This report describes the efforts being made through the Educational Research and Development Program to implement the new state strategy of reducing restrictions on local and institutional officials and at the same time holding them accountable for the effectiveness of their programs. Chapter II considers the development of techniques for…

This document summarizes a four-volume report on the Wisconsin Elementary Teacher Education Project (WETEP) covering the period from November 1967 to March 1969. The project was designed to provide improved elementary education through individualization of learning and instruction, to improve the quantity and quality of personal contact between…

No great changes can occur in English curricula until there are significant changes in form. This review stresses the shaping of curricula to the student rather than the student to the curricula. Remedial English and individualized instruction are specifically discussed. The most serious consequence of misunderstanding in remedial English is the…

Presented to provide an idea of the best ERIC documents available on individualized learning, this paper contains a collection of over 100 reports and papers that were put into ERIC in the last two or three years. The listings have been categorized topically, and each entry is provided with an ED number and ordering and price information. The…

The General Teaching Model is a procedural guide for the design, implementation, evaluation, and improvement of instruction. The Model is considered applicable to all levels of education, all subject matters, and any length of instructional unit. It consists of four components: 1) instructional objectives, 2) pre-assessment, 3) instructional…

Individualized instruction is defined as a process by which each learner is assisted in developing his own unique path, which may vary not only in rate, but in approach and content as well. There is concern at the present inability to provide such programs. Students must be provided opportunities to receive instruction, each at his own level. To…

This paper shows school districts how to establish and operate an individualized continuing education program for their administrators. The focus is on ICE programs designed and operated by schoolmen throughout the nation. The report includes the rationale for the ICE program, several program descriptions, a list of characteristics that…

This pamphlet, part of the National Reading Center Volunteer Reading Tutor Program, presents information for the use of a local coordinating committee. The contents include: a volunteer reading tutor program, how the National Reading Center's program works, the local coordinating committee, membership and functions of the local coordinating…

Evaluated was the impact of computer based resource units on teacher decision making and the teaching/learning process by analysis of 18 doctoral dissertations, a 1969 analysis of teacher reactions, and a continuing analysis of evaluation forms returned by teachers using the units (intended for normal and handicapped children). Among the findings…

A multimedia course in economic analysis was developed and used in conjunction with the United States Naval Academy. (See ED 043 790 and ED 043 791 for final reports of the project evaluation and development model.) This report deals with concept areas four and five, which focus on international trade and enrichment areas. The behavioral…

The sixth volume of the multimedia, individualized course in Economic Analysis produced for the United States Naval Academy covers segments 84-94 of the course. Included in the volume are discussions of specialization and international trade. Other segments of the course, the behavioral objectives involved, and the various working papers from the…

A multimedia course in economic analysis was developed and used in conjunction with the United States Naval Academy. (See ED 043 790 and ED 043 791 for final reports of the project evaluation and development model.) This document consists of internal working papers bearing on the communication which transpired between materials specifiers and…

A multimedia course in economic analysis was developed and used in conjunction with the United States Naval Academy. (See ED 043 790 and ED 043 791 for final reports of the project evaluation and development model.) This report documents the first iteration of the macrolevel sequencing of the course elements, a process designed to depict the…

A computer managed instructional system is described which could be used to support the multimedia, individualized course in economic analysis developed for the United States Naval Academy. Related documents are EM 010 787 through EM 010 823. The final report is ED 043 790 and the model developed for designing systems of individualized instruction…

Man-hours by task and by manpower function are presented for phase I of the development of the multimedia, individualized course in economic analysis prepared for the United States Naval Academy. Related Documents are EM 010 787 through EM 010 823. The final evaluation report is ED 043 790, and the model developed for designing systems of…