 2) to check the predictions against available empirical investigations, and 3) to discuss consequences of teacher role changes for teacher training, research on teaching, and the refinement of innovations. Some rationales for role prediction…

Among results from evaluation of approximately 400 learning disabled students' individualized education programs (IEPs) were that more than 75 percent of the instructional objectives addressed basic academic areas, while only 10 percent were listed in areas relating to social, emotional, and behavioral needs; in addition, 6 percent of the IEPs…