The paper describes a heuristic model of the teaching-learning process, proposes an implementation model of individualized instruction, and reviews results of a study evaluating both models in an inservice teacher training program. (CL)

Inservice training procedures used to implement the Teaching Resource Classroom Model (a program for moderately, severely, and profoundly handicapped students) were evaluated with 94 teachers and administrators. The model is composed of the following 10 components: delivery of appropriate cues and consequences, assessment of student skill level,…

This evaluation report is one of 17 planned for the longitudinal pilot study of the implementation in kindergarten and grade 1 of the Comprehensive School Mathematics Program (CSMP). In this report, CSMP teacher training workshops are described and evaluated. Data collected from participating teachers and coordinators by two questionnaires…

The evaluation of the California Teacher Development Project for the 1972-73 project year reports data for four performance criteria. These criteria relate to the expected behavioral changes of teachers involved in an inservice workshop program in individualizing instruction. One criterion relates to teacher knowledge of individualized instruction…

Some 65 foreign language teachers in California participated in a workshop designed to give teachers the necessary skills and background to individualize their teaching methods. The report contains a variety of materials used in the workshop, including: (1) a summary report of the workshop, (2) workshop experiences, and (3) an evaluation of the…

Outlines a set of eight criteria for measuring the achievement level of students in individualized instruction programs. (Author/RK)

The purpose of the Single Skill Training Courses offered to teachers in the District of Columbia was to meet staff development needs by providing short, concentrated training modules covering a variety of topics within the areas of mainstreaming handicapped students, providing individualized instruction, and implementing a competency based…

The Bilingual Individualized Instructional Management System operated in one Detroit (Michigan) public school. Materials and assistance were also offered to one parochial school. The approach employed a comprehensive and individualized learning system to provide concentrated instruciton to 150 children in grades Kindergarten through five who were…

The PREP Program Field Test Project had four major objectives: the development, implementation, and formative evaluation of an inservice training package designed to help teachers of young moderately mentally handicapped children implement an individualized instruction play program based on the PREP Program motor development materials and methods;…

This report contains four papers which discuss the theory, development, and evaluation of a Western Michigan University inservice program for developing individualized instruction. The first paper discusses inservice education based on the philosophical assumptions and implications of informal/open education towards individualized instruction. It…

This collection of materials and statements is the final project report of "Center for Re-Education of Teachers." The purpose of the project, which places teachers, consultants, supervisors, principals, and members of teacher training staffs in college and university laboratory settings during the summer, is stated as follows: individuals and…

The workshops associated with the Evaluation for Individualized Instruction Project are planned to provide teachers an opportunity to improve their skills in construction and development of evaluation procedures. This is based on the premise that one successful initial approach to the improvement and individualization of instruction is through the…

A survey was conducted to determine attitudes of administrators, teachers, students, and parents of students in schools using the Institute for Development of Educational Activities, Inc. (I/D/E/A) Change Program for Individually Guided Education (IGE). The study took over two years, and reached a sample of the 1,200 schools in 36 states.…

As confirmed by two case studies of pilot IPI programs conducted September through December, 1967 in two elementary schools in New Jersey, participation in the innovation of Individually Prescribed Instruction requires a certain level of commitment by school district administrators, principals, and teachers. One of the pilot schools was graded…

Approximately 400 students in grades six through nine, many of whom were low achievers, participated in the Teaching and Learning program. The program was based on commercially developed curricula and implemented using principles of individualized instruction. Instruction was characterized by diagnosis and assessment, sequenced objectives,…