The concept of personalized learning is developed in this book for teachers who want students to work and play at their own level of ability. Part one clarifies the concepts of personalized learning in chapters focusing upon teacher behavior, goal selection, and self-control. Part two offers practical applications at the teacher-student level,…

The Open University of Great Britain provides home-based instruction to nearly 50,000 predominantly-working students via broadcasts and correspondence. Each unit of instruction consists of a combination of text, broadcasts, cassette recordings, assignments, and experiment kits. The per student cost of this delivery system is impressively low,…

Very little is known about how students learn from television, particularly when television is used in conjunction with a prescribed set of written materials. At the Open University of Great Britain, classes have proliferated to the extent that it is not longer possible to broadcast one lecture to accompany each unit of instruction. To reduce air…

The Open University of Great Britain is an open-enrollment, home-based institution in which the majority of the instruction is conducted via broadcasts and correspondence. There are over 50,000 students ernolled in nearly 100 courses which require the transmission of 1,000 television and 1,000 radio broadcasts each year. Recently, research has…

In June 1975, all Indiana institutions of higher education and their regional campuses were requested to list instructional video materials in their possession that could be used by other agencies or institutions. The information is reproduced here in the same form in which it was supplied. All titles are listed alphabetically under general…

This manual is the final report on a two-year project to enhance the effectiveness of teaching assistants. It is designed as a workbook for persons conducting instructional programs for teaching assistants and is specific to teaching assistants in engineering and the natural sciences. The manual contains an introduction and six chapters. Chapter…

This two volume curriculum guide describes an English program for grades eight through twelve. The guide begins with four essays on the teaching of English. The first essay deals with some of the problems of a changing English curriculum; the second discusses goals for the language arts program; the third discusses the teaching of writing in the…

The creation and use of school-made audiovisual teaching aids that emphasize ecological principles are presented to help secondary students and teachers develop curriculum in environmental education. The specific resources include motion pictures, photographs, videotape, sound recordings, and multimedia presentations. The main emphasis of the…

The need for the use of multi-media in school art instruction is described and analyzed. A multi-media kit for teacher use is proposed and detailed, with descriptions of films and slides. Methods of classroom utilization of the kit are suggested. (SK)

Teachers and curriculum supervisors involved in planning and implementing an effective unit or course on African studies at various levels should find this annotated bibliography a useful resource. A large proportion of the 39 items, drawn from RIE and CIJE focus on teaching guides and curriculum materials. Also represented are bibliographies,…

This paper reviews the historical development of programed instruction from the works of S.L. Pressey and B.F. Skinner to the concept of program-assisted instruction. A categorical listing of both the limitations and the capabilities of programed instruction is included. (RL)

Technical features of Penn State's Instructional Media Center are described. Unlike many other instructional units, special attention has been paid to the physiological requirements for learning in its design and construction, i.e., acoustics, lighting, visibility, and air conditioning. The building contains many unique features which may be…

Evergreen State College is an unprecedented flexible, sophisticated educational instrument designed to avoid depersonalization. Students are treated as responsible adults and are expected to work closely, as colleagues, with their teachers. Curriculum planning reflects the belief that graduates would change their career pattern and life styles at…

A developmental project created and field tested a computer-assisted instructional (CAI) unit in dental diagnosis. The main objectives were to determine 1) if, after having received CAI, the dental student could determine whether a patient had a clinical need for space management and 2) if the dental student's attitude toward CAI and space…

This report by the Committee for Television and Radio in Education (the TRU Committee) summarizes the activities of the Committee in the field of instructional media from 1967-1972. The Committee, which is funded by the Swedish government, plans and conducts experimental projects concentrating on the development, production and evaluation of…