A course was designed to provide an introduction to the various types of instructional media that are currently being utilized for instructional purposes. Students were taught to list the characteristics and advantages of the different types of instructional media, to explain and justify procedures for effectively integrating media into…

This textbook for ESL contains ten lessons, plus a preface lesson to introduce the format. It is designed for use by Spanish-speaking high school students. All directions are given in both languages. Each lesson contains a statement of rationale and learning objectives, a pre-test, a list of sources of information to aid in learning the lesson…

Three Intensive Reading Instructional Teams (IRIT's) provided a comprehensive half-day program of reading instruction for a period of approximately 11 weeks for 405 third and fourth grade pupils who were in Hartford's validated schools and not achieving up to expectancy. A fourth team, funded by the general budget, provided special reading…

Project Reach introduced into twelve elementary schools a series of reading strategies designed to provide intensive reading skills development for referred first through third grade pupils during the 1971-72 school year. Involving diagnosis of reading difficulty and prescriptive teaching, the program aimed at returning the child to his peer group…

To develop a dissemination strategy for optimal impact on the educational community and to establish a working relationship with State Education Agencies (SEA's), Research for Better Schools (RBS), in 1971, formed a nationwide network of schools as a proving ground for Individually Prescribed Instruction (IPI). The network includes a partnership…

The University of Maine at Augusta uses an individualized video-taped mathematics instructional system to eliminate students' math weaknesses before they attempt college math. The course, "1 Mth Developmental Mathematics," is part of the Educational Assistance Program and teaches basic skills and concepts of arithmetic and algebra. The…

The papers in this collection focus on: (1) individualizing instruction, (2) comparative roles of the foreign language supervisor and the science supervisor, (3) mini-courses, (4) parents and the community, (5) a classical heritage course, (6) use of non-book instructional materials, (7) a total immersion language program, (8) vocational…

The Expository Essay is a survey of the history, problems, and prospects of American Indian education in the United States. The document is concerned with a major topic of interest to the University of Georgia's Anthropology Curriculum Project--the role of education in the process of acculturation both in U.S. policy and in attitudes of Indians…

The Individual Mathematics Teaching Project (IMU) has been under development in the upper level (grades 7-9) of the comprehensive school in Sweden since 1964. Its goals are (1) to construct and test self-instruction study material in mathematics, (2) to find suitable teaching methods and work forms for the use of this material, (3) to try out…

Guidelines for the Title 3 National Defense Education Act (NDEA) language programs in the State of Illinois are presented in this report. Recognition of the changing status of language programs and of declining enrollment in the high schools underscores the need to develop student-centered programs. Discussion of NDEA programs is directed toward…

This document reports data from program evaluation questionnaires completed by supervisors, administrators, teachers, students, and parents. Administrators most frequently mentioned problems centered around the areas of communication and reporting pupil progress. The most conspicuous needs are more frequent and more effective explanations of the…

The purpose of this paper is to report on a pilot investigation of the operation of the Bloom and Carroll hypothesis which states that aptitudes are predictive of rate of learning given a situation in which the time allowed for learning is unlimited, and pupil perserverance, ability to understand instruction, and quality of instruction are…

In this program, based on the concepts of individualized instruction through the team approach to teaching, a team of three professionally equal teachers teach a group the size of two classes which is a combination of grade levels such as K-1, 1-2, or 2-3. The program goals are that the student should (1) acquire basic academics, (2) develop…

This publication focuses on school and classroom organization for team teaching and provides insights into the solutions of accompanying problems such as clarifying roles, overcoming scheduling difficulties, avoiding rigidity in daily programing, and dealing with communication problems. The booklet also includes a field-oriented description of…

Costs and production requirements for developing "mainline," as distinguished from "adjunct" computer-assisted instruction (CAI), are discussed. "Mainline" programs are complete systems which teach an entire course, while "adjunct" programs supplement a regular course. Mainline CAI programs are expensive. A course equivalent to a three-credit…