A health education program for college students based on learning contracts is described. This individualized and humanized approach allowed students to work at their own pace on subjects of interest to them. (JD)

This article details a methodology for the development of a prepackaged curriculum on the prevention of cardiovascular disease. (JD)

Reviews the requirements of Individualized Educational Programs (IEPs) for handicapped students. Proposes an ideal counselor role that includes developing, implementing, and evaluating IEPs in the affective domain. Counselors receive suggestions for their involvement in defining annual goals, objectives, devising appropriate educational…

General education classrooms are increasingly diverse as students with and without disabilities learn alongside one another. At each level, all students are learning to read and reading to learn standards-based content. A worry among some general and special educators who otherwise support the principles of inclusive education is what to do about…

Five primary classrooms with educable mentally retarded (EMR) students were observed during four 20 minute periods to determine the number of correct oral responses given by the students during group instruction. The number of correct responses per child per minute was compared to those of five EMR children placed in a one-to-one instructional…

The essential components of self-paced systems are frequently prohibitive in cost for implementation for all students. Selection of students who can profit most from individualized programs can be made by choosing students in upper and lower extremes in mental ability who possess certain elements in their cognitive styles. (Author)

Author undertook a detailed investigation of the phenomena of skill learning with the goal of isolating those factors that were relevant to the learning of typewriting. (Author/RK)

Several methods for creating and maintaining a learning environment, in which the political science students at the undergraduate level can receive individual treatment even in large classes, are described. (Author/KM)

This study investigated the effects of mental ability level on problem solving behavior of individuals and dyads. The problem (riddle of the death of the Wooly Mammoth) is open ended, data rich and presented by computer. Significant interactions between grouping (individual and dyad) and ability (above average, above + below average and below…