The author states that there are numerous variables embraced in the concept of contracting (clearly stated objectives, individualization, self-evaluation, cooperation between student and teacher) and lists 27 varieties of contracts. He concludes that objectives and reasons for contracting be clear before determining that contracting is the best…

Individually Guided Education (IGE) is a comprehensive system of schooling designed to produce high pupil achievement by accepting differences in learning rates, styles, and levels of motivation. Some features of IGE include: a multiunit organization rather than age-grade levels, instructional programing for individual students, and selected…

Aggressive preschool children were instructed by their teacher on the harm that results from aggression, its lack of effects as an interpersonal strategy, and the benefits that result from prosocial alternatives. Results indicated that aggressive behavior decreased and positive behavior increased as a result of these instructions. (Author)

When a child uses his words and his ideas in learning to read, he also assists in the normal integration of his personality. Starting with a method of language experience developed by Sylvia Ashton-Warner, the author, a reading consultant, describes a language experience-reading program which utilizes the student's own curiosity and interests. (RK)

Now that students' learning styles have been diagnosed (AA 527 074) and the classroom rearranged to accommodate the various learning styles (AA 527 220), the authors develop a learning program designed to meet the individual needs of each student. (Author/RK)

A professor in the Division of Learning Resources, School of Dentistry, University of the Pacific, San Francisco, discusses the importance of dentists' considering individual patient characteristics and of individualizing their instruction of patients in preventive therapy. (MF)

Such everyday paper materials as cash register receipts, labels, travel pamphlets, and train schedules provide a wealth of excellent materials for teaching life skills and functional reading to multihandicapped hearing-impaired students. Possible activities include comparing grocery receipts and conjecturing about the shoppers and reading medicine…

This study investigated whether learning with a computer in small group settings would produce higher levels of achievement, attitudes, and prosocial orientation than learning in individualized settings. Participants were 115 junior high school students. Results and their implications are discussed. (Author/MT)

Considers the many possible uses of computers in foreign language education, including teaching, learning, and research. It is argued that the computer's greatest potential lies in its ability to provide a richly supportive language learning environment in which students are helped individually to develop, expand, and refine their expressive and…

Paired reading (with a helper) and an individualized approach employing a "pause, prompt, and praise" strategy were found equally effective in a comparison study involving 48 elementary students in Hong Kong with reading problems. Both forms of treatment produced greater gains than normal classroom instruction received by a control…

The evaluation of a tutorial program for a college of optometry that provides both group reviews and individual instruction and a discussion of the need for such services are presented. (MSE)

Discusses the image and natural dynamics of an individual mode of library instruction in which the reference librarian serves as a role model by showing individual students or classes a searcher in action, working with ideas as well as index terms. Twenty-four sources are given. (EJS)

Testing instructional materials with individual subjects produces unique and invaluable data for revising the instructional materials. Examples of the procedures and the usefulness of individual testing demonstrate the critical importance of the technique in developing validated instruction. (Author)

Open education classes for elementary school children are designed to develop personal competence. Decision making is emphasized as students contract for their own education. (ST)

Article describes a method to effectively organize new courses of instruction or reorganize existing courses of instruction in higher education. (Author/HB)