Traces the development of a Personalized System of Instruction (PSI) in physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) through four semesters of large-scale use in introductory courses to the program's suspension. (CP)

Children's academic performance was examined at the end of one, two, or three years of receiving prescriptive educational treatment. The project provided for individualization of learning from kindergarten through the third grade, and the children evidenced significant gains on standardized indices of achievement. (Author)

Describes a German literature course for college students. Emphasis is on individualized instruction and group work. Flexibility in choosing texts is considered important. (TL)

A low cost approach to individualized English instruction is described.

Describes an individual programmed study method used in a second year Geology course at the University of Melbourne. Outlines the criteria that make this instructional style useful and presents the student questionnaire used to evaluate the course. (GS)

Twenty-two brief articles describe experiences of teachers in individualizing mathematics instruction at the junior and senior high school levels. Topics include specific activities, record keeping and management, testing and grading, and programs for low achievers and gifted students. (SD)

Discusses the dangers inherent in any attempt to use a totally individualized instruction approach in teaching social studies. The authors maintain that group work is more useful in developing students' thinking skills and should be combined with individualized instruction to create a balanced program. (Author/DB)

Presents a strategy model for implementing learner controlled instruction. Seven steps are listed with primary emphasis on the delegation of authority, research, analysis, definition, and validation of each. (JEG)

Describes the Learning Systems Approach used in a large multisection general chemistry program at Texas A&M University. The use of learning objectives, alternative learning resources, positive-attitude factors, future-oriented course content and student evaluation and performance are also included. (HM)

Describes a Keller Plan program for teaching thermodynamics to college students. The outcome is improvement in study habits, and a more positive attitude towards examinations, but less performance in problem solving ability than via traditional approach. (Author/GA)

Describes the objectives, the procedures, and the evaluation involved in a personalized system of instruction (PSI) that has been introduced, as an option and as an alternative, in teaching a general physics course at Purdue University. (GA)

Beginning with an understanding and a diagnosis of the cognitive and affective processes and aptitudes of the learners, the cognitive approach employs different treatments to stimulate construction of relations between previous learning and experience and new information. Emphasized in this approach is the active role of the learner. (Author/EB)

Adapted teaching materials and procedures were developed at Florida State University to help visually handicapped students in the public schools participate in a mainstreamed home economics class. (MF)

The article describes an instrument--the Psychoeducational Profile (PEP)--that provides a comprehensive evaluation of developmental functioning and behavior, and discusses the utilization of such data in planning individualized educational programs for autistic children. (Author)