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Tosti, Donald T. – Educational Technology, 1973
Author discusses the idea of using student peers as instructional managers in individualized systems for programed instruction. (Author/HB)
Descriptors: Autoinstructional Aids, Educational Technology, Individual Instruction, Individualized Instruction
Knipe, Walter H. – Educational Technology, 1973
A description of the role of the computer in a successful new individualization program in Grand Forks, North Dakota. (HB)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computers, Educational Programs, Educational Technology
Barkley, Margaret V. – Illinois Teacher of Home Economics, 1979
Ways to implement individualized instruction according to each student's learning style are outlined, such as programed instruction, student tutoring, community experiences, games, group work, and learner goal-setting. Includes a list of learning styles and suggestions for materials management, assignment recording, and grading. (MF)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Cognitive Style, Educational Games, Individual Instruction
Stolurow, L. M. – 1969
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…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Individual Instruction, Individualized Programs, Programed Instruction
EPSTEIN, SAM; EPSTEIN, BERYL
THE FIRST TEACHING MACHINE WAS INVENTED IN THE 1920'S BY SIDNEY L. PRESSEY AND THE FIRST MODERN TEACHING MACHINE WAS DEVELOPED AND POPULARIZED IN THE EARLY 1930'S BY B.F. SKINNER. TODAY BUSINESSMEN AND INDUSTRIALISTS AS WELL AS EDUCATORS HAVE FOUND TEACHING MACHINES USEFUL. ACTUALLY, TEACHING IS ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH THE PROGRAM, A CAREFULLY…
Descriptors: Autoinstructional Aids, Classroom Environment, Educational History, Educational Media
GLASER, ROBERT; AND OTHERS – 1966
DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR OF 1963-64, THE LEARNING RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER (UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH) AND THE BALDWIN-WHITEHALL PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF PITTSBURGH INITIATED AN EXPERIMENTAL PROJECT TO INVESTIGATE THE FEASIBILITY OF A SYSTEM OF INDIVIDUALIZED INSTRUCTION IN AN ENTIRE K-6 SCHOOL. PART ONE DESCRIBED THE INITIAL WORK ON THE USE OF…
Descriptors: Achievement, Administration, Arithmetic, Classroom Research
Wagner, Harold; And Others – 1973
Research was undertaken to develop a system for predicting completion time in a self-paced training course. The hypotheses were developed that: 1) course content-related instruments would be better predictors of completion time than general aptitude measures; and that 2) a linear predictive function would provide the best description of the…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Programs, Educational Research, Individual Instruction
James, H. Thomas; And Others – 1969
Papers contributed by authors prominent in educational innovation and technology are in this collected work. The authors do not always agree, but a broad pattern of agreement is discernible. They agree on the identification of those major problems confronting the schools today as a result of the new social forces at work; and generally, they agree…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Audiovisual Instruction, Autoinstructional Aids, Computer Assisted Instruction