Describes adaptive educational hypermedia systems which aim to increase the functionality of hypermedia by making it personalized to individual learners and considering individual learning styles. Presents a prototype hypermedia system and reports results of a pilot study that investigated the system's educational effectiveness. (Author/LRW)

Examines teachers' views of the strengths and weaknesses of pullout programs and of alternatives to pullout programs. (PCB)

This study examined the effectiveness of tutoring on the achievement of college students enrolled in an individualized instruction algebra course taught in a mathematics laboratory. Findings indicated that students attending six or more tutoring sessions performed better than did students with greater initial ability who attended no tutoring…

Presents an approach to evaluation of reading instruction called CIPP (context, input, process, product), including: methods for discovering the needs of each student, getting input from students and colleagues concerning possible action, implementing evaluation in the process of instruction, and then carrying out an evaluation of the final…

Examples of two theory-based computerized learning systems--Smithtown and Sherlock--show that most success arises when learning tasks are well structured. Such systems teach procedural rather than conceptual knowledge and support individualized learning better than group learning. (SK)

Describes an interactive method of teaching reading that can be adapted to students' needs, skills, experience, and culture. Shows how the method develops phonological awareness and builds on skills adults already have, such as manual dexterity, visual analysis, and observation. (SK)

This article suggests strategies for creating differentiated educational experiences for gifted students in regular classrooms and for monitoring individualized work, while simultaneously addressing the many other diverse needs of a heterogeneous classroom. Ways of circumventing some pitfalls of individualizing are suggested. (Author/JDD)

Challenged by General Motors' creation of the Saturn automobile, St. Paul (Minnesota) educators created a new school by blending the best practices of existing schools with the most powerful and useful emerging technologies. In the Saturn School's learner-centered environment, each student develops a personal growth plan including academic,…

Undergraduate technology education students were divided into 4 groups: 47 took an in-class test, 61 a take-home test, and 63 no test. Both types of tests appeared to promote retention learning. Choice of test depends upon the learning situation and the specific objectives to be tested. (SK)

The pedagogical model views trainees as passive recipients; andragogy assumes learner self-direction. A contingency approach to adult learning recognizes a need for individualized approaches based on an assessment of trainee characteristics. (SK)

Study of an adult degree program used enrollment data 1986-96, course progression data 1990-95, and surveys of 140 enrolled and 250 not enrolled students. Three-fourths of those who graduated 1988-94 did so within three years; retention was most difficult in the self-directed and research phases; women's graduation rate was higher. (SK)

Advisement is a key component of personalized education. Usually, teacher advisors remain with a small group of advisees while they attend a particular school. The anonymity of large schools can be mitigated by creating school learning communities and/or schools-within-schools. Successful examples are profiled. (15 references) (MLH)

Discusses alternative-education programs and describes the SKILL (Student Knowledge in Living and Learning) Program that offers high school students small classes with individualized instruction. Describes public-education alternative schools as well as private, religious, and other types of alternative schools, and five sidebars offer other…

Discusses how to expand the spelling vocabularies of students with learning disabilities, improve dictionary skills, instill a desire to spell words correctly, and perfect the abilities of students to detect and correct spelling errors. The methods used for junior high students with learning disabilities are described. (CR)

Individualized instruction is a preferred method for at-risk youth in juvenile corrections. Three years of test results from North Carolina demonstrate higher achievement of students taught by individualized rather than traditional methods. (SK)