A flexible, point contract system is described which maximizes the advantages of a criterion-referenced contract system while eliminating some of the disadvantages of standard grade contracts. This model has been used by the author in a variety of high school and college courses. (Author/SJL)

Discusses the use of performance contracts to teach reading to secondary school students in classes classified as "corrective,""developmental," and "enrichment." (HOD)

Outlines a plan for multiple talent teaching that allows educators to use the initiative of individuals, make learning relevant, foster skill development, and use and enhance their own abilities. (SK)

As part of a high school in-service program, the entire staff made a commitment to a series of school-wide policies. The next step was the identification of individual classroom expectations, followed by an individual classroom contract that informed the student what was really important to the teacher. (Author/MLF)

Outlines a contract for an eighth grade unit on the human digestive system and nutrition. Lists required and optional activities. (CS)

Describes a contract unit on plants designed to suit the diverse needs of students because it offers verbal and nonverbal alternatives for learning and a variety of activities. (BR)

Based on the idea that a wide range of individualization in the classroom is necessary to both stimulate the students and to meet their needs, this paper presents a complete course in English Literature based on the learning contract system. Included in the paper are a course outline with the objectives and the rules for the class; a title page…

Describes several class activities to introduce the metric system to seventh graders. Also presents three groups of activities that are used to individualize instruction. Students choose activities within each group, completing as many as contracted in the areas of (1) making something, (2) gathering experimental data, and (3) completing…

Describes a system for grading high school journalism students that depends on keeping a student file that contains student job descriptions, evaluation checklists, and evaluations by the teacher. (RL)

Project questions are real-world problems with multiple solutions, no obvious solution sequence, requiring hands-on data collection, and investigation of topics within and outside mathematics. Discusses evaluation of solution processes, describes a detailed example involving the trajectory of a baseball, and suggests 19 other project questions.…

Suggests the idea of having students and parents sign a statement that identifies the teacher's expectations for the students about discipline and classroom management to improve discipline. Provides an example statement. (MDH)

Offers suggestions for both teachers and parents about how they can best work together in a new partnership. (Author/JM)

The laboratory school for Southeast Missouri State University offers individualized French and Spanish second language instruction to secondary students by scheduling them together in one multilevel class. Students progress individually and in small groups through planned, self-paced, continuous progress programs. Each student is given a checklist…

An innovative, flexible scheduling technique for advanced levels of a foreign language program is described. The technique, predicated on individualized pacing and continuous progress, is generalizable to all elective programs, and offers a workable solution to satisfy the enrollment "numbers game" and to lend breadth and depth to the curricula of…

This handbook is intended to clarify the responsibilities of an instructor-coordinator responsible for coordinating an emergency medical services (EMS) training program and to describe many of the materials now available for use in coordinating EMS training. Addressed in the individual chapters of the guide are the nature and scope of the…