This review concludes that peer tutoring is a very powerful intervention for special education because it increases students' opportunities to respond, reduces teacher-pupil ratio, individualizes instruction, improves students' social skills, and increases students' academic achievement as well as aiding in the integration of disabled students…

Learners' preferred perceptual modalities--the means through which they obtain information--need to be considered in instruction design. Two strategies to individualize instruction are a multisensory approach and point-of-intervention approach. (SK)

Francis Tuttle Vo-Tech Center in Oklahoma serves adult and secondary students in the same classroom. Effective techniques for intergenerational classes include individualized learning activity packets, varied teaching methods, and peer teaching and mentoring. One challenge is accommodating the different learning-environment preferences of younger…

This article profiles the Rockwood School District, a district that has adopted a differentiated instruction to accommodate learning differences in children. Tiered assignments are described, along with the benefits of differentiation and the impact on student learning. Suggestions for educators wanting to develop a district-wide plan for…

Argues that standardized academic programs are seldom effective with students in detention facilities who have a wide range of academic skills, leaning problems, cultural backgrounds, and languages. Recommends an individualized and self-paced method of instruction that has proven successful in meeting the needs of this diverse group of learners.…

Argues that the regular classroom, with proper teacher training, is the most appropriate educational placement for most gifted students. Problems with alternatives, especially the pull-out approach, are noted as are advantages of the regular class setting such as greater curriculum consistency, continuity, and coordination. Training and…

Compares the knowledge content of GTE (Generic Tutoring Environment), a generic instructional knowledge base that facilitates dynamic pedagogical decision making, and PEPE, a computational framework for representing pedagogical knowledge to tailor instruction to an individual student. The courseware's interaction with the student and instructional…

Reports results of an evaluation of a 2-year support program for implementing adaptive teaching (individualized instruction) in Dutch elementary schools. Teachers perceived working with personal action plans and cooperating with colleagues as positive activities. Most teachers also experienced sufficient support from school leaders. (Contains 23…

This study examined the effectiveness of a simultaneous prompting teaching procedure to teach different tasks simultaneously to each of four high school students with functioning levels from typically developing to moderate disabilities. Results support the procedure's effectiveness and all students met criterion on each set after the simultaneous…

Discusses distance education and the need for an accepted theory. Highlights include theories of independent study; theory of industrialization of teaching; theory of interaction and communication; and equivalency theory that is based on local control, personalized instruction, and telecommunications. (LRW)

Outlines an orientation to teaching that stresses the necessity of matching both motivation and capabilities and encompasses both regular instruction and remediation. Emphasizes improving regular instruction by enhancing teachers' abilities to personalize instruction. Notes the emphasis at all times is on use of the least intervention needed and…

Describes the development of a Technology College at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington that is characterized by the use of computer assisted instruction, the World Wide Web, two-way interactive video conferencing, and instruction individualized with the use of various technologies. (LRW)

Advocates the use of technology education to promote independent critical thinking and problem solving while introducing students to design and engineering concepts. Includes sample activities for a high school electricity and electronics course. (JOW)

Addresses the problem of automatically integrating adaptive content, or content adapted from an Internet context, into different courses and curricula. Focuses on the work of the Knowledge in Demand European project for developing adaptive content in an interoperable and interchangeable format and discusses personalized learning. (Author/LRW)

Describes how one elementary school implemented a plan to involve students with moderate learning disabilities in writing their own IEP programs. Asserts that process of student self-advocacy results in more active learners. (PKP)