Expert systems have made remarkable progress in areas where the knowledge of an expert can be codified and represented, and these systems have many potentially useful applications in education. Expert systems seem "intelligent" because they do not simply repeat a set of predetermined questions during a consultation session, but will have…

Planning for infant intervention programs is the focus of the booklet. The approach rests on key principles, including family support, interagency cooperation, and individualization of early intervention services. Questions are raised for consideration in six topic areas: (1) planning (structure of planning process); (2) funding (legislative…

Curriculum guide for a unit of work on language study for pupils at the junior secondary level. (Author)

The use of work cards for individualized instruction, the need for organization of materials, the noise level of the classroom, the problems involved in providing individual attention and in selecting appropriate level of tasks for each student, and evaluation techniques all are discussed. (DT)

This paper outlines a schema for the systematic investigation of individual differences in learning through the use of aptitude-treatment interaction studies, and provides an approach to incorporating these studies into an ongoing evaluation system. (Editor)

An interview with a language arts teacher at St. Patrick's Grade School, Dickinson, North Dakota, who recently served on a three-member team that carried out a model library-centered experiment for seventh grade students. (Author)

The study investigated the relationships of adult learners' personal abilities and attributes with academic success in two technical design programs having different instructional objectives. (AG)

The initial effort to apply the Keller plan model of individualized learning to teaching research methods in sociology is described. (Author/KM)

Describes the examination of the effectiveness of oral vs. written testing in an undergraduate psychology course that was taught by the Keller method of instruction. (Editor)

The problems encountered in training a salesman are unique. An all-encompassing knowledge of everything a salesman comes in contact with is needed. The Knutsford Centre, run by the United Commercial Travellers Association, uses individualized courses to meet this need and to enable salesmen to progress from bad selling to good. (DS)

Instructional programs to provide graduates of occupational programs from community colleges with additional occupational knowledges, skills, and teaching competencies will be developed at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale (CAPSTONE) for 1974. Approaches planned are individualized student study programs, workshops to develop model programs,…

Suggests teacher-student conferences as an alternative to the seminar method of individualizing instruction. (RB)

An examination of the role of commercially available materials in textbook form in a laboratory setting. (Author)