The Individually Prescribed Instruction (IPI) program provides instruction based on specific objectives correlated with placement instruments, teaching methods, and individualized materials for wide ranges of differences in the classroom. The program was implemented in the five elementary schools of Lowndes County, Georgia, in 1970-72. This study…

This project used as an individualized model in the training of specialists in educational change. The individualized education approach consists of planning and conducting, with each student, general programs of study and day-to-day lessons that are tailor-made to suit his learning needs and characteristics. The rationale for using an…

Student practices and administrative problems related to stopping out of college (leaving school to work and/or travel and then returning to complete one's education) are examined on the basis of interviews with stopouts and data from 100 representative 2- and 4-year colleges. (JT)

The needs, values and interests of the adolescent should be understood and taken into account when a middle school reading program is being planned.

Discusses the role of the child advocate. Maintains that all who work with children should function as advocates by showing children goals held for them, by establishing rituals, by giving immediate responses to children at times of crisis, and by recognizing the need for compassion backed by professional techniques. Speech presented at the…

"Feeling happy" focuses on the syndrome of self-indulgence, self-actualization or self-fulfillment as antagonistic to the survival of marital agreement. Inspite of the obvious redeeming qualities of either spouse the unhappy partner opts for divorce. The article posits the familial advantages of responsiblity and commitment and reviews the older…

Using a variety of census records and agency statistics, this study identifies neighborhood types in the City of Los Angeles and demonstrates substantial differences in the capabilities and neighborhood conditions of their older residents. (Author)

Male and female Canadian medical students' scores on two psychometric measures were compared with college norms. The results contradict the sex-specific stereotype of the sex role deviant, low sexuality, female medical student. On the other hand, it appears that male medical students better fit this description. (Author/GC)

This article presents a unique concept of providing training options to individuals in industry which their needs as well as their time constraints. (Author)

The rhetoric of American public education abounds with admonitions to adapt instruction to individual differences and to "humanize" the educational process. However, in practice, especially below the collegiate level, students are guided toward conformity with subjective standards, and those who do not fit are perceived as having deficits to…

The emphasis of this article is on aging and the needs of the elderly as a basis for developing educational content in the curriculum. It includes a description of a theoretical framework developed by Abraham Maslow for a holistic approach to needs of the aged. (Editor/RK)

Most of the nation's handicapped children do not now receive adequate physical education and recreation services, a situation that can be corrected through Individualized Education programs. (Editor)

This article comments on the paradoxical nature of the teaching of counseling theory. The article demonstrates that what is correct are people and not the image people have of themselves. What is correct are the counselor's feelings between his or her clients and him or her. (Author)

Develops a conceptual model that describes how and why employees learn to resist planned change within an organizational setting. Planned change, when introduced by management, has the potential of blocking affected employees from satisfying their dominant need structures. Change strategies are developed for management to reduce employee…

This paper examines the relationship between level of need for achievement (n-Ach) and degree of achievement opportunity on the job and type of leisure time activities. Findings indicate people who are unable to satisfy their achievement needs on the job are likely to do so in their leisure time activities. (Author)