This study describes a strengths-based blended personalized learning model, the implementation of the model over a 4-year period, and the results of an impact study focused on measuring its effectiveness. The model includes many commonly-used features of personalized learning, including (a) competency-based progressions, (b) flexible learning…

Digital content is increasingly present in U.S. K-12 classrooms, with a current push by federal officials to increase the rate at which digital textbooks are adopted. While some teachers' use of electronic resources involves locating activities and lessons from various internet sites, textbook and educational software companies have begun to…

Material presented in this document is primarily concerned with those aspects of an educational program which are related to individualized learning, "learning how to learn," direct observation of physical and human phenomena, wide use of educational media, vigorous discussions, and flexible environments. The document is based on the…

The Student as Learner Inventory, which was developed at Alverno College (Wisconsin), is described. Alverno College is a private, 4-year liberal arts college for women with an enrollment of 2,500 students. The inventory, which is completed by entering and second semester students in an undergraduate program, is integral to the curriculum. The…

This fifth in a series of six learning modules on instructional evaluation is designed to give secondary and postsecondary vocational teachers help in developing a basis for assigning grades to students and devising efficient procedures for arriving at these grades. The terminal objective for the module is to determine student grades in an actual…

This first in a series of five learning modules on guidance is designed to give secondary and postsecondary vocational teachers help in developing competency in gathering information about students through the use of the following data-collection techniques: cumulative records, anecdotal records, sociograms, student autobiographies, and…

The implementation of the Adult Degree Completion Program (ADCP) at Antioch-Yellow Springs is described. The ADCP is a transfer program designed to enable adults who have never finished colege to complete their undergraduate degree work, often without having to abandon their obligations to families or to professions. To enroll in the program,…

This third in a series of six learning modules on instructional evaluation is designed to give secondary and postsecondary vocational teachers help in evaluating student affective performance and developing items and/or devices for assessing affective performance. The terminal objective for the module is to assess student affective (attitudes)…

This eighteenth in a series of twenty-nine learning modules on instructional execution is designed to give secondary and postsecondary vocational teachers help in recognizing significant differences among students and in individualizing the instruction to reflect these differences. Introductory sections relate the competencies dealt with here to…

This fourth in a series of six learning modules on instructional evaluation is designed to give secondary and postsecondary vocational teachers help in devising and administering evaluation devices for assessing student performance in an occupational skills area. The terminal objective for the module is to assess student psychomotor (skills)…

This eleventh in a series of eleven learning modules on program planning, development, and evaluation is designed to assist secondary and postsecondary vocational teachers in planning and conducting locally directed and product-oriented program evaluation. Introductory sections relate the competencies dealt with here to others in the program and…

The 7th International Conference on Education Data Mining held on July 4th-7th, 2014, at the Institute of Education, London, UK is the leading international forum for high-quality research that mines large data sets in order to answer educational research questions that shed light on the learning process. These data sets may come from the traces…

An operational model developed as a result of a systematic analysis of three distinctly different Antioch centers--Juarez Lincoln University, Philadelphia Graduate Center, and Antioch-New England (the Keene Center)--is presented. Juarez Lincoln offers a 15-month program leading to the Master of Education degree. Many of the students are Mexican…

An evaluation was conducted of the Fayette County, Kentucky, implementation of the Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory Experience Based Career Education (NWREL/EBCE) program model, which allowed for the provision of community educational experiences for eleventh and twelfth grade students. Individualized learning plans served as a basis for…