The philosophy and differentiated staffing model governing the instructional program within three spacially open schools in School District 196 (Minnesota) are discussed. Spacially open schools are committed to achievement of curricular goals in the standard curriculum content areas including reading, language arts, mathematics, natural science,…

Visits in the Spring of 1972 to five school districts (Norfolk, Virginia; Texarkana, Arkansas; Gary, Indiana; Gilroy, California; and Grand Rapids, Michigan) that had implemented educational performance contracting programs during the 1970-71 school year are reported. Changes in the content and methods of instruction, measurement and evaluation,…

Subject matter concept attainment by adult Ss was studied by experimentally manipulating instructional instances which were either positive or negative, clear or obscure, or presented in large or small variety. Training and testing instances were composed of case studies communicated via prose description that had been analyzed for relevant and…

The development and field testing of inservice modules for teaching skills and processes inherent in an individualized reading program and proposed refinements of these modules on the basis of field test feedback were the focus of this study. The Miniteaching Unit contained seven segments, each composed of a videotape and a corresponding workbook…

This volume is the second of two documents concerning a performance-based undergraduate program for teacher education at Brooklyn College. Appendixes relating to the first volume are presented. These appendixes include position papers on teaching-learning centers, the campus media center, design for counseling services and affective education, the…

The components of an educational program, designed to ensure the attainment of specific objectives, are described. Program objectives included the introduction of a new individualized instructional system operating within the same constraints experienced by public school staff, insurance that each child in the program would receive his fair share…

The last 25 years of special education has seen the pendulum swing from over confidence in special class placement to current efforts to mainstream handicapped children. Characteristic of children entering school is variation in ability and learning style. Some of the children will be referred to special education not because of extreme learning…

A project emphasizing prevention of learning disabilities through early identification and individualized educational prescriptions was conducted. Children identified through a screening process will go from kindergarten to a modified primary class. Here, they will be provided with a curriculum designed to develop the skills needed for successful…

A project emphasizing prevention of potential learning problems through early identification and individual educational prescriptions is discussed. Children identified through a screening process will be placed in a modified primary class. They will receive a curriculum designed to develop skills required for successful participation in first…

This is the first in a two volume set (see also SE 013 664) which displays what the people at the Earth Science Teacher Preparation Project (ESTPP) value about learning, learners, themselves, and their role in helping learners. It records, mainly in their own words, how some people in colleges and secondary schools feel about education and how…

The design of a program utilizing individualized instructional objectives (with 150 students per semester) in an undergraduate reading methods course is described. The program incorporates individualized instruction, team teaching, and the extensive use of multimedia. Students attend one mass lecture and two seminars each week. The required…

This topical paper examined students' views on individualized instruction versus the traditional approach. The purpose of the study was: (1) to measure student acceptance of the concept of individualized instruction; (2) to identify positive and negative factors of individualized instruction as perceived by students; and (3) to identify the…

A discussion of the philosophy and rationale of Energy - Structure - Life, a two year high school sequence in integrated science, is contained in the introductory section of this manual. The student's copy of the laboratory activities and the quizzes for the first year of the program constitute the major portion of this volume. The two year course…

This paper reports an evaluation of a performance contract in reading with 2,500 seventh-grade students. Seventy-five percent of the students were to increase their reading speed five times over their beginning level with ten percent more comprehension after three months of instruction. Results indicated that only thirteen percent of the students…

This book is divided into five major parts. Part One, "Background: Diagnostic Reading Instruction," discusses some of the common explanations of reading failure and provides a modern reading program in action. Part Two, "What the Diagnostic Reading Teacher Knows," operates on the hypothesis that those who teach reading skills must know such…