Discussion of the reorganization of a middle school to grades six, seven and eight instead of seven and eight because of earlier peer culture influence. Programming is flexible, the subjects are integrated and everything is individualized. (Author/AF)

Three innovative trends in education are described as contributing most significantly to the demands for change in the school psychologist's role: an emerging behavior change technology, the applications of a systems approach in evaluation, and the increasing movement toward individualized instruction. (Author)

Describes cross-age tutoring experiment in which sixth graders provided individual help and companionship to first-graders. Tutor gains were subject reinforcement, extended creativity, and meaningful personal relationships. (AJ)

The director of technology and research discusses the Coatesville Area School District's format for individualized learning. (AA)

Multiunit school, designed to adjust curriculum and teacher to the child, provides innovation in school management practices. (KJ)

The effects of cooperative and individualistic learning experiences were compared on interpersonal attraction between nonhandicapped students and learning-disabled peers and achievement. Results indicate that greater interpersonal attraction between the learning-disabled and normal-progress students and higher achievement resulted in the…

An evaluation of student performances in a materials engineering course using three different teaching methods is presented. A form of personalized self-instruction (PSI) in which the course is offered off-campus, decentralized sequenced instruction (DSI), was compared to on-campus PSI and to the lecture method. The DSI method is shown to be most…

A Personalized System of Instruction (PSI) is based on four principles: it is (1) mastery oriented, (2) individually paced, (3) student proctored, and (4) includes lectures for stimulation and motivation. Advantages of PSI for vocational education courses are noted. (LRA)

The questionnaire dealt with: earmarks of weaker students, parents' attitude, the teachers' training and working conditions, problems of individual instruction, time-frame, existence of professional associations, evaluation of professional conferences, and the use of media. Some evaluations are appended. (IFS/WGA)

A Canadian program, the Learning Assistance Teacher (LAT), which provides regular classroom teachers with help for their handicapped students, is examined. (PHR)

Describes the use of computer simulation, based on analysis of data collected from homemakers in the Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program, to predict participant performance and project the cost effectiveness of alternatives. Discusses the usefulness of simulation as a management and instructional tool. (SK)

Gives suggestions for making tutorial writing sessions constructive and fruitful. A tutorial component is a program of individual meetings with the teacher for each student in the class. Their purpose is to go over with each student his essays or compositions. Benefits and cautions of these sessions are spelled out. (PJM)

The article offers a perspective on the mildly handicapped as an important and possibly overlooked group within the population of unserved handicapped children and youth. It is said that the identification data being reported are low and that substantial numbers of mildly handicapped children are not being identified. (DLS)

Presents an evaluation study of library instructional lessons for University students using PLATO. (CWM)