This project collected data on the current status of middle schools in the United States. After the compilation of a list of schools meeting the survey definition of middle schools from State departments of education and other sources, a survey instrument was used to secure the following detailed data from a 10 percent random sample (110 schools)…

This study is concerned with the problem of measuring rate of learning in individualized instructional situations, and with the relationship between rate and a number of variables. Pupil aptitude, achievement, and classroom performance were measures correlated with learning rates in six different Individually Prescribed Instruction (IPI)…

An instructional enrichment program in a Murfreesboro, N.C., school was designed to help academically retarded students in grades 3 to 8 (I.Q. 72-85). The participating students, who were retarded from 1 to 5 years, were grouped homogeneously to receive individual and small group instruction, and were encouraged to develop good listening and study…

Children's dependence upon the teacher in all aspects of the writing process in the elementary classroom must be replaced by the development of self-critical tools in the young writer. To help this development, the teacher should look at the nature of the writing process, with its three steps of precomposing, composing, and postcomposing, and then…

This is the first of seven modules designed to help teachers gain the knowledge and skills needed for successful team teaching. The user may choose one, several or all of the modules, in any sequence, with module 1 recommended as a prerequisite to all the others, and module 5 as a prerequisite to module 6. The pattern of each module is: 1) study…

This report presents a rationale for the individualization of instruction, an examination of applications of these methods in elementary and secondary schools, and some implications for individualization within junior colleges. Innovative techniques used by elementary and secondary education and junior colleges were found quite similar; the…

A scale is provided for assessing the degree to which a particular program is individualized, accompanied by instructions for administering the instrument and scoring the results. The scale consists of 70 items divided into three major sections: observation of students, student interviews, and a teacher self-inventory. Taken together, the items…

These selected readings are designed for teachers, media specialists and administrators interested in effective methods of planning, designing and implementing individualized instruction programs. Sections deal with 1) problems encountered in making the transition from group to individualized instruction; 2) several established and sucessful…

During the fall semester of 1971, a peer teaching program was started in biology, physics, psychology, social science and reading classes at Miami-Dade Junior College (Florida). While the specific responsibilities of the peer teachers differed in each class, generally they were expected to assist the students in learning basic skills and…

This paper reports on the Peer Tutoring Program at El Camino College. If a student, counselor, or instructor feels a student needs tutoring, the student applies for tutorial assistance. Upon approval by his instructor, arrangements are made for the student to be tutored. Peer Tutors are selected from among applicants who received a "B"…

Describes the attempts of a teacher to use a personal microcomputer to provide tutoring in an undergraduate physics course. (GA)

Maintains that a social studies program should be concerned with preparation of students for participation in a democratic society and suggests that an elementary school social studies program should deal with values, information dissemination, political processes, decision making, and socialization. (Author/DB)

Proposes a strategy employing challenge, functionalism, high-order learning, and originality to achieve high-quality individualization in course work. Asserts that individualized instruction better prepares students to solve problems, make decisions, and produce original ideas. (MM)

Described is a teaching approach that applies principles of cooperative learning to an individualized program for learning mathematics in grades 3-6. The program, Team Assisted Individualization, has several important elements including student teams, a placement test, curriculum materials, the team-study method, team scores and team recognition,…

Both methods of instruction--the personalized system of instruction (PSI) and lecture-demonstration method--produced statistically significant changes in student achievement and in listening opinions. No significant differences occurred between the two methods. The experimental students gave a rating of slightly above average to the PSI method of…