The article discusses the results of a study of the degree of individualized instruction available in five categories: student pacing, pretesting, remedial materials, optional units, and personalized instruction. (BP)

To investigate the affective and cognitive gains produced in an auto-tutorial world civilizations course, two groups of students were compared. A traditionally-taught (TT) section of 145 students and an auto-tutorially (AT) taught section of 140 were given pre- and posttests and used the same text and Modular Learning Program. The TT section…

To compare the effectiveness of individualized and lecture-discussion methods with a non-instruction (Control) method in developing turfgrass competencies in 11th and 12th grade students as measured by achievement in a battery of tests, teachers from 29 Michigan schools were randomly placed in three groups and attended workshops where they were…

An Individualized Learning Package (ILP) is a method for translating traditional curriculum guides and teacher lesson plans into an individualized set of student lesson plans which permit each student to progress continually through the curriculum at his own optimum rate. An ILP offers alternative ways of achieving stated behavioral objectives and…

The study compares the content retention by students who are self-paced with content retention by students whose pacing is modified by instructors. The subjects included 148 students enrolled in an introductory college level child development course. One group of 74 students was randomly assigned to a self-paced section and another group of 74…