An earlier report on the progress of Individually Prescribed Instruction (IPI) is brought up to date with summaries of known materials dealing with several aspects of IPI. Part 1 of the report provides a general description and findings of IPI to date. Part 2 provides specific subject description and reviews in abstract format and formative and…

The Progress Check Booklet is designed to be used by the student working in the programed course to determine if he has mastered the concepts in the course booklets on: electrical current; voltage; resistance; measuring current and voltage in series circuits; relationships of current, voltage, and resistance; parellel circuits; combination…

This issue of the "Illinois English Bulletin" is divided into 30 sections which discuss individualizing instruction. Some of the topics included are: the advantages of individualizing instruction in general, the writing of daily learning objectives for use by the classroom teacher, individualizing instruction at Lincolnland Community College,…

A novel approach to the collection and utilization of program treatment information that quantifies innovative educational practices is described. Data was collected from groups of students within grade and within subject matter area who were exposed to the same program characteristics. These flexibly defined "educational experience…

This paper reports on an on-going experiment in computer-aided language instruction. In 1972, a class of beginning German students at the Duluth campus of the University of Minnesota volunteered to test two pedagogic theories: (1) Could a computer-aided course be used by a class and an instructor who knew nothing of computers and who had to rely…

Theories relating to proposed improvements in education are discussed. Changes in curricula, contributions of fields such as psychology, and issues currently being debated are given consideration. Innovative models and approaches are proposed, and several interesting speculations are offered related to the future of education. Following the…

The current emphasis on quality in education began with the launching of Sputnik in 1958. This led to the realization that all was not well and to the era of massive government grants to aid education. Great advances in technology and new dimensions for one practical field of psychology, education, have profound ramifications for students,…

The elements involved in the personalization of the program are summarized as follows: 1) Students will contribute meaningfully to its design and development, in cooperation with the college faculty, Teaching Research, and the schools. 2) Students will be able to negotiate a program which is relevant to them personally. 3) Students will be able to…

An argument is made in this document for the development and testing of Computer Aided Instruction teaching models that are prescriptive as well as descriptive. It is felt that a Computer Aided Instruction system is needed more as a "Theory Machine" and a "Laboratory" than as an instrument for implementation. As the communication between the human…

The focus of this book, "re-vision," derived from concerns expressed in the open meeting of the November 1973 convention of the National Council of Teachers of English by teachers interested in changes in classroom practices which result from reflection on a particular problem and the subsequent search for a solution. Following an…

Self-paced programed and audiovisual (AV) instructional materials covering portions of the Air Force course, Precision Measuring Equipment (PME) Specialist, were developed, administered, and evaluated as means of assessing the feasibility of individualizing the PME course as part of the Air Force's Advanced Instructional System (AIS). The…

A report on the development and tryout of an individualized chemistry program is presented in this monograph, based on the 1969 pilot-test results obtained from the P. K. Yonge Laboratory School and the 1970-72 field test findings from public schools in Florida. The purpose of introducing this program is to help teachers in adopting more…

School District 916 in St. Paul, Minnesota, a special district which provides vocational-technical learning experiences for high school and post-secondary students, developed an Instructional Productivity System (IPS). The IPS was designed to allow the district to monitor the success of the learner-centered instructional model whose features…

This newsletter, devoted to the topic of individualization of foreign language instruction in America, contains a series of statements by prominent educators expressing their endorsement of the theory implied in this increasingly popular mode of instruction. A summary of general curriculum guidelines governing educators in the State of…

Seven articles concerning individualized science education are compiled in this publication which begins with a brief introduction to the concept of individual differences. Representative projects on both elementary and secondary school levels are included to illustrate different degrees of structure and styles of individualization. Discussions of…